Well wow. July just flew by. I don't even know where to begin with what has been happening up here in Juneau. I'll recap July with a few pictures, I guess, and then write a little bit more.
One last Henry's toast before the staff leaves
Our first weekend on our own, we spent the night at the local Methodist Camp with an awesome woman-Lori Messinger. Her and her husband invited us over to jam salmonberries with them and it was so much fun.
We also made a spaghetti dinner for all the guys on project (26). It was so fun to be able to serve them, plus if you know me, you know I love preparing food for people.
We went out to a local Bible camp, Echo Ranch, with a group of local girls and spent the night making s'mores and sleeping in hammocks.
Hope's family came to visit and we got to spend the night in a cabin they rented. While there we all made burn bracelets, by burning a nylon rope together around our wrists. We actually bought enough that anyone on project or who hangs with us a lot has gotten one.
We have finally been getting nice weather!! Most of July it was in the 50s and rainy, but it's been at least partly sunny and in the 60s the past week or so. We got done working on the first nice day and me and Ashley went "swimming" in Auke Lake (jumped in and got out quickly before we got too cold, repeatedly).
Sam met a girl at the beginning of the summer who works for a local zipline tour company. She was such a sweetie and arranged for us to go on a free zip-line tour! Her name is Alex and she's actually from Olathe, KS and went to school in Arkansas, so we were both able to connect with her, and hopefully I'll get to hang with her sometime in October when she comes back to Olathe.
Last Friday we decided to try to climb Mt. McGinnis, the highest of the 5 Juneau mountains. We didn't make it all the way up, but after about 5 1/2 hours of hiking we found a beautiful lookout point and hung out for an hour. Me and a couple others took a nap, and others just chatted. We were blessed with an absolutely beautiful day that was sunny and clear, but not too hot.
That night we went to a local Thai restaurant we've all been yearning for all summer: Chan's Thai Kitchen. While I love Zen Zero, it blew it out of the water. Chan's is an experience in itself: they are only open from 4-8 and there are no reservations. Additionally, food usually takes awhile to get out. That's how you know it's real.
With the end of the summer comes the end of working. Working at the Silverbow was seriously the greatest thing ever. I am so thankful that I got to work the job that I came up having my heart set on. The job itself was great, but the people we got to work with were amazing. It was so cool to watch them all open up, to form special ties and connections with each one, and it's fun to hang out with them. Ashley and I are actually going to hike with some of them today and then going to a fish fry at Earl's house. Earl looks like Santa Claus and has worked at the Bow for about 10 years. He loves shoo fly pie, and I think we've set up a deal where I will send him a pie every month and he'll send me Silverbow treats.
The gang at Hot Bite in June.
AND, with the last day of work comes a pie in the face. Silverbow tradition dictates that when you leave the Bow on good terms, you will be pied on your last day.
Since I was first off, I was first pied. But that also meant that I got to conspire to get others.
I'll actually have to write more later about what God has been doing because I'm going to breakfast. BUT, I know that I've had such a good time this summer and cannot wait to get home and share it. I don't know that I will miss the city of Juneau too much, but it's the people of Juneau that have really made this summer what it has been.
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