A youth pastor's vacation

Hi All...or mom!
I am actually keeping a blog over the course of my holidays! Excited? You may ask, "Why would you do something so counter intuitive to vacation Tim?" Well maybe not counter intuitive to our culture, but certainly counter intuitive to me. When I go on vacation, I want to hibernate. The last thing I want to do is to "stay connected".
However....
1) I need to see if this format will work to keep parents of those attending our Dominican mission's trip up to date.
2) In the past we have used a website (made by Sandbox) on my old black Mac that is so outdated it would be quite expensive to bring things over to my "newer" mac.
3) Caitlin said, "Why not use a blog?" So indeed a blog might do.
4)We need a comparable study. Who would have thought that the internet reliability at Smuggler's Cove would be comparable to the internet reliability in the DR?  WELL IT IS! I'm not bitter.
5) It will be a very random collection of thoughts (some deep and profound, I'm sure and others not so much as the ramblings of a mad man) and pics (I hope) and a not so regular basis.
6) If you don't read it, I really don't care. Honestly, I probably would not be interested in what you did  on your vacation either! Even if you did bring me back a conch shell with goggly eyes stuck to it!

I actually tried to cross my eyes for this shot.....it hurt!

Holidays actually start this Sunday. By then I should have figured out how to do this from my phone or my iPad! If you have a comment let me know (just remember...go easy....I'm on vacation!) Comment because I'll need to know if we can allow parents to leave comments while in the D.R. My fear is that it will bung up the page like a block of aged cracker barrel on an empty stomach!