Brownwood, TX
I know I have not posted much here lately, I could come up with a lot of excuses, but the truth is - I just didn't do it! So here is a post and maybe I will keep up with this a little better in the future ... we will see. :-)
For those of you who know about Brownwood, TX - you know that there is not much to say about it. This post is not so much about Brownwood itself as it is about the trip home from Brownwood. However, before I get into that, let me say that Brownwood is making some much needed improvements. There are new businesses going in like a Holiday Inn, Starbucks and Chili's for starters. There is new construction on the main strip connecting Early and Brownwood that looks like it will attract some much needed business from road weary travelers.
At one time Underwoods Bar-B-Que was one of the better places to eat in Brownwood, but not any more. Understand, I am not knocking Underwoods, I personally like it and have for decades, but the variety is going to be nice as I travel back and forth when Brownwood is in my line of travel.
Now for the reason for this post. Today my wife and I were traveling from the Heart of Texas Baptist Encampment where we were hauling luggage for our church teens back home. This was the last day of summer camp (which BTW, was a successful week with over 35 kids accepting Christ as personal Savior this week). I found one powerful story in a young girl, a graduated senior, who was just given a free ride at a college. However, this week she answered the call of God on her life and felt it God's will to attend a Bible college instead to prepare for whatever it is God will do with her. Keep her in your prayers as she is now going to go home and tell her parent of her plans. This could be a difficult task. (but I digress and will continue with the story at hand).
On the way home from Brownwood we had rain just about all the way. Most of the time it was the kind of rain that keeps the roadway wet and slippery (and not safe enough to use the cruise control.) Then there were other times where it was hard to see out the front window with the wipers on high and us going 45 MPH because the heavens had opened up and poured the excess moisture they had been storing up for the past several months all on the concentrated area that we were driving. This downpour happened two times and then every level of rain in between on the 125 mile trip from Brownwood to Leander.
But the facinating part was the light show. There were times that the lightening would strike within 1/4 mile from the road and literally light up the cab of my truck even though it was broad daylight out. It was spectacular to see the beauty mixed with the power of God's creation. I think the greatest was when three separate lightening bolts streaked horizontally across the sky directly infront of us. They seemed to have no beginning and no ending point, even though they obviously had both.
One thing about traveling as I do, you never know what you are going to encounter when it comes to weather. One minute it can be 75 deg. outside and 1.5 hrs later you can be in a blizzard (as I was a few of years ago upon leaving Denver, CO on my way to Kansas City). I have been in high winds exceeding 80 MHP with tornado warning all around, snow, sleet, ice, rain, hail, and perfectly calm, cloudless skys. I love it all (okay, I don't like the wind or the hail - that is unless the wind is behind me pushing me down the road, that gets me much better gas mileage). :-)
Well, have safe traveling journeys as you go on your way this summer. In your travels, don't forget to stop and smell the roses once in a while and take in the beauty of God creation. It's everywhere ... but sometimes we are in such a hurry we fail to recognize it.
For those of you who know about Brownwood, TX - you know that there is not much to say about it. This post is not so much about Brownwood itself as it is about the trip home from Brownwood. However, before I get into that, let me say that Brownwood is making some much needed improvements. There are new businesses going in like a Holiday Inn, Starbucks and Chili's for starters. There is new construction on the main strip connecting Early and Brownwood that looks like it will attract some much needed business from road weary travelers.
At one time Underwoods Bar-B-Que was one of the better places to eat in Brownwood, but not any more. Understand, I am not knocking Underwoods, I personally like it and have for decades, but the variety is going to be nice as I travel back and forth when Brownwood is in my line of travel.
Now for the reason for this post. Today my wife and I were traveling from the Heart of Texas Baptist Encampment where we were hauling luggage for our church teens back home. This was the last day of summer camp (which BTW, was a successful week with over 35 kids accepting Christ as personal Savior this week). I found one powerful story in a young girl, a graduated senior, who was just given a free ride at a college. However, this week she answered the call of God on her life and felt it God's will to attend a Bible college instead to prepare for whatever it is God will do with her. Keep her in your prayers as she is now going to go home and tell her parent of her plans. This could be a difficult task. (but I digress and will continue with the story at hand).
On the way home from Brownwood we had rain just about all the way. Most of the time it was the kind of rain that keeps the roadway wet and slippery (and not safe enough to use the cruise control.) Then there were other times where it was hard to see out the front window with the wipers on high and us going 45 MPH because the heavens had opened up and poured the excess moisture they had been storing up for the past several months all on the concentrated area that we were driving. This downpour happened two times and then every level of rain in between on the 125 mile trip from Brownwood to Leander.
But the facinating part was the light show. There were times that the lightening would strike within 1/4 mile from the road and literally light up the cab of my truck even though it was broad daylight out. It was spectacular to see the beauty mixed with the power of God's creation. I think the greatest was when three separate lightening bolts streaked horizontally across the sky directly infront of us. They seemed to have no beginning and no ending point, even though they obviously had both.
One thing about traveling as I do, you never know what you are going to encounter when it comes to weather. One minute it can be 75 deg. outside and 1.5 hrs later you can be in a blizzard (as I was a few of years ago upon leaving Denver, CO on my way to Kansas City). I have been in high winds exceeding 80 MHP with tornado warning all around, snow, sleet, ice, rain, hail, and perfectly calm, cloudless skys. I love it all (okay, I don't like the wind or the hail - that is unless the wind is behind me pushing me down the road, that gets me much better gas mileage). :-)
Well, have safe traveling journeys as you go on your way this summer. In your travels, don't forget to stop and smell the roses once in a while and take in the beauty of God creation. It's everywhere ... but sometimes we are in such a hurry we fail to recognize it.
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