Seasons Come and then, Seasons Go

"To everything there is a season, and a time to every purpose under heaven:"(Ecclesiastes 3:1, KJV)

If you are a follower of Key Tov Blog, you may have noticed we had taken a sabbatical. I was in a season where I needed more time for my children and since they are my first mission field (immediately after my husband), I recognized the need to temporarily step away from blogging in order to maximize and prioritize my time.

Now, we are entering into a new and exciting season and we have a lot of God’s amazing goodness to share with you! (Ecclesiastes 3:1, Psalm 100:5)

• First, God enlarged our “house” (Isaiah 54:2) and we opened another location (www.starterman.com) in the great Last Frontier, Alaska!
• Secondly, we’ve seen many changes over the last eight months since sharing our time between Hawaii and Alaska, as I am sure you can imagine!
• Thirdly, we are excited to bring you along with us as we blog about the most recent upcoming season in our lives!

Our first season in Alaska was an exciting time of leasing an amazing log cabin in the Chugach Mountain Range!

*For confidentiality purposes, 

I won’t disclose the location or the landlord’s name; however, 

if you find yourself in need of an amazing vacation rental in Alaska and 

want to do business with a really great landlord, 

please email us (staff@starterman.com) and 

we will be happy to give you a referral.

As that season (leasing the log cabin) was coming to a close, we were making decisions on where the Lord was leading us next. Lease another location, or buy? 

Please join us in our next blogpost as we share with you how God ordered our steps in a life changing direction into this exciting new season of our lives! (Proverbs 16:9)

*We are currently in a remote area so internet is not very reliable. 

As a result, we will post when we can. 

Thank you!

We DidaRide, and Oh What a Joy Ride!

Then our mouth was filled with laughter, And our tongue with singing. Then they said among the nations, "The LORD has done great things for them." The LORD has done great things for us, And we are glad. (Psalm 126:2-3, NKJV)

As a family of dog lovers coupled with being fans of the world famous Iditarod race, when we discovered the Seavey's Ididaride, we knew it was an opportunity we could not miss! We DidaRide and oh what a joy ride!

You can find the Seavey's Ididaride right outside of Seward. There are other options, we prefer using Seavey's which is near Exit Glacier. 

From our first point of contact to our last, we were treated like friends! This first class operation is slow paced, informative and fun. I was especially grateful to see true love for the dogs. They were handled with extra gentle, loving care and the grounds are very clean.

Our guide, Justin, was amazing with us and more importantly, with the dogs. Our trip really was like hanging out with friends!

After a quick orientation, we were allowed to ask questions...and being really big fans, we had a lot of questions! 

We spent some time with the dogs, loaded up, the dogs were harnessed up and we were ready to ride the Alaskan bush type trails and mountain views!

We stopped by a river to allow the dogs to cool, take plenty of pictures, and ask more questions about the Last Great Race and the dogs who make it possible!

After our ride, we spent more time with the dogs and even held some new baby puppies!

Best Friends!

And that's why they call it, Puppy Love!

Our reviews:

Mikea (11 years old), "The baby puppies were so cute and soft! The one I held was so snuggly I wanted to name it, Snuggles!"

Gracie (9 years old), "This is the best thing we did on our whole trip! The puppies were so cute, I would rate this 100 stars and maybe more! Everybody I know should do this!"

To book your trip with the Seavey's, please use the link below. If the link doesn't work, please copy and paste it in your browser.

http://www.ididaride.com 


For information on the Iditarod, the Last Great Race on Earth, please use the link below. If the link doesn't work, please copy and paste it in your browser.

http://iditarod.com

Anchorage, Day 2!

I will praise you, O LORD, with all my heart; I will tell of all your wonders. I will be glad and rejoice in you; I will sing praise to your name, O Most High. (Psalm 9:1-2, NLT) 

We were told we really couldn’t miss the Anchorage Market & Festival, we agreed!

 I vote you, Best Berries on the Planet!

Da Mike-stah votes you, Best Cupcakes on the Planet!

Mahalos, “Sweet Caribou”!

Tsk-tsk...Santa would not be pleased!

 Lesson in assembly line donuts. 

A rubber band gun & slingshot from the farmer's market & festival and it's time for a shoot out!

After our friendly game of shoot out, we took a walk down to watch the fisherman reel in their salmon!

Refreshing foot bath!

Rescued...whew, that was close!

Grass roof!

While exploring Ship Creek, we came across a great restaurant, The Bridge. It is a very nice place that was a bridge that had been turned into a restaurant. The service was great and the food was equally great!

After dinner we walked into town and took a horse and carriage ride around 5th Avenue!

Anchorage, thanks for the great time!

Tomorrow…who knows?!

The City of Anchorage

Come, let us tell of the LORD's greatness; let us exalt his name together. (Psalm 34:2, NLT)

Key Tov Blog is on the road again, RVing in the great state of Alaska! 

If you recall (a year ago in May) we flew from Honolulu to Oklahoma and then drove to Alaska. (You may find those blogposts in our archives for May 2013.) We were immediately hooked on RVing!

This trip was quite a bit shorter, flying from Honolulu to Anchorage. We took an overnight flight and then Great Alaskan Holidays shuttled us to pick up our RV. 

Our first stop was Cabela’s of course! Next step, we parked our RV at a friend’s place in Anchorage (near 2nd Avenue) and caught up on some sleep! Thank you very much nice friends in Anchorage for the great views!

Amazing view from our RV bedroom! Can you say...FAVOR!
Just LOOK at all those wildflowers! Plus an ocean view!

Our location was near Ship Creek and the Alaska Railroad system. My girls really got a kick out of watching all the trains go by! 

As soon as we woke up, we checked out the Tony Knowles Coastal Trail. The trailhead was less than a five minute walk from our friend's place. It is a really great trail full of beautiful, one of a kind wildflowers!

Never tires of watching for trains!

We saw small wildlife including a muskrat who was not at all happy about the ducks invading his home!

 

The trail is great for train watching, biking, roller blading, dog walking, and watching the sunset on the mudflats at midnight. All along the trail we found friends who had met up to sit on driftwood to visit, play their guitars, and watch the wildlife.

This picture was taken after 9:00 p.m. living up to Alaska's name...Land of the Midnight Sun!

After our evening stroll (almost 9:30 pm), we headed into town to check out the city sights.

Likes to climb poles!

Alaskan flowers are amazing! There has been no saturation added to this photo...just all God's glory!

City of Anchorage, we enjoyed you!