Carol bought me a book for Father's Day and I just got around to reading it.
"Wild Men Wild Alaska" is written by Rocky McElveen a missionary kid raised in Alaska. He now operates a guiding service on the western slopes of the Alaska Range near Aniak. A very good read and we also just listened to a radio podcast of "Family Life" with Dennis Rainey which featured Rocky and his wife Sharon, the last three days.
Just in the natural course of living in Alaska and doing what the native people did, we experienced some of the reality this hunting and fishing guide experienced. A love for God's creation, appreciation for alaska game, fish and birds and the challenge of trusting God in some very unusual conditions. Of course Rocky experienced some pretty dramatic stuff and he is a much better story teller. However it still struck a resonant chord with me.
The book is available though amazon.com or you can borrow my copy.
3 comments:
People pay exorbitant amounts of money to do that stuff now. And although you hunted and fished just so we could live, I'm sure it had to be fun too!
Love the shot with the bull moose - you are looking like quite the Alaskan 'wild, macho man'. Yesterday, we had a mama moose and her little twins in our backyard all evening - the babies were running and jumping all over our yard, so cute! Cute enough to eat someday...( :
I have recently read the book as well. Do you happen to have a link to the interview?
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