Vintage View Vednesday Florence, Oregon and the Southern Oregon Coast 2005

Last week I interrupted Vintage view Vednesday posts to put up pictures from Allentown Fellowship Meeting. Today we join our accidental vacation in progress as we drive south along the Oregon coast toward northern California.

In the last installment, I posted pictures of us exploring Fort Clatsop and the northern Oregon Pacific coast. We spent a day or two exploring around Florence and then hooked up the trailer and took the coastal road south all the way to California. We have pictures today from that drive, but here are links to the first six installments of our accidental vacation in case you missed them.

Accidental Vacation 2005 I Yellowstone National Park

Accidental Vacation 2005 II Grand Teton National Park

Accidental Vacation 2005 III More Grand Tetons and Yellowstone

Accidental Vacation 2005 IV Glacier National Park and The Metzger's

Accidental Vacation 2005 V Washington State

Accidental Vacation 2005 VI Oregon Coast

Although we have driven through Oregon a few times since this trip in 2005, we have never spent any time on the coast again. That is certainly not because we did not like it. We loved the Oregon coast! There is just so much to see in Oregon and the world, it is sometimes hard to get back to see things again. That is why we try our best to see a few things along the way. We may never pass this exact way again.

We had no idea there is a several mile long section of the Oregon coastline that is made up of huge sand dunes like the Sahara Desert. One day we were exploring around Florence and there it was! We spent several hours there watching the dune buggies and four-wheelers do their thing. It is an amazing place and I can only find one picture. 

People come from all over the world to have fun in the tremendous sand mountains.

After a day or two, we hooked up the trailer and headed south. The southern coast was no less beautiful than the northern part of the state.

Wow! What amazing beauty! That wraps up the Oregon coast for this accidental vacation. Later that same day we found a random campground and paid for an overnight spot. We asked about "must see" drives in the immediate area and found a hidden gem in northern California. It remains one of the most wonderful things we have ever seen.

Thank you for riding along with us. We are only a little bit from a surprising turn in our accidental vacation.

Davy

Leading Like A Lion

From time to time I post about what I am reading currently. I heard recently that our dear friend, Pastor David Webb, had written a book that is published and available on Amazon and other retailers. I ordered it right away and it arrived while we were in Alabama. It is a hardback book with a dust jacket entitled Leading Like a Lion.

I received it and read it cover to cover that evening. It is full of helpful spiritual insights in sermon and story form. Bro. David Webb is a friend, but he is also a Godly man, great Pastor, a tremendous family man and a visionary. We need more men like him and I believe he is helping to raise them up. 

I have been encouraging some of the great minds among the conservative Pentecostals to write books and leave a heritage behind. I do not remember having that conversation with Bro. Webb, but I am glad he is writing. I hope Bro. Webb's book is the beginning of an avalanche of good books to come from him and others.

Leading Like A Lion is hardcover with a dust jacket so it is a little pricier than I usually pay for a book. I have many hundreds of religious books and most of them I have purchased used and invested very little in them. This book is very nicely done and will be a nice addition to your collection once you have read it. 

I have seen Leading Like a Lion on Barnes and Noble, several listings on Amazon. Some of these listings include shipping, others do not. You can also by it in digital format from Barnes and Noble as a Nook Book.

That is what I have been reading and enjoying.

Davy

Our Weekend In The Rearview Mirror 3/18/19

I mentioned before that our original plan was to leave Allentown Thursday afternoon following the morning service. We stayed for Thursday night's service to be supportive of Bro. Jimmy Millikin preaching that night and we are so glad that we did. The Lord spoke to us all through the preaching and altar service.

It was too late before we went to bed Thursday night after church so Friday morning came way early. I did not want to crank the bus too early Friday morning because we had to drive the bus passed all the other RVs there. I waited until 8:00, arranged for some cars to be moved and away we went. We were hooked to the Green Machine and rolling down the road by 8:30.

Our route to Charlotte, North Carolina was going to take us smack dab through Atlanta, Georgia. I have no desire to drive the BoggsMobile in, through or around Atlanta in the middle of the day, so we drove 256 miles and stopped at the Georgia welcome center.

We gained our second hour in 5 days when we arrived in Eastern Daylight Savings Time as we crossed the Georgia line. This is our first day on Eastern time since the first week of January. It always feels a little weird at first because it changes the time we communicate with people, but we will settle into it soon enough.

Kelly Jo prepared a tremendous meal at the welcome center and then we crawled right back into bed to finish Thursday night's sleep. I made it a couple of hours and then worked on writing some until we felt like it was late enough to miss the horrible Atlanta traffic.

By God's grace, the BoggsMobile cranked again and away we went. Our plan was to drive across Georgia and park for the night in the welcome center on I-85 in South Carolina. The traffic was pretty heavy and we were concerned the parking might be full at the rest area so we pulled into the Flying J about 20 miles short of the state line to see if there were spots there.

