Alaska 06

Friday, August 25, 2006

Warm and cozy in Juneau
Well as you can probably tell, we weren't able to find any more internet access in Gustavus. What a strange little town. I think there is only about 300 people in town. Jen had one stranger ask her how her whale watching tour had been. We'd never met the lady before. I was convinced the town had a secrect meeting every night to talk about us.

Putting up with Gustavus was well worth it in the end. Our Glacier Bay tour was knock-your-socks off amazing. I swear my heart stopped twelve times in 5 hours. Here is the wildlife tally for Day two:
2 wolves
1 brown bear
a couple hundred Stellar sea lions on South Marble Island.
Harbor Seals
Sea Otters
about 8 Bald eagles
Puffin (the yellow head spike one, not the horned one)
Our breaching humback friend made another appearance, bursting out of the water about a hundred yards in front of us.
Moutian goats

And the glaciers, holy cow. Margorie, even in the really flat light we had, shining, almost glowing it's baby blue. and MASSIVE. It dwarfed the cruise liner that shared the bay with us.

Romans 1:21 talks about how creation declares God glory and how even those who have not heard, are without excuse because God's been revealed to them in creation. I started to wonder what my picture of God would be if all I knew about him was what I observed that he created. Today I definetaly would have gotten a sense of his enormity, and the deep truth how in the same action, He both gives and takes away. The glaciers destroy everything in their paths and leave behind a rich, abundant ground that is fully restored in a single mans lifetime. Death and rebirth, it's a cycle going on before our eyes in Glacier Bay and it is a declaration from God about himself.

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