Since Juneau is the capitol of Alaska, most people don't realize how isolated it is. The truth: the only way to get into Juneau is by boat or plane - which means the roads here, well, they just end. We drove to the south and saw the end of the road.
We had attempted to go into town this day - you can tell because we look so nice - but that lasted about 5 minutes until we remembered we don't like crowds, we don't like noise, we don't like crazy shopping, and we just aren't the "downtown type" of folk! So instead we found a hiking trail and started exploring south of the road on a trail called DuPont. It was beautiful (and much better than downtown)in our oh-so-humble opinions. We have full intentions of coming back to this trail and doing a backpacking trip one day. Rumor has it the trail branches off and can take you straight to the beach - yes please.
Our other fun adventure this week was an overnight backpacking trip with our coworkers Matt and Nicole. Matt and Nicole are the sweetest brother-sister duo from Alpine, Utah and it's hard for us to hang out with them because they typically work the mornings. We hiked out to Crow Point and enjoyed a fantastic evening cowboy camping under the stars. Our only complaint was the drunks who were blasting music from their boat while speeding up and down close to the shore with no lights at 1 in the morning! The next morning we spent time exploring tide pools and frolicking in fields (ok we didn't really frolic but we probably should have, and we probably should have also sang the Sound of Music).
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| Photo taken at 11:30pm. It stays light for so long! |
Our PCT preparation is still going well, and pretty soon here we'll start telling you about our sponsors! Just remember, if you have any inclination to buy us Christmas, birthday, or anniversary gifts this year we accept money, gear, and jerky.
In church on Sunday we taught the kids about the good Samaritan. We encouraged them all to try and memorize the Bible verses Matthew 22:37-39, and challenge all of you to do the same. Imagine how great a world we would live in if everybody loved God and their neighbor with their whole being!
Remember to pray and remember to play,
Mr. & Mrs. Andrew
