Chena Hot Springs

Janine and Kristy left for home last night. We slept in this morning, edited and uploaded pictures to the blog, and did our laundry. Then we drove to Chena Hot Springs, about 60 miles Northeast of Fairbanks.

Grant took pictures of antique car equipment, while I thoroughly enjoyed the hot springs.

We have been debating for days whether to go to Barrow or Prudhoe Bay to put our toes into the Arctic Ocean. In Barrow, we could also see some Eskimo Indian culture. Or, we could just go to the Arctic Circle. Or, we could not go at all. Arctic Ocean tours to Barrow and Prudhoe Bay are very expensive. A trip to Prudhoe Bay by road is a 3 days and 2 nights trip. Driving on the Dalton Highway to the Arctic Circle is about 12 hours round trip on a gravel road, with lots of big trucks. There are lots of warnings against driving on the road. We definitely did not want to do it in the rain. So, we finally decided to set the alarm for 5 AM. If the sky was clear, we would drive to the Arctic Circle. If it was cloudy or raining, we would skip it. Tomorrow will tell.

Fairbanks, AK - Janine and Kristy Depart

Today is Janine and Kristy’s last day in Alaska. They leave for California tonight. We will miss them. They planned this wonderful trip and we are very grateful. We will miss them.

Our first stop for the day was the Fairbanks Visitor’s Center. Then we went to the Fairanks Ice Museum. Every year they have an ice sculpturing contest. They cut huge chunks of ice out of the river. Some of the exhibits are saved in the Ice Museum. We also got a demonstration of carving an ice sculpture.

We also took a paddle wheel ride on Discovery II on the Chena River. Prior to the boat ride. We met and visited with Lance Mackey. He has won the Iditarod the last four years straight. He is also a cancer survivor. I think we are going to be watching the Iditarod next March. I believe we have met at least five Iditarod dog mushers, and at least four have been winners!!! We also saw Susan Bucher’s kennels today. She won the Iditarod for several years in a row, but she lost the battle with cancer. We met her husband, Dave Monson. Dave put the dogs through a race pulling an OHV with no engine, but beefed up brakes.

In Alaska, a large percentage of people own and fly private planes. Sometimes they have regular tires; sometimes they have balloon tires for landing on ice. Sometimes they have pontoons for landing on water, and sometimes they have skies for landing on snow. We saw a pilot take off and land on the water on the paddle wheel boat ride.

Next we saw some demonstrations at a Chena Indian Village. We saw filleting and drying fish. We heard about using animal skins for clothing and saw a ceremonial coat.

After the paddle boat ride, we went back to our little trailer and cooked some of the halibut that we caught in Homer for dinner and then we took the girls to the airport.

Nenana, AK to Fairbanks, AK

Our first stop of the day was the Nenana Visitor’s Center on our way to Fairbanks. Riley, at the visitor’s center was an Iditarod winner. The visitor’s center has a sod roof. Actually, quite a few buildings, we have seen, here in Alaska, have sod roofs.

Every year in Nenana they have a contest to see who can come the closest to guessing the exact date and time when the ice flow in the river will break up. They put a tripod on the ice in the river. It is attached by cable to a clock in a tower, when the ice breaks up, it pulls the cable and the clock stops and an alarm sounds and the contest is over. For $2.00, we bet that in 2011, the ice will break up on April 25th at 3:33 AM. When the ice breaks up, it sort of explodes, sending huge chucks of ice up to 35 ft in the air.

With Kristin having worked for Sierra Pacific Industries, we were surprised to see a palate of SPI lumber in the trail freight yard at Nenana.

We drove along the Parks Highway to Fairbanks. After we dropped our trailer at camp for the night, we went to Santa Claus House in North Pole, AK. The reindeer there looked really healthy.

Next we went to Pioneer Park in Fairbanks. The train we saw there was used by Warren Harding when he visited Alaska. The Riverboat was the Nenana Riverboat. It now has quite an extensive and authentic layout of all the villages on the Nenana River. They are set up sort of like a railroad layout along the walls.

Denali National Park & Grant's Birthday

It’s Grant’s birthday and we are headed into Denali National Park for a 12 hour tour to Kantishna in Denali National Park. Private vehicles can not drive there so you have to take a tour if you want to go that far. It’s a rainy/fooggy day so we won’t see Mt. McKinley. We’re glad we chose to see it by plane yesterday.

