A group of avid hikers, including my son took a 9 day trip
to the Sierra's for some hiking, camping, and fellowship 12,000 feet UP.
they hiked 40 miles through the meadows, hills, and cliffs....
Camped under the stars & galaxies and witnessed
the majestic views of God's creation.
The first couple of days they had a bunch of mules
carry their pack to a higher elevation.
He said every where he turned it was beautiful!
He was in awe of the greatness of the creation we live in.
Look close in the next picture...
it look's like a handprint!!
Amazing!!!
Here is the man behind this awesome hike they went on. Mr. Winslow.
He has been doing this hike for 35-40 years with youth.
( Please do pray for him and his wife though...
Mrs. Winslow had a small heart attack while up on the mountain before they got home...
She is recovering!)
He was in awe of the greatness of the creation we live in.
Look close in the next picture...
it look's like a handprint!!
Amazing!!!
Here is the man behind this awesome hike they went on. Mr. Winslow.
He has been doing this hike for 35-40 years with youth.
( Please do pray for him and his wife though...
Mrs. Winslow had a small heart attack while up on the mountain before they got home...
She is recovering!)
They cooked every meal up in the mountains.
My son said they ate well with all the meals!
For a few days of hiking they left food up in the trees,
to relieve some of the load they were carrying...
then they would go back later for it.
They would also leave stones piled up
( called a duck) to help the stray, slower hikers find the rest of the hikers)
They also swam in a few lakes. He said it was sooo cold.
But felt good, especially since they wern't able to shower!
Look how clear the water is!!!
They also enjoyed fresh fish which some of them caught for dinner.
Yum!
Every day each young guy did a devotion from the psalms and A Wonderful Tree by Vos.
On Sunday Mr. Winslow lead their Sunday worship from Hosea 14.
Look they even found a Sasquach print. LOL!!!
The last couple of days my son and 5 others climbed the peak and ate lunch there.
How cool is that!
They hiked, they conquered!
They had a life changing experience!
They had a life changing experience!
Would you believe...
After 9 days of hiking they came down and went straight to the beach!!!
Let's talk about one extreme to another.
It was a memorable, magical experience for my boy...
He wants to go back next year!!!
Yahoo!!!
Thanks for stopping in to see all the pictures!
He wants to go back next year!!!
Yahoo!!!
Thanks for stopping in to see all the pictures!
What a fabulous experience he had!! I loved seeing all the pictures. It looks like a really fun and growing time! xxoo
ReplyDeleteWow, what a wonderful experice for your son and everyone. God uses so mayn ways to speak to our heart xoxox Clarice
ReplyDeleteWhat an amazing experience and the photos are so neat! I hope that Mrs. Winslow is continuing to recover from her heart attack and I will keep her in my thoughts :)
ReplyDeleteI'm going to do an update on my dad tomorrow but I wanted to let you know that he got his test results back and he is totally free of cancer!! Praise the Lord :) Thank you thank you for all of the prayers and we are all ecstatic that he is okay. Now he just has to finish healing from his surgery and he'll be right as rain in no time :)
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