Go and explore. Don't forget to bring the camera!

How wonderful God's creation is. From the roaring rivers in Montana, the amazing forests in British Columbia, to the abundent wildlife in Alaska, God made this earth nothing short of amazing. Everywhere you turn there seems to be something new and exciting to experience. Just do a little exploring and you'll be amazed at what you might find. 

Day 1 of trip: Waking up to a beautiful twilight over the Wyoming, high desert. Cody Wyoming a small but eventful town just outside the entrance of Yellowstone National Park. Everything completely still except my thumping of my heart as this was the day I embarked to Alaska. Road trip anyone? The next 3,000 miles on the road would turn out to be the some of the best I have ever experienced... That first day was nothing but driving until we got into Glacier National Park late in the day and set up camp. We then explored the park before sunset and found many beautiful places along side the road to stop and take pictures. The above picture was one of the pictures along side the one main road that goes through the heart of Glacier National Park. Beautiful waterfalls and gentle brooks wound their way down the mountain sides and eventually into a river at the bottom of the valley. Up and up the road went all the way to a pass which was above tree line. With bighorn sheep literally right in front of us, we had plenty of time to spare and shoot some amazing animals. Glacier National Park was a pleasant place but we had our eyes fixed to the north towards Alaska. The next day we were on the road again and headed to Banff, Canada. Once again God just took our breaths away at this amazing place. We spent several days cruising Banff and its wonders but once again we were ready to ride north to the "Last Frontier". While listening to Gregory Alan Isakov ("and ahh that full bellied moon she's a shinin on me
yeah she pulls on this heart like she pulls on the sea") we continued our trek. Driving through BC was amazing. I already have a section devoted to that but I could go on and on about how perfect it seemed to be. Thick, dark forests and then little openings to let a peaceful field come into view and then before you know it, back to the wet and dark forests again. We stopped at a lake for the sunset and it seemed that God was just shouting his glory at us. On and on we drove late into the night past thousands of lonely trees that the seemed to look the same for miles and miles. We could drive for 50 miles and see a total of 5 homes. The wilderness is dominate in this part of the world. Thats what I love about it. 


Beauty seems to be never ending from Montana all the way to Alaska. If you ever have a chance to make this trip I urge you to do it. It will be one the most amazing experiences of your life. You'll come closer to God and his creation every minute. Don't let your guard down if you think it starts to get boring. The next corner your mouth will drop and you'll stare in awe just like you have been for the last thousand miles on the road. The world is beautiful. There are plenty people who never venture outside there state and don't think anything of it. They are missing so much. Just go out and explore. Oh, and take your camera with you. God will give you many opportunities to capture His beauty through your lens. Just remember he made this for you to enjoy so lets give thanks for that fact. Goodbye for now and I hope you take the chance to go explore and experience Gods creation like I have this summer. 


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Alaska: "Heart of the Wild"

Alaska is full of adventures around every corner. Whether it be a grizzly bear encounter, hiking to glaciers, or just enjoying Gods creation. Alaska is has all these things that you can take in and is truly the "Last Frontier". Everything about it I loved. It made me seem to be in an unreal place that was out of our own world and into a domain so strange and wild that it gave me goosebumps every time we came upon something new (Which was pretty often). Driving to Hyder Alaska was amazing because for miles we drove through clouds that covered up mountain sides around us and when they would part we could see that we were actually in a fjord like valley, with waterfalls every 50 feet or so flowing ever so gently over the side of a cliff. Then just as quick as the clouds parted they covered them up again. This gave me a mystical feeling almost like the video game "Myst" that I played when I was younger. You never really knew when you might come across a bear walking along side the highways trying to find something to eat or a moose going for an afternoon stroll. Once in Hyder, Alaska the roads turned to dirt (more like mud) and the town was no longer the type of town I'm used to seeing. It reminded me of what an old 1800s miners town would look like. Old buildings that were no longer in use along with some that still were, and most of them looked like they would fall down any minute. We traveled out of town towards the Fish Creek Wildlife Observation Site, where bears and other wildlife are seen regularly. This was the first time that I was able to get up close to the Alaskan Grizzly bear. What an amazing site it was. They came down to feed in the streams and clawed 30 lb. salmons in one effortless swipe in the water. This reminded me of how Amazing God is. He created this for all of us to see and enjoy. He made the bears thick furs so they can wade in ice cold water, he gave them huge claws so they can catch and eat salmon easily. He made them just how He wanted them. The bears didn't seem to mind us watching in awe from a platform above them. They just went on feasting on salmon for hours in the pouring rain... They were like giants wading in the river but still had a gentleness about them that gave them an appeal like non other. After a while the sow and cub (mother and kid) went into the woods farther down the stream. The smalls crowd of people watching went back to get under cover from the rain. I stayed and praised God for this amazing place and soaked (literally soaked) in all it had to offer. About ten minutes later I heard the trees behind me snapping and they were waving like a wind storm had just came in. The two bears had come behind me and were only about fifteen feet away from me. It was amazing being all by myself and enjoying these creatures as they played together right beside me. They would look up every now and again but for the most part paid no attention to me. I photographed them walking right beside me until the crowd came back and realized what they had missed. I guess I learned that it pays off to sit for a couple minutes and enjoy nature. 


Slow down! God has made all that is around you and you might just miss something that you could have seen if you weren't rushing all the time! That is all for now. More about Alaska to come! 


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The Open West

I love the west and all it has to offer. Have you ever put your head out the window of a car going 50 MPH? You get that breathless feeling and the wind is ripping through your hair as you speed on. (That's what I think flying would feel like if I had wings.) Traveling west into the "Open Frontier" gives me this feeling inside. Its open and cold and warm all at the same time. My family travels to Colorado almost every summer and some winters for vacations. I love forgetting about where I live and forgetting my troubles that go along with it. Every time I go west I feel this way. It feels like a breath of fresh air that can give you chills during the night but warms you up when the sun peaks over the mountains towering above you. The wildflowers, beautiful ponds and streams in the summer and the exhilarating skiing and lovely snow that falls in the winter, all seems to come along with the package of living in the west. There are deserts as well, but these have a beauty about them that is different from any other place I have ever been.

The Forests in BC

As you go north into Canada and BC area you start running into cold air that seems to stick around all year long. The trees that grow in British Columbia are like nothing I have ever seen before. Like giants looking over little dwarfs that protects  them from the open sky that lurks behind the sheet of green. Underneath the giant fir trees, huge ferns grow with fierce ambitions to ever reach the height of the trees towering above them. Growing on the trees is moss that doesn't want to let go and just wisps through the cool Canadian air. From the outside looking in, the forests are so dark you can barely make out what might or might not be inside. Canada has a special place in my heart now that I have seen all the beauty it offers. Its an amazing thing that God created all this. He is so Beautiful (Beautiful - Phil Wickham)!

Overall not only does Canada have a special place in my heart but the West in general has it. Whats an amazing place we live in. The place we call Earth.

More to come.

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