Alaska VS. Marriage

This last week Linds and I were privileged to celebrate our seventh anniversary! Now, through the gift of a week in a friend's condo, and the bazillion frequent flier miles we've racked up with our GYFM travels, we were able to celebrate with a trip to our nations most northern state, Alaska! Now that we are back, it strikes me how the state of Alaska and our marriage have several strong similarities:

• It's DEFINITELY worth the effort: at every stop we've found ourselves going "Wow, we need to record this so we can remember it forever!"
• It's not even close to being safe: we never know when we are going to round a corner and meet a danger - it is always wise to be "Bear Aware."
• "Adventure is out there!": it just doesn't get old or boring, there are always new challenges, new pleasures, new disappointments, new opportunities.
• It is constantly surprising: there is always more going on than we expected, and it is a great blessing to stop and explore all the details.
• It requires a lot of you: it doesn't take long to experience sensory overload, and can take some extra umph to engage it well - and yet it's always worth it.
• It is always a signpost: each new view inspires awe, not only at the beauty before us, but at the Designer who crafted it.

I could go on, but you get the picture. It's been an AMAZING past seven years of adventure to be married to my Lindsey Anne, and just like Alaska, I just don't ever seem to be able to get enough.

The town we stayed in

Picking wild daisies :)

The Alaska Train!

No kidding, we arrived on the day of the local Blueberry Festival!

A gorge on one of our hikes

The base of Byron Glacier

The inn where we stopped for lunch

No joke, I caught it with my bare hands!

This little guy just kept swimming circles past the window!

My Baby, the explorer

It was such a blessing to be able to be there!

- Drew

PS - Thanks to Matt for loaning us the camera we took all these photos with!