Last week we took our Ukrainian friends to see the Manatees at Blue Springs State Park. But we almost missed it.

When we were on our way we couldn’t understand why our GPS said, “5 miles and 30 minutes to go.”

When we got closer to the entrance it became quite clear. The line to get in must have been 40 cars deep. We waited about an hour just to enter the park.

The good news is parking was easy, and the crowd was manageable inside the park. It turned out out to be such a fun day for us and our friends.

Tom said, “We need to do things like this more.”

My response was, “All it takes is saying YES!”

He realized had our friends not been with us, he wouldn’t have waited an hour to get in the park. But look what we would have missed?

“Yes” is the word that allows unexpected adventures to happen. Because most adventures are spontaneous, if you are in the habit of saying no, you’ll never know what you’ve missed.

Let’s purpose to say yes as often as we can to our spouse’s ideas. The next adventure awaits and it is most likely worth it.

We passed this flag pole on the way to the park that made us all smile…