Cabin Fun

I got the chance to spend New Year's Eve with my church family at our "No-Talent Talent Show"...good stuff. I rang in the New Year by clanking lollipops with some of my students over a heated game of Outburst. On New Year's Day I got the honor of attending the wedding for one of my former youth, who got married at a beautiful little wedding in the snow on the shores of Mirror Lake. Then I set out to our family's cabin up at Crooked Lake. I threw my hiking backpack on and cross-country skied across the lake to the cabin (talk about an REI ad). I got a chance to visit with one of my close friends, Matt, and his family. We went snowshoeing and snowmachining in all of the fresh powder. This picture was taken at a little swamp behind our cabin...I sat on a tree so you could see my snowshoes. It was a great time with my family and friends. I was there three days, which flew by. I'm sad to leave all the beautiful snow, but the temperatures dropped so the Texas warmth will be a nice change. The more I am out in the beauty of Alaska's wilderness, the more I know that Alaska is my home and it runs through my blood. Hopefully I'll get one more ski or snowshoe in before I leave on Tuesday.