Alaska Day 3

We would have been delighted to jump right in and help out here with activities or jobs at the camp but the director, Rick Cornfield, told us that we are to observe, attend, ask as many questions as we would like to of any staff or summer staff, enjoy and experience Alaska and savor our time together without the kids. So, that is what we are doing...

This morning we took a van with a group people that are on a work team, out to King Ministries Air Ventures. This is a ministry started by a man named Duane King. He teaches young pilots how to fly in the mountains and in the bush. He gives flight tours to select groups for an eight of the price you would generally pay elsewhere.
Someone anonymously treated us to this tour and we are so grateful! We got to see King Mountain and many others and multiple glaciers, including the Matanuska Glacier. We also got to see a family of mountain sheep although I wasn't able to get a picture of them. These are some of the pictures. The views were breathtakingly beautiful and the turbulance at one point was quite bad. After we passed through it, the pilot decided that he wouldn't take the other group over the high ridge at the beginning of the glacier. Even though it was a little scary I'm so glad we got to see it!
When we landed we learned that the only road leading back to Victory was blocked by a semi roll-over and we were stranded. Duane's group graciously fed us lunch and then he flew us back to Victory and landed on the grass strip at the end of the camp property so that we wouldn't be stuck for what likely would end up being overnight.

The hangar where donated airplanes are rebuilt by volunteers

Ryan getting ready for take-off (he only wished HE was flying :))

The pilot and another passenger in the front seat

The ridges of the glacier

More glacier...I have many more pictures of this if
anyone is interested...let me know!

Some of the group that we flew with

Our flight consisted of the six people to the left (including us)