One of the things we learned on the way to Kantishna was that we were now members of the 70% club. 70% of the folks that come to Denali National Park never see Mt. McKinley. It is nearly always hidden in cloud cover.

We saw two wolves on the trip. Since there are only 59 wolves in 6 million acres of Denali National Park, I would saw we were blessed. The moose antlers are from two moose that locked horns in battle and then could not separate. So, they died of starvation. Sad, but apparently it is a somewhat common occurrence.

There was lots of Fall color: reds, orange, yellow, gold and green. Janine took dozens of pictures of the hills just to get all the colors. She said she was imagining how they would look in a quilt. Janine and Kristy have always wanted to go to the Smokey Mountains or New Hampshire for Fall color. Who would have guessed they would see it in August in Alaska.

Fannie Quigley lived in Kantishna. She was a character and a survivor. She was famous for her blueberry pies. The secret ingredient was bear fat. She was a miner, gardner, hunter, dog musher, and a fisherman. She escaped an abusive first husband by loading her belongings in a dog sled, and pulling the dog sled herself. Her second husband left for an easier life in Seattle, but Fannie toughed it out here.

I think we have seen bear and/or moose nearly every day since the girls have been here.

Wasilla, AK to Denali National Park

We drove from Wasilla to Denali National Park today. The girls have been wanted to go to the East Coast to Fall Color. Well, it is Fall here in Alaska, and the Fall colors are just beautiful. There are lots of reds, oranges, yellows, golds and green.

When we arrived in Denali, the first thing we wanted to see were the dogs used in dog mushing for maintenance of the park. In the winter, the park closes to vehicles and all back country is maintained by the park rangers using the dogs. We got to pet the dogs and see them in a demonstration race.

Next, we went to see the train that comes through Denali National Park. Then, we drove the paved portion of the road through Denali that they allow the public to drive on to the end of the road. The Fall colors were amazing. On our way back, we stopped to see the Savage River Cabin used for Sled Dog Patrols in Winter. Similar cabins are placed a days journey from each other into the park. And, we saw a mother bear with her cub.

For dinner, we attended the Cabin Nite Dinner Theater. They had a good comedy show feature the early pioneers of park era, and all you can eat ribs and salmon. The salmon was excellent. I got the recipe for the sauce!

Wasilla, AK and the Iditerod; Talkeetna, AK and flight over Denali

We went to the Iditerod Trail Headquarters in Wasilla, AK. We got to pet the puppies, ride a sled pulled by Iditerod trained dogs, and meet the son of the founder of the annual Iditerod Races. Joe Reddington Sr, was the founder of the races. We met his son, Raymond, who know runs the family kennel now. Both of his sons will be racing in 2011.

From there, we went to Talkeetna. We took a picture from the Princess Lodge of Denali and Mt. McKinley. It was shrowded in clouds. We decided to take a flight over Denali since we knew it was going to be raining the next day when we drove to Denali. Besides the views of Mt. McKinley, we got incredible views of 13 glaciers. There are a few cabins out in the ice fields. These would be summer lodgings for vacationers. You would have to fly in to your lodging.

After the flight, we returned to the village of Talkeetna. One of the things we found interesting there was a John Deere ice cream machine. Apparently the Amish make these, and you can order one from them. We had to treat ourselves to homemade ice cream.

It’s off to Denali National Park tomorrow.

Palmer, AK and Hatcher Pass

On the way out of Valdez, we saw a mother bear and 3 cubs! What a thrill. It takes a very healthy female bear to have three cubs. Having seen all the salmon swimming upstream in the Valdez area, it shouldn’t be a major surprise to see her with three cubs.

Palmer was established about 1916 as a railway station. Before that it had been a trading post used by the Athabascan Indians starting in 1890. In 1935, as part of Roosevelt’s New Deal, Palmer was planned and established as an agricultural community in the Mat-su Valley for Alaska. 203 American farm families, struck by the dust bowl and the Great Depression, were hand picked to start farms on 40 acre plots in the area. They were offered one of 5 floor plans. They houses and funding for furnishings and other goods to start a new life were put into a 30 year mortgage for them to pay off. With the long summer days, they grow amazing and huge vegetables, and the flowers that grow nearly everywhere are amazing.

