Competition, Even on a Church Mission Trip

It started on the way to the airport. Stephanie and Becca playing yellow punch buggy. Any yellow vehicle they saw on the road counted so many points. But if the vehicle had writing on it or some other characteristic it didn't count. Then memories of playing the alphabet car game on family vacations. That's intense competition stuff. As the trip has continued, new versions of vacation competition emerge every day.

Now that we are in Alaska, game is on full bore! Who will see the first moose, bear, eagle, musk ox, Dall sheep, salmon? Eyes are intense all the time. The search is always on. The "girls" think (Yes, I say think because it is unconfirmed!) they saw a moose running from the lake the other night while they were sitting on the porch. Ilia hits that big jackpot yesterday spotting the eagle. I can't deny that one. We even have pictures of it. The first glacier si ghting just 20 minutes before that. And marmots! That's right, marmots. Have you ever seen a marmot? Not me, but every one else has.

I just couldn't take it any more. So I took nature into my own hands and I went out and found me a moose siting. Even got a picture of it. And while I was at it, I got me a wolf siting. Just don't tell anyone I Photo Shopped the wolf's water bowl and chain out of the picture. But the moose siting, that one is real. No Photo Shop there. The pressure is off now. The competition is over for me. I'm on vacation easy street now. :)