Wednesday in Alaska was to be a rainy day (in fact, it poured!) in Tok where we were working, so the crew chose to take that day off for sightseeing. Especially with a whole crew of teenagers and young people, the dads did not want it to be all work and no play!
We traveled about 4 hours to Worthington Glacier where we could hike clear up to the glacier.
Here was a beautiful mountain scene on the way.
Here is a picture I took from partway up the hike. You may want to click on the picture to enlarge it to find the hikers below.
We had warned the young people about the crevaces, and Jonathan went along the whole way to make sure everyone stayed safe.
He went here, while Crystal and I remained behind at one point where we thought we'd just stay away from the glacier and possible mudslides. We kept hearing loud cracks and rumbles and stones falling as the glacier edges melted bit by bit in the hot sunshine.
Several of the crew who hiked up the glacial river bed noticed a 16-foot long crack that had just formed in the glacier practically under their very eyes.
What young people will do when Mom is not around!
Reaching in to a crevasse, and ready to get some of the clearest, coolest water ever!
Us!
Further down the road we enjoyed Bridal Veil Falls.
Timmy got this photo with a columbine in it.
Just a bit further down the road was Horsetail Falls.
If you click and enlarge this photo, you will find a rainbow.
What a blast we all had!
Jeff Deeter challenged the boys to do what his boys used to do--put their heads under the icy water!
I couldn't resist snapping a photo of this cute scene.
On down the way at Valdez, we spent the better part of an hour watching the antics of several sea lions having a hayday catching salmon that were trying to swim upriver but kept back by something that had been set across the mouth of the river.
It was high tide with saltwater from the ocean, and feeding time.
Sea gulls swooped about, trying to catch their share of slivered salmon when the sea lions' sharp teeth would catch one and throw it up in the air to swallow it.
Above, four sea lions are having a conversation about whose salmon was tastiest! :)
They "talk' with growls, roars, glurps and something that sounds like an elongated burp!
People who enjoy burping contests need to go there and take lessons.
Jeff Deeter said those noises are the sixth love language!
I prefer this love language!
I
love to go with my hubby on Mission Helps trips! God has blessed us
with so many happy moments that we don't expect ahead of time!
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