quiet little chapel

It's our 2nd day in Alaska.  Below, you see a pretty flower, fireweed.

We hiked out to Saint Sergius chapel built on a huge natural rock in the woods, not accessible by car.  It was so beautiful, glimpses of the wood and gold cupolas as we neared, through the forest.  It's on the property of this church, past the cemetery. There's also an Orthodox school with about 60 students and a monastery.

The mountains provide a stunning backdrop for St. John's Antiochian Orthodox church.

There's so much to see in Alaska.  I'm already thinking we'll have to make another trip here.

We are staying with our niece and her husband most of this trip.  I carried George on my back up Mt. Baldy.  It was good hike, not for the faint of heart, we were careful, but still had a few stumbles.  Loose stones and narrow steep paths made it difficult.  We made it to the summit in about 2 hours!

There are mosquitos here, not too bad, but definitely more than in Ohio.

Tomorrow we drive north 4 hours to Denali.