-After a three year delay I made it back to beautiful Alaska to see my close friends and enjoy some of its awesomeness. Anchorage from Earthquake Park.
-Not that I didn't have to be careful....there are a lot of dangerous people up there....
-Like this guy...
-I was blessed to be able to see Mt. McKinley...though it was from 300 miles away...it was still amazing.
-Last Saturday night Josh, Jess, Eric, and Josh's Grandparents had a cook-out at a park in Anchorage. We had Halibut, Salmon, and some chewy Moose.
-Josh's grandparents, the Louwerse, made the drive up to see them and as much of Alaska as they could in a few weeks. A very cool trip I must say...how long until retirement again?
-Visser and I made our way up to Lake Eklutna in Chugach State Park to do some backpacking the next Monday.
-This is our view from the campsite....not too bad...lakeside.
-After we got done hiking we went up to Jim Creek, near Alaska Raceway, and did some off roading in his truck.
This past Friday I was also able to go to the Downtown soup kitchen and do some work with Jlo (He's the top chef on Friday's). Since it was my first time they put me at the serving window where I got to see all of the 500 folks coming in. I very cool experience which I hope comes back with me to Denver.
http://www.downtownsoupkitchen.org/
Right after the soup kitchen Jlo and I took off for Homer with Dave Van Berkel, the associate pastor at Crosspoint, and Mandy. It was a very long day, but we made it to Fred's in Ninilchik by 11 and got a little sleep in.
-In the morning we drove to Homer, about 2 hours, near the tip of the Kenai Peninsula. Shown...Mandy (a friend of the Louwerse from church) jess and josh.
-We hung out on the Homer Spit until we got to go Halibut fishing at 4.
-You can see josh and jess in the bottom corner.
-This crab boat is on "Deadliest Catch" on the Discovery Channel. Its named Time Bandit.
-Some Scenery from the boat. Just a little farther down from this spot is Soldovia...which sounds like its a pretty amazing little community that you have to fly or boat to.
-I got shut out fishing...but JLO caught a 46 ibs Halibut...which is good because he needed to have fish for his churches Fish Fry the following week.
-VERY AMAZING to see great friends again and be able to see a glimpse of life in Alaska. I also realized that I must be getting older when I haven't seen close friends in two years...I am finding more and more that when you are really good friends you pretty much pick up right where you left off. God Bless.
