Krystal in the Desert

Eric and Krystal came to visit this weekend. We did the usual introduction to the Sonora Desert with a trip to the Desert Museum.

The monsoon storm stayed just out of reach making the evening pleasant. We visited the humming birds...

...saw the guard ducks...

...and Krystal was a good sport and crawled into the tortoise shell.

Eric insisted that a picture with bat ears be taken.

Of course there had to be a trip through the cave.

The view was a great backdrop for a selfie.

There's nothing like an Arizona sunset.

We are very happy about welcoming Krystal into the family.

Early that Saturday morning, I attempted to go for a quick ride up to Mt Lemmon. I came around a corner not far from Peppersauce campground and was stopped by 5 bowhunters in trucks and ATVs  telling me I couldn't go any further because there had been an accident. They said a black pickup truck had run off the road. There were multiple rescue vehicles and men stringing rope down to the bottom of the canyon.

I decided to go back to Peppersauce Canyon and ride up the Rice Peak trail a ways. After a few miles I found the trail had huge washouts from the monsoon rains so I turned around. This trail is very rocky.

As I was coming down the trail I rolled over a large flat rock with the front tire. The rock tipped up on end and caught the underside of my bike lifting it completely off the ground and tossing it to the side. I was completely surprised and went to the ground. I was prepared with body armor so I only experienced a few minor scratches and a broken mirror.

Sometimes in life we are surprised by negative events such as illness, injury, loss of a loved one, loss of a job, or disappointing behavior of others. Being equipped with the armor of God, a testimony of God's plan for us, will protect us from devastating spiritual injury.