Day 3 Anchorage, Alaska to Whitehorse Canada (19 July)

Written at B&B in Prince George (21 July)

We woke up to a rainy day in Anchorage and Sue drove us to the bus stop in the camper while we scuttled around to finish packing. We arrived a bit early, and after making ourselves known to the driver of the bus we sat in camper eating our breakfast of English muffins while we enjoyed Sue and her girls for one last time. It is amazing how God's family can just know one another and connect in a deep way even though we only met 36 hours before. It was hard to say goodbuy to this special family from Nondalton, and our heart were filled with gratitude.

The 18 hour bus ride to Anchorage to Whitehorse was a joyfull experience in the little Alaska Direct bus that reminded of a schoolbus. Don, our first driver, started off by scaring us with his jokes about alcohol and his love for wild music, but his teddybear nature and warm Alascan sence of humour soon put us at ease. He made sure we were aware of everything worth seeing by the side of the road, from glaciers to cristal clear rivers.

We got a new driver at Tok. He was a Canadian who grew up in the Yukon on the border to Alaska in a town called Beaver Creek. He told us a lot about the history of the area. When we crossed the border into Canada we had a short break at Beaver Creek where we prayed and felt to blow the shofar. The driver came to look for us and asked what we what made the sound. We explained that it was a shofar, and he asked if that was what they used to bring the walls of Jerico down? When we confirmed, he said he could feel that it had some "mistical power" and he encouraged us to do it again and gave us permission to take a stone from the town where he grew up.

We came into Whitehorse just after midnight, and the driver dropped us at the B&B where the kind host had stayed up to wait for us. He showed us to the room and to our shock we had the Egyptian room (as opposed to the Persian room, the Victorian room or the Yukon room) and we were to share the night with Ramses, King Tut, Neffertiti and all their gods. Cecilia felt very bad for making this booking, but we felt that the Lord had something He wanted to show us here. We prayed for protection and had a very good night in Egypt!