Throughout our week in Alaska serving and growing at Eaglecrest, so many memories were made! We were all asked at the Friday night campfire to describe our week in three words or less. Here are some of the ways we described our time… relational, life changing, life to the fullest, peaceful, make the most of every opportunity, growth, busy, relationships, spiritual, not falling down a mountain, fun, cultural, creative, impactful… 

• Aaron: worst multitasker award
• Allison: little miss sunshine
• Amanda: can’t graduate from middle school
• Anaya: best airport fit
• Anthony: can’t keep track of his hat
• Beck: best loud voice
• Bryson: best photographer
• Chloe: human jungle gym
• Cooper: down by the bay
• Dave: seafood chowder addict
• Ed: looking like a gnome
• Grant: best skip
• Isa: best game encourager
• January: hair and makeup artist
• Jude: best laugh
• Luke: best improv
• Norah: graceful and intentional
• Oliver: calm, cool, and collected
• Paige: best bad girl phase
• Rose: most likely to “pee” your pants on a mountain side drive
• Ruby B.: best event planner
• Ruby S.: most dedicated
• Sofi: best kid chaser
• Tate: defend a cake with your life

We said goodbye to Eaglecrest at 11 a.m. on Saturday and headed into Anchorage for our final hours in Alaska. The 24 of us split into groups and adventured from shop to shop buying souvenirs and making final memories. One of the groups went on a horse-drawn carriage ride around downtown Anchorage and got to feed carrots to the horses, Charlie and Lucky! Everyone bought at least one thing, whether for themselves or someone else, and did a mini show-and-tell at a fun little ice cream shop called Wild Scoops.

• Norah finally saw a moose! (dead, stuffed, and in the airport atrium)
• While souvenir shopping, some of us tried on a vest at Canada Goose that cost $2,000!
• Some of us ate reindeer meat today! (Don’t worry, it wasn’t Rudolph)