We made it through our first week of Anchorage.  Boy was it a fun week!  We have done so much exploring even the locals at church didn’t have much to add to our list.  Most of their suggestions we have already done!  Dont’ worry there is much more to see in this great state.  We are hopeful to explore some other cities in the upcoming months!  

 

My cousin Guy lives up here.  He took us to a couple different places in ANC.  First being Point Woronzof Overlook.  The tide was really low so we got to explore a lot of the beach.  We found remains of old cars sunk in the rocks.  Pretty cool find.  We had a lot of fun guessing which part of the car we found.  This spot is also, at the end off the runway.  We got to see several 747’s take off. It is quite a site to look up and see the belly of the airplane right above you.  It still amazes me they can fly such huge machinery.  

 

Next stop was on the other side of town to McHugh Creek.  I hope to go back and explore this area some more.  Very beautiful.  The kids were so excited to find moose dung.  Crazy kids!  

We had two ‘bonus’ days with Greg.  Which means he got paid to stay home today!  Our limitation was to stay in cell phone range all day.  We had low key days staying around town checking out Potter’s Marsh and watching a movies.  It was a much needed after our week!

  

We, also, went to Lake Hood to see all the float planes take off and land!  I could see the dream in Greg’s eyes.  Someday, we will take on that adventure of landing on water instead of land.  For now we will be content in watching.  

We also had to find a coffee shop.  We needed WIFI.  The kids enjoyed their hot chocolates with whip cream on the lid!

I’m very thankful we are able to spend the summer with Greg up in Alaska.  Praying this will be an experience none of us will forget!

-Chris