Between life as a pastor in my hometown, recent travels on mission trips, revivals and a bit of vacation, and several trips back and forth to the North Carolina mountains for relief efforts, my head is pretty well spinning. So please bear with me as I attempt to grab some of those random recent thoughts and get them onto paper.
I do not know much about Monroe, Louisiana. But I do know that the people there, at least the several that we met when we overnighted there on our way out to New Mexico, are some of the nicest people on Earth. In the hotel, in the local LongHorn Steakhouse, everywhere we went, people were absolutely friendly and welcoming.
Friendly populace notwithstanding, for our second trip to the Midwest in a row, we have voted Louisiana drivers the worst in America. It seems that as long as they have one side of their vehicles in the general vicinity of their lane, they are pretty well satisfied with their efforts.
Buc-ee’s is taking over the world, and I welcome that. It is like Chick-fil-A and Hobby Lobby got married and had a child together that grew up to become a gas station/barbecue joint.
I hate to question God, but there are tarantulas in Texas. And we were there during mating season when they walk right out onto the sidewalk and glare at you. If I had for some reason been in possession of a flamethrower, I would have caused an interstate incident.