WOW! It’s August first. I can’t believe we’ve been on the road for a full 2 months. It doesn’t feel that way. Yesterday we left Whittier and made our way back to Anchorage and back into the same campground we were in 4 weeks ago. I never thought we would spend 4 weeks on the Kenai Peninsula. But we’ve seen a lot and enjoyed our stay in that area. It was strange to drive back into Anchorage and see familiar roads and buildings. What will it feel like when we pull into Weare?
So today, for the first time on the road, we were able to go to church! Our friend Matt met us this morning and we attended the 12:00 service. It was refreshing to be praising the Lord in prayer & worship with other believers. Thank you Pastor Paul for recommending Anchorage City Church. BTW, Pastor Rick sends his love to you. Christen, in the bulletin I read that the Alaska International House of Prayer is now established and meeting in this church! You may want to consider a move!
From there we went to see Ol’ Jack Kimm! We returned his gun and knife and sat and talked with him for at least an hour. He was as entertaining this time as the first time around. We brought Bruno with us and he was gracious enough to sign our silly bear. He said his signature can also be found on a fur coat that he gave to President Ford, Harry Truman, and a Russian President that was jealous of President Ford’s coat. We bought ourselves a Christmas present before we left… a caribou rug. We picked one out of the pile of about 20 or so and when we made our choice, Jack got on his knees with us and began telling us the story of this particular animal! He says, now this male had a lot of licking…. See here around the neck. That’s why the hairs are fewer here, because many ladies trying to get his attention. He was probably one of the more important males of his group and he would be doing important things like looking for a watering hole. If he did not find water he would have many angry deer behind him, so he looks and looks. All the while, the females are licking his neck saying, pay attention to me!! That is why the hair is thinner here around the neck. The pelt suddenly came to life and will mean more to us when we see it on the floor in front of our fire place. We will forever remember Jack Kimm. But he assured us, “He’s a nobody, just a country pumpkin”.
We had dinner with Matt at the Sourdough Mining Company before having to say a final goodbye. We had an incredible meal of BBQ chicken & ribs, and pulled pork. The restaurant is a replica of an actual mine from the area. The interior was all heavy wood walls and floor, there were actual mining tools hanging from the walls and stones that were brought in from the mine. It was a great atmosphere, great food, good company, and all of it enjoyed over a great Alaskan White brew in chilled mugs.
Bruno enjoyed his outing around Anchorage today. He got his picture with some of the locals, even some that looked a lot like him.
Pictures: (1) Jack Kimm and a wolf hide that he had shot. (2) Jack, Bruno & us (3) Bruno and the trolley driver (4) Bruno ordering reindeer sausage (5) Bruno & a new found friend.
Deb,
ReplyDeleteI have a request.
On your next blog post could you tell all of your followers about the houses on the bluff, and what happens to them?
I thought that was a very interesting story.
We set up our booth for Soulfest this last weekend and will be pulling our camper up there tomorrow. Met and talked with Nellie, the woman from Columbia that Gary and I had a chance to talk with last year. I gave her your blog address so she can follow. She is still interested in going to Bolivia. We were told by one of the set up crew that there would have been the opportunity to sell 300+ coffee mugs to the volunteers if we could have come up last week. Something to think about for next year....
ReplyDeleteSo I would love to hear the stories you are telling all of these folks who are willing to pose with Bruno. I definitely think I would have enjoyed meeting Jack Kimm...maybe he will come visit you in NH? Sue
ReplyDeleteHmm,Reindeer Sausage? Our menu for Thanksgiving is getting more interesting. Hope you packed some away. Some of us are stuck in the glacier-free South and would like a taste of the adventure you kids are having!
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