The Flying J at Carnesville has about 15 RV spots and all but two were taken by semi trucks and trailers. This has become very common at Flying J and it is much more difficult to find an RV place. We settled in there and had a good night's rest after 420 miles total for the day.

It went down into the 30s overnight but we remained toasty warm inside without the generator or heat. Saturday morning I did start the generator, turned on a little heat in the front and the engine block heater too. The allowed the old Detroit to roar to life as it should.

The final leg of 161 miles was as smooth as butter. Pastor Chambers greeted us as we arrived at Paw Creek and helped us get parked. In a few moments, my brother Steve and his sweet wife Karen arrived from Ohio. They were headed to points beyond and detoured a little to deliver our mail and share a meal. It was so good to see them!

After we said goodbye to Steve and Karen, we went back to the church, carried in our equipment and set it up. We visited some more with Pastor Chambers and started getting even more excited about having a great revival this week.

Services Sunday morning and Sunday night were excellent. God met with each one that responded in the altar.

Odie and Bro. Chambers

It is so good to be back at Paw Creek. We also enjoyed the wonderful lunch they served after the morning service. It was exceptionally good.

We will begin school revival this morning at 10:00 AM and we are scheduled to have service each day through Friday. The services at night will begin at 7:00 PM. We are praying for a move of God's Spirit with the 40 students from the school and each night at church.

It would be a blessing to us if you would pray for us this week. Thank you for stopping in.

Davy

View Out The Front Window 3/17/19

This was our view out the front window at the Georgia welcome center in I-85.

This was our view out the front window at Flying J near Carnesville, Georgia

This is our nighttime view out the front window at Paw Creek Ministries in Charlotte, North Carolina.

Here are the links to our posts from this last week.

Odie's Saturday Evening Post

Allentown Fellowship Meeting Pictures

Allentown Fellowship Meeting Pictures

Allentown Fellowship Meeting Pictures

Pictures From Cedar Creek

Our Weekend In The Rearview Mirror

Thank you for stopping in to read our Mile Marker today. May God bless you with a great start to a brand new week.

Davy

Allentown Campmeeting Notes 2019

Hey Friends,

This is Odie reporting from the road. The BoggsMobile is pointed toward Paw Creek Ministries in Charlotte, North Carolina. We are looking forward to a great week ahead with Pastor Joseph Chambers.

My spiritual cup is full and running over today. I am so thankful for the three days that we were blessed to attend the camp meeting at Allentown. Oh, my, the Lord was so sweet. Every day God met us in all the services. I was anticipating a powerful move of His spirit and my expectations were greatly exceeded! 

It was absolutely marvelous to feel God so near us! This was an encouraging and special week that will be in my memory for years to come. 

I tried to get notes on all the messages that were preached during our stay at the meeting. I have those listed for you below. Also, I have included pictures of a majority of the preachers above their sermon details. 

Thanks for reading today! Have a great weekend. 

Odie

Allentown March Campmeeting 2019

Semmes, Alabama 

Tuesday, March 12th 

10:00 Morning Service 

Gerald Pearson 

John 20:19-22

Acts1:4-5

“We Need A Second Wind”

Bro. Don Tabor

Acts 27:37-44

Bro Jimmy Lloyd testified 

Bro. Kevin Webster testified 

Bro. Jon Isaacs

Acts 27:25

“I Still Believe God”

6:00 Youth Service 

Free Gospel Bible Institute 

Nathaniel Denton

Galatians 5:4

“Grounds of Grace”

Bro. Carson Cheek

2 Samuel 3:14-16

“Just Go Home”

7:30 Night Service 

Bro. Randal Wilson

John 4:19-24

“The Miracle In Worship”

Wednesday, March 13th

10:00 Morning Service 

Bro Darrell Meadow 

Jonah 2:1-4

“You Ain’t Even Got A Prayer”

Bro. Barry Gautreaux

Job 38:4-7

Acts 3

“Refreshing Until The Time of Restoration”

Bro. Ronnie Cooper 

Luke 15:11-24

“The Third Son”

6:00 Youth Service 

Ozark Bible Institute Youth Service

Bro. Craig Dotson

“Freedom In Surrender”

Bro. Micah Faulkner 

“Spiritual Statues”

Bro. Jared Hudson

7:30 Night Service 

Bro. Lloyd Shuecraft 

Psalm 73:24

“Guided To Glory”

March 14th

10:00 Morning Service 

Bro. J.R. Alexander 

Habakkuk 3:17-18 

“Beating The Bad Days”

Bro. Rick Simpson 

Judges 6:12

“Power of the Picture”

Bro. Jamie Holcomb 

Mathew 16:13-20

Psalms 127:1

“The House That Jesus Built”

6:00 Youth Service 

Bro. Seth Cowart

Exodus 24

“Keep Climbing”

Bro. Kenson Wilson 

Acts 2

“ I Believe In A Last Day Revival”

7:30 Night Service 

Bro. Jimmy Millikin 

John 15:5

Philippians 4:13

“I Can’t But God Can”