Questing Parson

Charlie Brown Co-Stars at Living Nativity

Charlie Brown, the parson's faithful canine companion, co-starred as the sheep at the Living Nativity.

We Went Whale Hunting and Found Them and Some Other Critters

 

Ranger Jen Linkhart of the National Park Service engages
Faith in learning about the Kenai Fjord National Park.
Here Faith examines the skull of an Orca.

This will probably be the last post of photos on our Alaskan adventure. Thursday morning we'll spend some time at the Alaska Sea Life Center, and then we'll wander up the highway to Anchorage, where we catch a plane at midnight Alaska time.

It has truly been an adventure. The girls have been great. And every bone in my body is aching. :-)

Encountering Exit Glacier

We've been at Exit Glacier two days. The first day we hiked around the washout from the glacier at its base. We had planned to make a four and a half mile hike up to the Harding Ice Field that day, but halfway up the trail was blocked by snow up to Faith's chest. The second day we donned the proper shoes and climbed up to the top of the glacier, over the glacier itself.

A Slow and Easy Day in Alaska

Today was a slow one. (Thank the Lord for time to rest my aching muscles.) We left Homer and headed to Seward. But before we left the granddaughters spent time with their feathered friends on the beach.

Even in Alsaka one must text to friends back home.

Sisters, alone together, on a sandbar.

Alaska Update - Into the Wilderness

Just before turning in last night, we stepped out on the deck of the Denali Lake View Inn just in time to greet a Mama and her twins.

 

It snowed today. Yep! It snowed in June. It made the trip all the more special. Below Ansley and Faith hiking through Polychrome Pass.

Below: Oops! Well excuse us, we'll just be on our way.

Below: Just past Polychrome this ram Dall Sheep seemed completely unfazed by our presence.

Below: This Artic Ground Squirrel to a special interest in faith. He slowly approached her and sniffed out her shoes.

Below: Our ultimate goal, to see Denali, "The High One", (Mount McKinley) seemed doomed because of the rain and snow clouds. But on our way out of the wilderness the mountain stuck its head through the clouds to give us a peak of its massive size.

Tomorrow it's down the Nenana River. Pray for the parson.

This Cannot Be

Yesterday she was five years old and she and I were on our first Excellent Alaskan Adventure:

Today a professional photographer sent me this photo and insisted it's the same granddaughter.

OMG!

On The Way Home

The parson and his granddaughter are on their way home from their Amazing Alaska Adventure. Here's some pics of their adventures.

Caribou in Denali National Park

Granddaughter, ice bergs and Portage Glacier in background.

 
Exploring Denali National Park - this picture taken about fifty miles from any road.

We saw lots of moose

Looking for whales

There's one.

At Polychrome Pass in Denali National Park.

The eagle first landed on the driftwood she's holding. Then, seeing her hopped down to stand behind her for a good three or four minutes.

The Parson and Granddaughter at the summit of Mount Healy. She did it!!!

 
Sweet dreams.

Blogging resumes on the 20th.

 

 

 

We Make Do

Down here in the South we don't have snow sleds. But we do have 2x4s, plywood, and duct tape.

My Mailbox

Yes, thank you for asking, I planted it myself.

Hey, Ref! Blow the Whistle and We'll Get This Massacre Started!

 
 Grandchild Number #4 (in birth order) - Three years old.