“Now all glory to God, who is able, through his mighty power at work within us, to accomplish infinitely more than we might ask or think.” Ephesians 3:20 NLT
Tom and I have a lot to process from our trip to Alaska. All the planning paid off, and God did so much more for us than we could have imagined. You will hear more about it in the coming weeks, but here are a few photos and some quick takeaways.
Dinali (aka Mt. McKinley, the highest point in North America) We are in the 30% club! Only 30% of visitors get a view of the mountain. Most visitors don’t get to see it because of cloud cover. The clouds are always shifting, so parts of it may be visible, but rarely the whole mountain. We had beautiful views of the whole mountain more than once. This shot is from about 40 miles away!
Margerie Glacier (Glacier Bay National Park) What a spectacular sight! Visitors hope to see the glacier calve, when large chunks of the blue-green ice shed into the ocean with a dramatic crash and splash. We didn’t see that, but as you can tell, we had glorious weather and beautiful views.
Ketchikan, Alaska Ketchikan was the port furthest south in our journey. We had a beautiful, warm, and sunny day to walk around and enjoy the city park and to stroll along the famous Creek Street and Salmon Walk. Summer visitors watch the salmon swimming upstream during the spawning season. No coats needed this day!
My biggest takeaway for you today: The most important preparation I did was to prepare my heart for the unexpected. I will tell you more about that next week. Check my post from May 30, Don’t Sweat the What-ifs for a preview. Every thought and Scripture I shared in that post came into play during the trip. I am so glad I had those tools ready!
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