God Loves You and Me, etc.

So we're back from Denali National Park and had to return to real life today. But boy oh boy what a trip. Carol ended up offering for Mk and I to stay up in the park an extra day, so we didn't get home until yesterday evening around 9:30. Everyday was packed from dawn until dusk...or I guess from lowest sun point to lowest sun point...? We were exhausted and hardly ever stopped giggling (for lack of sleep) and most likely got on everyones nerves. But we had the time of our lives.
We tagged along with the Central Reservations crew for ARAMARK from Phoenix, Arizona. This was their first time coming to the park and doing/seeing the things they were selling on the phone. Therefore, they were treated as Kings and Queens. Carpets were rolled out and there were small robed children fanning them and feeding them grapes along the way. Somehow Mk and I were able to sneak into the fringes of the group and convince everyone that we were indeed Princesses, just from another Kingdom . The small robed children fell for it. So did every other ruler that we came in contact with. We were treated extremely well by everyone up in the park. We got all of the free gift packets and were told to order whatever we wanted at most meals. The only thing that I spent money on was ibprofen and water to wash it down with. This was due to sinus pressure that thought that it would be funny if it attacked me in the middle of the trip of my life. To counteract, I pulled my "extreme fun" card, and the sinus pressure would cower during the day while that card was in play until nighttime and morning time when he would retaliate with a vengeance. Nevertheless, I won out in the end because I enjoyed my trip to the fullest.

My favorite part of the trip was the flightseeing over Denali (or what most of you non-locals would call Mount McKinley). The grandeur of God's creation was stunning and absolutely breath-taking. It caused me to give praise to the God that is greater than even the towering mountain that displayed such power and might. We also had crazy awesome views of Denali riding in on the train. The mountain is only out thirty percent of the summer, and it just so happened that we caught it on a perfect day. It truly was a once in a lifetime experience. There are so many more things that we did that I want to share with you all, but if I talked about all of them my fingers would fall off. So, I'll leave you with this:
Trains, salads, puppy dogs
Alaskan huskies, that is.
ATVs and air-o-planes

all of this we did.
I gazed upon the mountainside,
I hiked upon the rocks.
I rafted on the swirling river,
this made me wet my socks.
I spotted rooting grizzly bears
I rangled caribou
The last line was a bold-face lie
I couldn't lie to you.
In all of this I learned a thing
Or four or two or three.
But the most important thing I learned
this trip is that God loves you and me.

P.S. Because he gave us this beautiful earth to live on and have wonderful experiences in and breathe the fresh air of his glorious nature. Amen.