Friday morning the ravens in the camp ground thought I set my alarm for 7:00am...well, they were wrong. I wish I would have had some kind of firearm to use as a snooze button.
The plus side of the story is I was able to walk around Seward in the morning while I waited for the rest of the crew to wake up. 
Seward has around 4,000 people and is no more than 2 miles long. Here's a little more info I learned while I was walking around. The city was named after President Lincoln's Secretary of State, William H. Seward. It is a sister city to a city in Japan. It used to be a pretty big port. Now it is used for smaller fishing boats and cruise stops. It is the northern most ice free post, and it used to be the Southern terminal for the AK Railroad. Seavy's also make their home in Seward.
Don't recognize the name? Let me give you a hint...mushing, "last great race on earth."
Did the Iditarod come to mind? Dan Seavy helped organize and raced in the first Iditarod. His son, Mitch, won the Iditarod in 2004. Dallas, Mitch's son, won in 2012. He also set the record for the youngest musher to win the race. So this town has some pretty famous Alaskans calling it home. Unfortunately I didn't meet any of them...as far as I know. Also, the Iditarod used to start in Seward. Now there is a ceremonial start in Anchorage, and the race really starts in Willow. I thought that was some pretty interesting info.
To continue the walk I walked along the beach of Resurrection Bay down to the Seward Harbor. 
I also watched the boats head in and out. There was a pretty wide variety. There were all sizes of fishing boats and tour boats. 
This is a look across the bay. There was some pretty heavy fog on the water almost all day. 
For a while I sat and simply watched the waves roll. It was very relaxing. The sound and the constant movement about put me to sleep...I was a little tired since those ravens missed the alarm clock memo. :)
What a great way to spend the morning.
Later that day we headed back to Birchwood in a nice rain shower. Let me tell ya, I was glad to be back at camp. My that camping wasn't fun, but I was ready to sleep for more than 6 hours.
The next couple days we just hung out and finished cleaning camp. It was pretty uneventful. The most exciting thing was probably the race to the showers after we got back from Seward on Friday night. No one wanted to be without hot water.
To wrap it all up....
I am so glad God gave me the opportunity to come back to Alaska and serve. It is a beautiful place. Being able to see how he brought together this group of interns to Birchwood camp was really amazing. Under normal circumstances we would have never met, but with God all things are possible. Some of the interns had connections directly to the camp, some knew about it through friends, and others found it online...crazy. Even though we all came from stuck different places, we were able to work well together and get stuff done.
God made it clear to me how important it is to keep Christ in the center of everything you do. When He is your focus, it is easier to work toward a goal. You are focusing in the bigger picture of God's love and his people rather than yourself. It makes it easier to work without getting irritated with others. Now I'm not saying that doesn't happen, but it definitely gives me focus.
Summer well spent.
This is always the thing: God is good and we are always loved.
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