Vacation in Seward

Hey Everyone :)

My apologies for not posting in a while! We had extremely limited internet access while one the island, and so I'm going to be writing a few catch-up posts over the next few days :)

Today was AMAZING! I'm on vacation now (we graduated on thursday) with Martina's parents and the Uhligs. We went on a day cruise out of Seward
to see wildlife and glaciers and it was incredible! We saw like 6
humpback whales, and at least ten orcas. The orcas were so friendly,
they came right up to the boat and poked their noses out of the water
at us! We also passed by a ton of porpoises, sea otters, sea lions,
harbor seals, and saw literally millions of different types of birds
nesting on their cliffs. The most amazing thing was the glacier
though!! There aren't words to describe it! It was so majestic and
just... huge! The glacier we stopped at is over half a mile across
where it meets the ocean, and four miles long and over 600 feet high.
Pieces of it were constantly breaking off and falling into the water,
thousands of tons of ice splashing down with a sound like cannons
firing! It was so beautiful too, this light aquamarine blue all over
with streaks of cobalt. I felt like such a tourist, but it was
incredible. God's creation is SO amazing! And the landscape itself was
gorgeous. The sheer cliffs rise straight up out of the water, towering
several hundred feet over the waves and they're capped with these
dense pine forests and grasses and bushes. Higher up the snow-covered
peaks of the mountains poke up into the clouds and mist and form a
perfect backdrop to the puffins flying by and the mountain goats
perched on the crags. It was such an amazing day.

So yeah, I'll try and write up a few things on our outreach soon!

Josiah