In Palmer, we saw a new concept that we liked. At the Tesoro Alaska Gas Station, they were offering “Gas for Grades”. I think that would be a great idea in the “ lower 48” ( as the Alaskans refer to the rest of us) .

We drove to Hatcher Pass out of Palmer and saw some amazing views of mountains and the Independence Mine. There were some steep grades, but the views were stunning. The locals were in the mountains picking blueberries. We also saw some beaver dams along the way in the water.

Valdez - Columbia Ice Glacier Tour

We started the day with a tour of the Valdez Museum. Then we took a boat tour of the Valdez Harbor and the Columbia Glacier and Ice Flow.

We saw eagles, birds, ducks, sea otters, and sea lions. We stopped for awhile to watch the sea lions play. They came right up to the boat and swam and played right along with it for a time. The ice bergs were pieces of ice that broke off the glacier. The Columbia Glacier calves off millions of tons of ice each day. They are beautiful with lots of blue in them. Because they came in so many shapes, we imaged them as different animals and objects, much like you do with clouds. The ice bergs are about 95% below water. Sometimes, their center of balance changes and they flip over. When they flip over, they are very blue-green crystal ice on the top.

Valdez was destroyed in the 1964 Good Friday earthquake. The Army Corp of Engineers condemned the town and relocated it a few miles away. The quake measured 9.2 on the Richter scale. After the boat cruise we drove to Old Valdez to see the old town. There is very little left. The old town area itself is chain link fenced although the gates are now without padlocks and standing open.

Glenallen, AK to Valdez, AK

We will be driving to Valdez today along the Glenn Highway to Glennallen, and then south on the Richardson Highway to Valdez. We have driven more than 6,000 miles on this trip so far. Most camp grounds have wi-fi, but we don’t always have the pictures labeled and ready to go for a blog post. So, we are updating the blog as time permits. The mountains and rivers and lakes are just really amazing along this drive.

We saw the Alaska (Alyeska) Pipeline on the way into Valdez. There are expansion joints in the pipeline that let it expand at least 4 feet left and right as well as forward and back. There are also heating elements in places to keep the oil flowing. They use “pigs” to clean up the natural wax buildup that occurs along the pipeline. They put in overhead pipes where vehicles can drive under the pipeline that prevent trucks that are tall enough to damage the pipeline from hitting the pipeline. Most of the pipeline is buried, but not all.

We stopped at the Solomon Gulch Fish Hatchery and the U.S. Forest Service Spawning Area. We saw bear going for the easy catch near the fish hatchery.

The last picture is from an overlook in Valdez at the Civic Center. You can see the mountains, the ocean, the town and the harbor.

Portage, AK - Alaskan Conservation Center

We left Soldotna early in the morning in route to Valdez. Everywhere along the rivers, people are out fishing. The red salmon are done. They are spawning and dying. People are fishing for the silver salmon and the trout.

We really enjoyed our time in the Alaska Wildlife Conservation Center. The center is home to orphaned and injured Alaskan wildlife. We saw Wood Bison, Musk Ox, Elk, Moose, Caribou, and Eagles. We learned that reindeer are the same as caribou. Reindeer are tame caribou. There was a baby musk ox called Mukluck. His mother gave her life to protect her baby from a bear. Musk Ox are ice age animals that were nearly extinct. Their under fur makes the softest yarn. Kristin got two balls of yarn along with a book of knitting patterns. The proceeds from the sale of the yarn go to native Eskimo peoples. There were beautiful mountain views from the Glenn Highway, even though it was raining.

We spent the night near Glennallen. We are off to Valdez tomorrow.

Bear Viewing Video 2

Here's the second video of a bear chasing and catching fish.

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Bear Viewing Video 1

We caught two short videos clips on the digital camera of the bears chasing and catching a fish. The resolution isn't great, but the videos are still cute. I'm posting them in two separate posts.

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Here's the first :

Homer, Alaska & Clark National Park Bear Viewing

We are off to see the bears - up close and personal. The flight to view the bears is with Kbay Air out of Homer. Our trip to Homer, again, provided more excellent views of Cook Inlet, the volcanoes and mountains on the other side, and the Homer Spit area. I think if I were to move to Alaska, I would want to move here. I love the mountains and the water.

