Sundays are meant for relaxation. I mean, that's what God intended. Or maybe he intended Saturday, but regardless, there certainly should be a day for relaxing.

We slept in kind of late after watching the movie Jane Eyre (really good--I wish I had read the book first). So, we decided to go the late service at a church that we happened upon in our house-buying process, Change Point, which has services at 5:30 PM on Saturday as well as 9:30, 11:30, and 1:30 on Sunday. We felt welcome there and connected to God in the worship. (Plus, they have free coffee.)

On the way back to the hotel (which we'll only be in for a couple more weeks), we saw many people flying kites. BIG kites. It was cool! Anchorage maintains TONS of public parks, which is really fantastic. But they can only use them 5 months out of the year, you say?!? Not so! In the winter, they groom many of them as cross-country skiing trails.

We went for a short hike after dinner, departing at the Smoke Jumper trailhead in Anchorage. We had a great time except for the fact that we were almost carried off by mosquitoes. These things were ruthless! And, if you can believe it, they attacked me more than Char. I guess I'm sweeter than her.

We think that this is the only state in the union to have a sign like the one pictured below on a hiking trail. Not that we're bragging.