Trip Pictures

United States

We played leap frog with this truck across 2 1/2 states

 

 

Glacier Park, Montana - Beautiful place!

Canada



Alberta is almost entirely fields - mostly canola.



Our first blue skies in days!











Ron driving



The scenery gets more interesting in British columbia











Mike looking for animals with his binoculars



Glacial river

 

Impending doom

Lake of Death



Incoming Storm



The Lake of Death had a Mama!

In the background there's a strip of trees cut marking the border

Alaska




We had road construction every day 





Kathy catching up on sleep





Matanuska Glacier





Fuel in Anchorage





View from our room in Soldotna - Kenai River



Kenai River

Seagull trying to fly off with Salmon pieces - he didn't succeed

Heading into Homer, glacier in the background

House Pictures

Pictures of our new Home in Nanwalek.

Barge

Well, we were hoping to get our stuff from Homer today, but I guess the winds have picked up over night and it is looking like it will be tomorrow before we can get to Homer and get our things. 

On another note I did get to try my hand at fishing yesterday and caught two Red Salmon.

Welcome to Nanwalek

We flew into the village today and should go back to Homer in a couple days to barge our stuff over.  Flying into the village gave me a spectacular view of the surrounding area.  Since the plane seated 5 people (including the pilot) it also helped me overcome any concerns I had about landing on a small strip surrounded by water.  I was simply excited to have landed anywhere.  I assume the more I fly in small planes the less I will notice its sudden dips and rises with the wind.  At least that's what I'm praying for.  Mike assures me the flight today was really quite smooth, but more than once I found myself thinking "What did I me get myself into?" and "Please, Jesus, I can't die before we even get to begin."

Several from the school were waiting for us when we landed to help us take our things to the house and gave us fish and flowers to welcome us and help us until we can get the rest of our things here.  They also took us for a walk around the village.  I think Mike described the place best with "a little slice of heaven".  We have a beautiful mountain on one side, the ocean in front, and amazing sunsets to the right.  I'm not sure what God has planned for us, but I'm definitely going to enjoy the view along this journey.

View from our front porch!