Our intended destination was KatMai National Park in the Aleutian Range. However, as we were flying over KatMai, we found it to be socked in with weather, and we couldn’t land. So, we flew on to Clark National Park. It is the newest of the National Parks and is North of Mount Redoubt on the Cook Inlet. We saw lots of beautiful scenery from the air, and were able to view bears fishing from the air. We landed on the beach (no runway). It felt like driving to fast in a dune buggy.

We walked along the beach to an area where the bears fish as the tide is going out. They like to fish in a few inches of water. The water is so shallow that you can often see the top of the fish out of water. The water was filled with Chum – a type of Salmon. We affectionately named the bears we saw. It was such fun to watch them romp through the water like a cat chasing a moving object or a dog chasing after a ball when you throw it. We thought they reminded us of our dog Toby. We were surprised that we could get so close to the bears. One juvenile, that was running away from a bigger bear, after the juvenile’s latest catch ran right towards us and was turned back by the guide when he was about 5 feet away. The bears weren’t interested in us. They were interested in fishing and chasing the fish in the water, trying to catch them. We stayed as a tight knit group. Apparently, the size of our group makes the bears see the group as a single blog bigger than they are and not to be bothered. Be sure to look at the two videos of the bears chasing fish that I am posting. They looked like big teddy bears and never seemed intimidating at all.


We are off toward Valdez tomorrow.

Cooper Landing Rafting Trip and Trip to Seward

It was another sunny beautiful day. We went to Cooper Landing for a rafting trip on the Kenai River. There were rapids, but they were gentle and very enjoyable. We were fully rubber suited from boots to pants to jackets. Cameras were placed in zip lock bags as we approached the sections with rapids. We saw lots of bald eagles and large schools of red salmon that broke the water. There were lots of fishermen trying to catch the trout that are in the bottom of the salmon nests feasting on the salmon eggs. Once the salmon turn red, as they swim upstream to lay their eggs and die, apparently they are no longer good eating. So, for the most part, the fisherman were catching and releasing the salmon and going for the trout.

After lunch, we went to a quilt shop in Cooper Landing. We had to laugh, it’s called “Bearly Threaded” while our quilt store in Sonora is called “Bearly Quilting”. And, we bought a few more fat quarters for our Yukon and Alaska quilt.

After our quilt shop stop, we went towards Seward, with a stop to hike to the Exit glacier. We met up with two of our fellow SOWERS project team members on the hike to the glacier (Lynda and Dave). They allowed Janine and Kristin to sleep two nights in their trailer so Grant didn’t have to sleep out on the ground for two of the nights. Thank you so much Lynda and Dave.

After Exit Glacier we went to Seward to see Resurrection Bay with the girls. The skies were blue and it was so much easier to see the mountains and the bay this time. We saw where the Iditarod Sled Dog Race starts and a sea otter in the bay. Later, on our way back, we were blessed with a beautiful double rain and breath taking sunset.

Solid Rick Bible Camp - Soldotna, AK (Work Day 12)

Today was the last work day at Solid Rock Bible Camp. It was also the first sunny day we have had since we came to Alaska. The men finished the sheet rock work. The woman finished up some cleaning and reorganized the sweatshirts and tees in the snack shop. Then, Grant and I headed off to the Anchorage Airport to pick up Janine and Kristin. We took a few pictures along with way. We were treated with an incredible sunset. Their flight arrived at 11:20. We arrived back at the camp at 3 AM. Our sleeping arrangements are for Grant to sleep outside on the ground and the three girls to sleep in our little trailer. Poor Grant, but he doesn’t complain.

Solid Rick Bible Camp - Soldotna, AK (Work Day 11)

Don and Jenny, from our SOWERS team, left to go back to South Dakota because of a wedding they plan to attend. So, we took group pictures and project pictures before getting together as a group to pray for them for travels mercies and blessings on their way. We took a picture of the entire SOWERS team in front of the Solid Rock for which this Solid Rock Bible Camp is named. It was hard to see them go. This team has really come together and connected on a personal level. We have all come to love each other. After work today, Grant and I went to Kenai to a quilt store and bought some more fabric for an Alaskan quilt. Today was the first day of sunny weather since we crossed the border into Alaska. It is really beautiful. You can actually see the mountains and volcanoes on the other side of Cook Inlet. Tomorrow is the last work day. Janine and Kristy will be here tomorrow night. I can hardly wait.

