Day Nine--Saturday

Today was another excellent day exploring Portugal. We had a caravan of three vehicles containing 17 people. We explored the ruins of a really old Moor castle and then a "new" castle built around 1840. Some of the time we had clear blue skies and awesome vistas and then the clouds would move in and it was a bit eerie! We had a picnic lunch and from there we went to see the Boca do Infierno (Mouth of Hell), a place where the sea, when it's choppy, comes flying in and makes quite a display. Gil said today was the calmest he'd ever seen it. (Anybody seen the Devil's Churn off the coast of Oregon? Same kind of display.) Guess who dipped a line?? Then we shopped for souvenirs and got some good buys.

Gil grilled hotdogs for dinner and we feasted on good food. Pastor Dan gave the evening devotion. As I type, Catrina and Melissa are in the Thomas' kitchen making peach crisp and chocolate chip cookie bars. Members of the team are setting up the church for services tomorrow and cleaning up the building.
It has been a nice home for us this past week.