Tomorrow morning I leave for a 6 day hike with some friends from church, mostly retired people but 1 guy my age. Its 35 km long, and will be pretty grueling. Right now my pack weighs in at 45 pounds. We have to our own food along, and basically everything else we need! Its awesome! I did the world-famous West Coast Trail in highschool, which was longer, but less rugged. This trail has no cable cars to cross rivers(you wade instead), no ladders(you use ropes), and there is no way to get onto or off of the trail except by float plane or boat! I'm kinda worried about that, because for those of you who don't know, I'm pretty much deathly allergic to bee-stings, so if I get stung I can be in serious trouble, if I dont have my epinepherine pen. But I'll have 3 along, and there is a bunch of nurses in our group, so all should be good. Even so, pray that there won't be any injuries, the weather will be nice(hypothermia is a serious threat), and that we can experience God's beautiful creation without any other problems!
Here is a map of where the island is, its off of Vancouver Island
http://www.vancouverisland.com/Maps/?id=34 (the top right corner) I live about a 3 hours drive away, plus an hour flight in a float plane.
In other news, I went to a wedding this weekend, the last one of the summer. My friend Kim, who I went to school with for a long time and worked with last summer, got married!! It was a really cool ceremony, it was on a grassy knolly area overlooking the ocean, and it was really casual. The guys didnt have to wear suits, they had white shirts and khaki pants, and the girls wore green skirts with white shirts. Very Kim style, I liked it a lot! I'll post some pictures!
Kim, the bride of course!(blooger wont let me add pics, so copy and paste the address into your adress bar to see-they are DEFINTETLY worth it!)
http://members.shaw.ca/mrkwkkrn/K-lav.jpg
Kim and 2 of the bridesmaids, who I also went to school with for many years! Ashley is in the middle, and Jenn is on the right. Both are married. Jenn and her husband, Chuck, live on the island. Ashley and her husband Mike live in Calgary, so hopefully they can introduce me to some cool people!
http://members.shaw.ca/mrkwkkrn/HS-girls.jpg
That is all, hope you all have a good week in your last weeks of work or if you are going back to Dordt already, have fun!
P.S. Anyone in the market to buy an island? Check this out!! http://www.bcoceanfront.com/private_islands.html
Marko
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whoa man, good luck on the trail. i like your flower pic.
Hey Let me know when you are in Calgary--- we don't know a ton of people here or anything but we'd be happy to introduce you to our church and friends.
email me!
Thanks for the photo links - ;) Good work
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