Solid Rick Bible Camp - Soldotna, AK (Work Day 9)

After work today the Solid Rock Bible Camp staff took us out to dinner at a Chinese restaurant. It was very nice. They also give us nice picture frames with Solid Rock Bible Camp carved into them. Later we put a great picture of the SOWERS team into the picture frame. Then they took us on a driving tour of Cook Inlet and the mountains and volcanoes across the inlet, Kenai, Old Town Kenai, the Russian Orthodox Church in Kenai, the oil refineries, the oil rigs out in the Cook Inlet, and the Kenai Airport. It was a very interesting and informative evening. Ted was our tour guide and James was our driver.

Soldotna, AK - Sunday

We went to church today. We also attended Sunday school where we listened to a very interesting lesson on cults. Most of the other SOWER couples went fishing today. Several of the men have gone fishing nearly every evening. My little freezer in the trailer is full of fish from our Halibut fishing trip. We are experimenting with recipes for cooking halibut.

Soldotna, AK - Heritage Center

We slept in today. Then we went to “The Moose is Loose” bakery for apple fritters for breakfast. Oh do I love those apple fritters. After breakfast, we went to the Heritage Center where we learned quite a bit about how Soldotna got its start. After World War II, veterans were offered homesteads of 40 acres if they would clear, settle and farm the land for one year. They could apply for up to 4 forty acre parcels. Non veterans, could apply for the same homesteads, but they had to settle the land for 4 years. So, towns of the Kenai Peninsula are relatively recent with settlers since WW II. Before that, the Russians and the Indians were the primary residents. The Russians hunted for otters and sea lions. There are still active Russian communities and active Russian Orthodox Churches in the area.

Seward - Resurrection Bay

There were some beautiful glacial mountain views on the way to Seward. We stopped at the visitor center and then we went to the Alaska Sea life Center. Grant was fascinated with the octopus. I enjoyed watching the sea lion swim round and round in circles and playing with the sea anenomies. Then we went on a cruise of Resurrection Bay out of Seward. It was a very rainy day. It was nice to be able to be inside the boat with beautiful views of the marine wildlife, the mountains, and the glaciers. Resurrection Bay was a brilliant blue-green. I thought it was just rock flour, but the park ranger that narrated the trip said that it was plankton in the bay that reflected the blue-green color. The first glacier we saw was Godwin glacier. The picture doesn’t do it justice, but there were think blue strips of glacial ice. Bear Glacier is part of the Harding Ice Field, and although we couldn’t see the glacier very well in the rain, it was very interesting to see the terminal moraine that extended into the bay creating a fresh water lake. The lake was filled with ice bergs. The tour included an all you can eat buffet with prime rib and salmon.

Solid Rick Bible Camp - Soldotna, AK (Work Day 8)

Today is the last day of work for the second week. Pictures show the progress being made on the Chuck Wagon Camp Hotel. The Insulation and visqueen moisture barrier are completed in all four rooms. We have been having some really amazing sunsets. They are a little hard to see from the camp because there are so many trees, but they still are spectacular. You have to be up at 11:30 PM to see them. Tomorrow we are going for a boat tour of Resurrection Bay and the glaciers in the area. We will be leaving out of Seward.

Soldotna, AK - Church and Lunch with SOWERS

We went to a good bible teaching church this Sunday. The message was on the importance of reading scripture and trusting in God. There was also a good Sunday School class on the false message of faith healers and others that promise blessing for making large contributions. It showed, in scripture why their messages are false.


After church, all the five SOWER couples from this Solid Rock Bible Camp project met for lunch. It was Myron's birthday as well. We had a bit of fun getting our pictures taken with the painting on the wall.


Grant had to have a picture of the broken water line that had to be repaired when we first arrived here. Now we can throw the broken part away.

Homer, Alaska - City Sites

It was cold and rainy most of the day today. After a little breakfast at a fabulous bakery, we went to a wild life museum. Then we met another SOWERS couple (Lynda and Dave) that had come down for the day. We had coffee together and then walked the streets of the Homer Spit area doing a little window shopping and souvenir collecting. I bought a nice warm sweater. Grant bought a pocket knife.


