More Pics of Alaska

Well you asked for more photos so here they are!! Hope you enjoy them. God has been so good to us .. its been awesome. I guess the best I can say is that we just feel like worshipping, a lot!!
You have to understand that it has been one of the rainiest summers in several decades. It is also one of the coldest summers on record. We have heard different reports but the most consistent one is that they have only seen Mt. McKinley about 5 days this whole summer (60 some days)! We are at the point in their summer/fall where it can snow if it wants and most days look promising!! We asked the Lord to allow us to see McKinley and for about 1 -1/2 hours on Friday, July 25th see got to see it from about 220 miles away before it disappeared in the clouds.
Then we went up to Denali National Park on Sunday. The forecast was solid rain for the next 7 days and beyond. So after one miserable day in the park, we opted out to do a few other things of interest. Denali Dog Sled Demonstration, a 2 mile hike … in the rain and some other neat things. Meanwhile we prayed. We asked the Lord for two things. One, that he would put a break in the clouds. And two, He would allow us to experience McKinley in its majesty and that we could see some grizzly bears.
It rained all through the night and right up to the wee hours of the morning. Then an amazing thing happened … it cleared out. We awoke to broken clouds and no rain even though the forecast was calling for rain. All the way to Wonder Lake (6 hours) we were able to see and enjoy the splendor of the mountain. While at Wonder Lake it went back under complete cloud cover and completely disappeared!! By the time we were about 1 hour from being out of the park it started to rain and has been raining since! AND we saw 11 different grizzly bears/cubs. One was ground squirrel hunting!!
This year, less than 20 percent have gotten a glimpse of the mountain and we have been privileged to see it twice. In a normal year, around 30 percent get to see it. We are so blessed and reminded over and over of God’s goodness and favor.
For the next few days we will be traveling the Richardson Hway, from Delta Junction to Glenn Allen. One of the most scenic highways in Alaska. Can’t wait to see what God has created down there for us to enjoy!! I’ll try to get good pics.

More Alaska 2008

Ok, as per request, here are more photo's. Unfortunately, I cannot put everything on here. Wild animal count as of 5 pm today (Monday) Harbor Seals, Sea lions, bald eagle, Carribu, Moose, Dall Sheep, some dude from Iowa, and some small critters. Having a wonderful time even though it is raining everyday and cool. Tommorrow we go to Wonder Lake the next to last stop on the Denali Park ride. Hope to do a little hiking before coming back out. The bus ride to Wonder Lake is 11 hours RT.

Alaska 2008

It's hard to believe that we are actually in Alaska!! We have dreamed about this trip ever since we started to share dreams and aspirations. The sights of majestic mountain peaks are inspiring. It will be hard to keep a limit on the number of photos we take of snow covered mountain peaks and ridges. We have seen moose and mountain goats in the wild. We even got to see McKinney in the horizon on our first day. That is a God thing. Only about 20 per cent of the people who come to Alaska actually get to see the majestic mountain!! But we had prayed and God heard our prayers. We also hiked to see a glacier at Portage Glacier. It might be a little hard to fully appreciate the pic of the mountain goat. But this dude was about 200 feet up on an almost straight up cliff eating who knows what ... rocks?? Having a great time and enjoying it! Ed

Experiencing God's Protection

Recently we experienced God's protection as our daughter was involved in a single car accident on the Fourth of July. We saw the hand of Jehovah and His Holy angels as Karmen was able to walk away with only a few stitches on her wrist and the x-ray on her arm was negative.

A few days later, we were sitting on the front porch and I was rocking our grandson on the big wicker rocking chair. I thought there were big black flies buzzing around us. Eileen commented about it as she tried swatting at the pesty creatures. Suddenly we realized that the flies were actually bees! We walked into the house unharmed!! Later in the evening I went out to investigate and directly under the seat Kyan and I were rocking on was a good size hornets nest!

Thank you Lord for your awesome protection!! We are so blessed.