Sauers' on Mission

Ok, let me see if I can get this down without losing it to cyberspace. Since I last wrote, we were in Mississippi and Alabama. Well, we're not there anymore. We have been making up some time so we can make it to New York.

After we left Mississippi, we drove through Alabama ( with a brief stop for lunch to say that we were there) and went to our next destination at Navarre Beach, just outside Pensacola. This place was right along the beach. We celebrated Abby's Birthday here and we had such a good time. We didn't leave the campsite much except to get groceries and to go to church. Andrew managed to find about 20 Huge sand dollars and we found a great spot to collect shells. It was a snowbird resort, so there were plenty of older people to visit with... Abby and Matt managed to win at Bingo the first night we were there. We stayed for a week so that we could receive some mail from home.

After that, we found a place at a state park called St Josephs Peninsula. Tina booked it and I was skeptical at first, but it was amazing. It didn't have septic services at the site, but it had a dump on the way out.  our site was in the middle of the woods, but the ocean was a very short walk away. The surf was incredible while we were there.  It was a red flag warning almost the entire time, so we couldn't go swimming.

Then, we drove and drove drove to get across Florida to a small town called Yulee. It wasn't much, it didn't have WiFi, so we only stayed 2 nights and went a half hour down the road to Brunswick Georgia. It also wasn't anything to write home about, but it had a decent wireless signal and we needed to get some banking done, as well as start purchasing our new home (in Saskatchewan)

That's right, We are moving back to Saskatchewan  in April. We managed to find a house and a Salon in a small town in southern Saskatchewan. I told Tina that I would follow her this time, since she has followed me time and time again. I haven't had a clear sense as to where God would have me serve yet, so I will continue to wait and volunteer at whatever church we end up going to.

Oh Yeah, we have never been to this town, and haven't seen the house and salon in person... only through pictures. But, Doug and Diane did go see these places and we trust them...

Anyway, onward to Savannah. We camped at a place outside Savannah called Tybee Island. It was in a residential area, so it was nice and quiet and we were able to ride our bikes to the beach. We had the scare of our lives one night when the air raid siren went off warning of a possible Tornado. we hurried into the shelter at the campsite and waited. Nothing happened, but it sure gave us a scare.

Tina and I went to a restaurant owned by Paula Deen's brother called Uncle Bubbas. We tried  all kinds of new things there, some we liked, somewe didn't. It was a nice escape for a few hours.

Savannah was pretty fun. We took a bus tour of Savannah, and then afterward went and got the truck to see some of the places we had seen on the bus. It's hard to explain all the things we saw, but we did take pictures that are on our photo page.

OK, we're almost caught up now... After Savannah, we went to Greenville South Carolina. We stayed at some friends from Seminary, Todd and Joice. It was so nice to see them. They are some of the most spiritual people I know, They are building a house on acreage outside of a town called Travellers Rest. WHAT a good time we had there. Tina's most recent blog shares those stories. We stayed for 5 days and then headed back to the coast to Myrtle Beach. This is a resort town South Carolina. It reminds me of Los Angelas and San Francisco on a much smaller scale. We went to Le Grande Cirque which was absolutely incredible, and we also went to Dolly's Dixieland. That was good also, except we had to endure a 3 hour timeshare meeting to get the tickets a a chep enough price we could afford.

Oy....

and tomorrow we head to Virginia. The weather is getting colder as we move further north. We hope and pray that by the time we start heading home, the snow will be mostly gone along the way... at least until we hit the Montana area... here's hoping.

3 more weeks to go...