One of my goals is to build a camper for my pickup. I want to be able to drive to the Snake River, Diamond Lake, or Wallowa Lake, pull my boat, and stay several days. I used to do that by setting up a tent and camping, but I am getting to the age where I don’t enjoy sleeping on the ground anymore. I have been looking at campers for the last couple of years, and they were usually too heavy for my F150 or too expensive. So I started researching how to build one out of fiberglass. I have built several boats out of fiberglass, so I know how to work with it. As I started digging around on the internet, I found that lots of guys had built campers, and many of them were very practical. So I found some plans for one that I really liked and have been revising them a bit, actually a lot, and I’m about ready to get started on it. It will sleep four people and include a toilet, shower, microwave, heater, air conditioner, stove, table, generator, and a refrigerator with a freezer. I have been buying stuff for it a little bit at a time each month, mostly on Amazon. I love working on projects like this, but I really enjoy all the planning that goes into making the project perfect. I also plan on using it as a support vehicle for future bicycle trips.

When you look around the world, it is obvious that God is incredibly creative, and He created everything without plans. God created us in His image and likeness, and we are creative in nature like God is. It is very rewarding for me to think about, research, plan, draw, and build something useful to me that looks good and works well, like a boat or a camper. We are all creative by God’s design, but our creativity is often expressed in different ways. Some people write music, some invent things, others write, some paint beautiful pictures, start businesses, and solve problems. What is your creative bent?