Let me say “Thank you!” again to our church family for having provided this wonderful opportunity for us. It was truly the trip of a lifetime. In the coming weeks, no doubt, my messages will be generously sprinkled with illustrations garnered from this magnificent experience.
In the meantime, I thought I would post a cute story or two that we heard along the way. As Alaska is noted for fishing and hunting, here is one story each. Enjoy…
George and Frank had been sitting out on a lake all day ice fishing. George had been having no luck at all; and Frank had been pulling fish after fish out of his hole in the ice. George finally leaned over and asked the other what his secret was.
"Mu mupu meep ma mrrms mrrm" was the reply.
"Geez, Frank, what was that?"
"Mu mupu meep ma mrrms mrrm" Frank replied.
"Good grief Frank, still can't understand what you're saying."
Frank spit something into his hand and said very clearly, "I said, 'YOU GOTTA KEEP THE WORMS WARM.'"
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Another time, Lloyd and Bruce flew into the Alaskan interior to go moose hunting. They had a good hunt, and both managed to get a large moose.
When the plane returned to pick them up, the pilot looked at the animals and said, "This little plane won't lift all of us, the equipment, and both of these animals. You'll have to leave one. We'd never make it over the trees on the take-off."
"That's baloney", said Bruce.
"Yeah," Lloyd agreed, "you're just chicken. We came out here last year and got two moose and that pilot had some guts; he wasn't afraid to take off."
"Yeah," said Bruce, "and his plane wasn't any bigger than yours!"
The pilot got angry, and said, "Well, if he did it, then I can do it; I can fly as well as anybody!" So they loaded up, taxied at full throttle across the lake, and began the takeoff.
The plane almost made it; but didn't have the lift to clear the trees at the end of the lake. It clipped the top, then flipped, then broke up, scattering the baggage, animal carcasses, and passengers all through the brush.
Still alive, but shaken and dazed, the pilot sat up, shook his head to clear it, and said "Where are we?"
Bruce rolled out from being thrown in a bush, looked around, and said, "I'd say, about a hundred yards further than last year, wouldn’t you, Lloyd?!"
Note: This and many other Alaskan jokes can be found at: http://www.greatlandofalaska.com/humor/jokes.html.