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Today I rode my bicycle from Clinton, Indiana to Lawrenceville, IL. That's about 76 miles. If you live in the city, riding 76 miles would be like riding around your block 304 times!! Of course, that seems like it would be REALLY boring, because you would have to look at the same stuff over and over and over again. I would rather ride from one city to another, so I can see a lot of different neat things!
When I was a little boy, I would go down with my dad to the Wabash River. Sometimes when the river wasn't very high, I would see these places that looked like little islands of sand in the river. In fact, I thought they really were islands, and my friends and I told each other that, when we grew up, we would build houses on those river islands and live on them.
Today after I went through West Terre Haute, I crossed over a creek and saw one of those "river islands" on the creek. I took a picture of it so I could share it with you:
When I grew up, I learned that those little "islands" really aren't islands at all: They're called sandbars. They are just places where the currents of water moving in the river or creek cause a lot of sand to pile up in one place. You might be able to camp out on a big sandbar for a few days, but whenever it rains a lot, the water in the river gets high and the sandbar is totally under the water! I don't know about you, but I don't want my house to be underwater! It still is fun, though, to remember being a little boy and pretending that we would live on a sandbar. Pretending can be fun, and it can help us to figure out what we need to do in life.
I saw some other neat things today, too! I want to share a few more of them with you. This is a picture of the sign I saw when I left the state of Indiana and crossed over into the state of Illinois:
I grew up in Indiana and lived there with my mom and dad, but when I was six years old, my dad took me to his work one day. My dad worked in Illinois. I remember asking him, "Dad, are we still in America?" My dad told me that we were, and that Illinois was just a part of America. Of course, you older kids already know that Indiana and Illinois are both states that are a part of our country, the United States of America. But really little kids don't know that yet, so they have to learn about things by asking questions. I'm glad that I asked my dad that question, so that I could learn more about our country. I hope that you are able to ask important questions about life to the adults in your life, whether it's your mom, dad, grandma, grandpa, aunt, uncle, or teacher. Asking questions is an important part of learning. I still ask a lot of questions, every day.
I met a lot of nice people today. I went to a church in Lawrenceville, Illinois. Here is a picture of it:
I think it's a very beautiful building! A lot of church buildings are tall and point up to the sky, to help us to remember how great God is. Anyhow, I think God works through a lot of different people, sometimes he even lets us meet people who can really help us. After I went to the church service this afternoon, I asked one of the leaders of the church, called a deacon, if he knew a place where I could camp out for the night. I don't know anybody in Lawrenceville, so I need some place to sleep. He told me that I could sleep in the church yard, and he spoke with the pastor of the church who said that would be fine. I even got to tell them how I am riding my bike for the kids at Ryves Youth Center, to try to get more people to give money to help Ryves. I thought that was very nice of the pastor and the deacon to let me sleep next to the Church. I shall say a prayer for them this evening, for God to bless them.
Do you like ice cream? I went to a restaurant tonight, and the young lady who was taking my order had just started working there. She fixed me an ice cream cone, and she told me that it was the first ice cream cone she had ever made using their ice cream machine. She thought it didn't look very good, but I thought it looked fine, especially since I was looking forward to eating it. Here is a picture:
It was very delicious!
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