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Our tourist days...


I thought I would post some scenery pictures of us being tourists this week. This is Summit Lake. It is fed fully by snow and rain. It is very beautiful and clear. We were on top of the mountains and surrounded by ice capped mountains.


This is from the glacier cruise we went on yesterday. It was a 5 hour tour. We saw 26 glaciers in one day. Well, not really b/c it was rainy and very, VERY cloudy but the ones we saw were beautiful! We saw Surprise Glacier which calved (where the ice fell from the side of the glacier) about 4 or 5 times. We saw many sea otters and sea lions and about 5 bald eagles. It was a sight to see! :) We had a great time in the cold, rainy weather. One of our waiters was from Chattanooga, which was really cool and we got to talk about home. :)


This is Surprise Glacier. It had a lot of action the past few days, so a lot of the ice had fallen off and we were surrounded by mini icebergs. It was really cool.


This picture should be first :) hahah O well...this is were we were for the Glacier cruise. It is located in Whittier, AK. It has one tunnel going through the mountain into the town. On the top of the hour, we were allowed to drive out of the town and on the half hour we drove into it, and at some point, the train has to go through. It is now used as a tourist town but the military used it for different things during WWI but now it's is touristy...

This is a train snow blower. We also saw a rainbow at this site. It was so beautiful!


We had a blast the past few days. We went hiking at Thunderbird Falls. We went on the Glacier cruise through Prince William Sound saw many once in a lifetime things, we went to Hatcher Pass where the gold mine is located. We went up to Summit Lake and saw mountains everywhere!! It was truly a site to see and the pictures we have do not give it justice. Kraig and I were in awe of our Lord. We were so amazed at how He cares for nature and makes the mountains so HUGE, puts the glaciers on the side of the mountains, and yet...cares for us. We are so humbled by the fact.

The group left out today. It is finally quiet. We had a blast with these people. We were sad to see them go. They got so much done! We painted the whole house! It looks amazing! I have to get after pictures to show you all. Well, we have one more week left. We still have lots to accomplish this week. Kraig is going to paint the parking lot lines and some different other tasks, I am going to work on Sunday School material and some other little things. I am sure we will stay very busy. We are going to try to see a couple more things around town but we shall see.

Love you all and thank you for all your prayers. We look forward to seeing you all soon!! :)
Kraig and Ashleigh

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