On our way back we drove to quite a number of shoreline views of Cooks Inlet. It was hard to get good pictures because of the rain. We stopped at a Russian Orthodox Church in Ninilchik, Alaska. In the church yard there was a beautiful display of fireweed, which is a very common pink/purple flower here in Alaska. The locals say that when the fireweed is gone for the year, it's time for winter.


I have a lot of fishy smelling clothes to wash!!!

Homer, Alaska - Halibut Fishing

Today is the big day. We are going to fish for halibut. Homer is supposed to be the halibut fishing capital of the world. When we head out from the dock, it's like all the boats are in a race to get to the hot spots for halibut.


We get our instructions from the crew and we are ready to fish. Men have 4 pound weights on their lines. Women have 3 pound weights. It was raining when we first started to fish, but it stopped raining in about an hour.


In the first three places where we stopped to fish, all I caught where sharks. They were all calling me the shark lady. I was beginning to think I wasn't going to catch a halibut. But, Grant and I each caught about 7 halibut. The limit is 2 per day. Both of us caught our limit. The rest we threw back. They were all about 14 to 18 pounds each. Sometimes halibut are more than 200 pounds. Don't know how I'd reel one of those in. I had a really sore arm at the end of the day as it was.


The charter boat filleted the fish for us. Then they packed it, froze it, and Fedexed it to Kristin's house for us. We will have a lot of halibut to eat when we get home.


We plan to tour Homer on Saturday and head back to Solid Rock Bible Camp tomorrow night.

Solid Rick Bible Camp - Soldotna, AK (Work Day 4)

After work today, we broke camp and headed for Homer where we camped on the beach for the night. As we drove into the Homer Spit Harbor, the following sight greeted us.


It is so beautiful, with the glaciers, mountains, and volcanoes in the background. It is raining, so the picture is a bit gray, but it was still very beautiful.


Early tomorrow morning, we are going fishing for halibut on a charter boat.

From Aug 5

Solid Rick Bible Camp - Soldotna, AK (Work Day 3)

Grant is working with two other men on the electrical wiring, insulation, and sheetrock for a new building. Two other men are working on trim molding for doors and windows in other buildings. Grant's team finished the electrical wiring today and started the insulation. In Alaska, they don't use insulation with a vapor barrier. Instead they use insulation without a vapor barrier and apply visqueen after. There are some other things that are different from building codes that Grant is used to. I continue on the envelopes for a mailing at about 150 envelopes a day. There are 1500 envelopes. It is slow and tedious.


I am behind in my blogging again, but hope to catch up today.

Solid Rock Bible Camp - Soldotna, AK (Work Day 2)

We didn't take any pictures today. I bet you're glad. Grant continued working on electrical wiring today. I continued working on the mailing. After lunch, YOU know what I decided to do. I decided to catch up on my blog. Hope I didn't overwhelm you too much. Hopefully, I will keep up from here on out. Grant is exhausted this evening. I think we will be hitting the hay a little early tonight. It has rained off and on every day since we have been here.

Solid Rock Bible Camp - Soldotna, AK (Work Day 1)

Today is our first day of work. Grant went to work in the Chuck Wagon Hotel building on the electrical wiring. I worked in the office on a huge mailing. In the afternoon, I did our laundry. After dinner we met with the other SOWERS to play a card game called “Fruit Basket”. It’s kind of fun and good for a large group of players. We had 9 people playing. We like games and we had a good time.

Soldotna, AK

It was Sunday and we went to church. Then we decided to drive up the Kenai Spur Highway to the Capt Cook State Recreation Area. There were lots of views of the Cook Inlet. We looked for agates on the beach. We could see the volcanoes in the distance across the inlet, but the clouds were nestled at the top of the volcanoes so they were hard to capture in a picture. On the way back we passed many oil refineries, and oil rigs - including lots of off shore oil rigs.


We spent some time in Kenai at the Russian Orthodox Church exhibits at the museum and a walk through town to see old town Kenai and the Russian Orthodox Church buildings still in use today. The church has a priest. We went to a gift shop near the church. The woman in charge of the gift shop is Indian, and she is a member of the Russian Orthodox Church.


When we came back to camp we decided to drive around the Solid Rock Bible Camp, where we are working here in Soldotna to check out the facilities. We took some pictures of the Chuck Wagon Camp where Grant will be working.


Devotions are at 7:30am tomorrow, then breakfast, and off to work.