What does the end of vacation look like?

This... Will catching some zzzz's at the Denver airport. He doesn't know we have free internet, or he might "come alive" but it is doubtful. We left Anchorage at 11:15p.m., arrived here at 6:20a.m. and we will be back to Knoxville at 3:30p.m.. Of course that doesn't figure in the "loosing of time" 4 hours... but I digress, you all really just checked in to see what antics we have been up to or some witty comments from Will.

So I would like to tell you that we had an awesome last day hike in Eagle River, but it wasn't in the plans, as duty called for our host Matt. Will was able to do homework, which he was most excited to finish. We did however enjoy a most mouth watering delicious meal at Simon and Seaforts Grille with Matt and Caroline and finish up some souvenir shopping. We dined on crab macadamia nut stuffed halibut... yes it was as awesome as it sounds. And after 2 weeks of togetherness Will still thinks I am the best Aunt Debbie, although he did contemplate driving me into the drink in Homer... and well this photo speaks of our typical time these past weeks!



I would like to introduce our gracious host Matt and Caroline. A groovy couple living the dream in Alaska! Oh and say congrats and prayers as they are expecting their first child. We must not have been too hard of guest they invited us back, but we had to commit to babysitting assistance :)



That's right.... oh sorry another attempt at humor! This is actually Ralph and Kodiak... Kodi, and well they are good host too... fully accepting of us just as we were, as long as we fully devoted them some attention.

This is really Matt and Caroline... at the picturesque sky walk downtown Anchorage!




Of course right now we are both tired, and yesterday we talked about how we just skimmed the surface of Alaska and although there are adventures we didn't get to take WOW what we did experience was incredible. As we talked with Matt and Caroline last night at dinner Matt commented that we must have had a lot of people praying for our trip, he said the fact that we saw Denali as much as we did, the northern lights with the beautiful dance and even some great whale and eagle spots; we had experienced more in 2 weeks then many others that visit. So just in case you weren't sure, God does answer prayers, oh and that staying safe in Alaska, yea he answered that one too. As we were driving to the airport last night, I was cutting over to the way I know to get to the Anchorage airport and what to my blurry eyes did I see? Yes big old moose ran in front of me... and into someone's front yard! Will and I were cracking up!

We do hope that you have enjoyed following our adventure. We want to thank you all for your prayers, support and encouraging words on the post! We hope to have a slide show post for you, once I get back to my groovy brother in law who can set it up... So don't forget to come back and visit... thanks again for all the comments and prayers!!