More of Alaska

 First picture, me at Mendenhal Glacier and waterfalls in Juneau
Second, bathrooms in Alaska, you get used to it real quickly
Sondra with our new friend, Terri on the caravan.
Both of us at the end of the Alaska highway, we made it!

Pictures

Ok I came to library to see if I could upload pictures. I guess I just haven't had enough power with internet to do so. These are pictures of us at Columbia icefields and Sondra not believing she could make it to Johnson Canyon. Both in Canada. I will load some Alaska pictures and send them.

Fairbanks

we are in Fairbanks. I am having trouble still with pictures. Going to spend some time tomorrow trying to figure it out. We are seeing many wonderful sights and doing well. Our caravan crew has many great people. Hard to tell you all we have done and seen, but the road is better than I expected. we go to Denali next. I have been there, but Sandra has not. She is in for a real treat.

Alaska

We made it. I have written this blog twice already today only to get lost both times. I don't have the patience to do it again today. But wanted all to know we are safe and in Alaska for a few days, back in Canada a few days and then in Alaska for over a month. Maybe internet will work better soon and I can catch up. We have seen many beautiful sights. For those that know my son Josh, he is getting married in September, so I will take a break from the travels and go to Albuquerque for the wedding. Sondra is doing well. Her favorite thing so far is a float trip in Jasper National Park in Canada. Hard to say my favorite thing, loving it all, especially not working! Beautiful country and lots of empty space, unlike south Florida. I do miss all my buddies, and look forward to catching up with you in December and January.

WATERTON, Alberta Canada

We have been here for a few days. Now that we are in Canada, MA has no cell phone, Sondra has a little, and we are at the mercy of whatever park we are parked in for internet. This one is slow to non-existent, depending on what time of day it is. This is Sondra's favorite park. For those of you that are not familiar with it, Waterton is the Canadian side of Glacier National Park in Montana. We were here last year, and she couldn't wait to get back.  We have done some hiking and seen some wildlife. Sondra's thrill was watching a fox catch a ground squirrel and watching it die. I could not watch that. Sondra did make it up a hike that she only could climb halfway last year, so she is doing great on the hikes. I have been getting as much walking and hiking in as possible. It is still quite cool, I know those of you in Florida would like some of this weather, but quite frankly, I would like a little warmer weather now. Sondra took a lot of pictures but mostly of the scenery. Unfortunately, I have not been able to download most of them, and not any with either one of us in them. The first picture is one of the many beautiful waterfalls we made it to and the second is Red Rock Canyon. The pictures can not do the scenery justice. We continue to marvel at the beauty of this earth. When God said "it is good" at creation, he certainly must have been talking about some of the sights we have seen.

Montana

We have been right outside of Yellowstone Park for the week. We saw a lot of the park, but it would take a month to see everything. It is huge. We saw Old Faithful erupt, smelled the sulfur geysers, saw lots of animals, including bison, a coyote, elk, pronghorns (antelope), several black bears, one with three cubs. Saw a couple of bison fighting, visited Yellowstone Lake.  Today we went to the Grand Teton National Park. Personally, I liked that one better. If and when I come back, I will spend a lot more time at the Grand Teton Park and less at Yellowstone.  The picture of the man is someone that Sondra picked up. He insisted on cooking Sondra some trout that he caught. That is all true. However, he does have a wife, so Sondra didn't really pick him up.

South Dakota

So we were in South Dakota for a few days without phone service, internet or TV. That was all ok, but it was also cold and rainy.  We finished hiking in Rocky National Park and then went to South Dakota passing through Wyoming. We learned two interesting facts about Wyoming. First, it has the fewest people of any other state, and second, it produces about 40% of the coal in the United States.  Then we went to Wind Cave National Park in South Dakota. Has anyone ever heard of this National Park? We had not, but it was pretty awesome.  The cave is one of the biggest, if not the biggest in the world, with over 130 miles of caves paths. We had a great tour. It was the seventh National Park, and I bet most people never heard of it.  You must visit if you are anywhere near South Dakota or Wyoming. Then we went to Badlands National Park. It is also very cool. Both of places you would not see every day. I am so thankful that our forefathers thought to preserve some of these places for future generations to enjoy. Once again, we see God's handiwork all around us. We serve an awesome God who can make beauty out of anything. The first couple pictures are of a cute church we found in Colorado built upon a rock. That is what all of us have as a foundation. The rock of Jesus Christ.