My Daddy's a King

This weekend April and I stayed in the Heron Room at the Inn at Barnum Point on Camano Island. Great little house, the sole house on Barnum Point.

We got there late and had trouble finding it at first. It was a little funny trying to find it in the dark; we were having a good time on the way. We stayed in the Heron Room upstairs. We were excited at having cable tv but only watched one show, in which I missed half of it from dozing off. We went to bed about 11 p.m. or so. I didn't sleep so well on the bed and my back was really hurting. I finally got up at 7:30 a.m. and curled up in the comfy bathrobe that was there, and my blanket and began to read some more of "He Loves Me." I looked out the windows (there were three I could see from the armchair) and it was gray and a beautiful morning on the edge of the sea. The tide was starting to come in a bit but there was one patch of gravel. Sure enough, I saw a Heron. I dozed off and on before getting up and getting ready. We went down for breakfast, which was wonderfully done and homemade.

Carolyn, the owner, showed us a mammoth tooth found on the property and shared many stories, including how the more than 200 acres has been in her family for 3 generations. She loved to tell stories and we learned a great deal about the area and some of the news from the night before. Her family still owns most of the land her home is on, though sadly, not all the children of her and her siblings see the value in the land.

Before we left, we explored her grounds a bit. The beach was filled with bleached driftwood. The gray had rolled away to display the beautiful blue sky. Part of the land the Inn is on is an orchard. She had several apple trees in her yard which we got to eat apples off of one of them. Checking for worms is a good idea, Carolyn said.

We went to Camano Beach, a state park, and walked down to the water. I spent a good hour and a half under this tree, enjoying the sun, shade, sounds of the waves lapping onto the beach, worshipping the Lord and spending some time with Him processing some things. I still have much to process.

I love waves, ocean and the sounds... and trees! I love the smell of the sea....