Let Us Kneel Before The Lord our Maker

These pictures correspond with my post regarding my backpacking trip in the Cayoosh Mountains:

The upper of the two Twin Lakes lies above this beautiful waterfall and feeds into the lower of the two lakes.

We set up camp between the two lakes on whatever level ground we could find. I managed to find an amazing bed of moss down by the creek flowing into the lower lake. It was a little far from everyone else but well worth it. This was the view that I got walking down to the tent.

This was on the far side of the upper lake from where we were camped. We were up on an 8500ft ridge learning how to use a GPS unit. The picture looks back to the lip of the upper lake that we're camped under and the amazing ridge system in the background.

This is me at the very pinnacle of the Ridge. I'm facing towards The Lost Valley which is what the next picture is taken of.

This valley has never been logged, doesn't have a trail running through it, and has rarely seen human activity. The snow dusted mountain on the right hand side of the picture is called The Lost Mountain... very original :) This picture deserves a closer look.

Back at camp the sun began to set and lit up the ridges of the valley below beautifully. The red colour of the rock is caused by iron oxide (rust) in the mineral composition of the rock. It makes for a very aesthetically pleasing look. The group of mountains in the background is the Joffre Group...

The feature of this picture.

The moon came out late one night and flooded the entire lanscape in its milky glow. It was a sight to steal your breath away.

The moon also acts as a source of entertainment in the company of the right people... namely Dan Dejong. Speak of the devil...

The next morning at around 6:30 the sun came over the same ridge that I'd watched the moon breach the previous evening. Needless to say, it was spectacular.

The next day's ridge travel was taxing at times but well worth it in the end. This picture gives you a tiny segment of our travels.

This is my new friend Patrick

This is my good buddy Daniel

These glaciers are the end of the Coastal Mountains, after them the Interior plains take over the landscape.

This is my "skill group" or the people that I learn all of my skill sets with. Starting back left and moving clockwise: Dan Dejong, Aaron Richards, Sam, Kelly, Vanessa, ME, Chris (instructor), Pat, Dan Dunkley, Dong, Dave (instructor)

Here was a brief moment of clear sky hanging over the beautiful colours of the avalanche runs. This same ridge was covered in snow the next morning!

It got pretty cold during the evening... we had to resort to things like warming our toes over our stove :)

So this was the scene of the next morning with snow covering the ground and tent flies as stiff as boards. If you look closely you can see the moon as it falls from the sky.







I cannot do trips like this without reflecting back to scripture:

Psalm 95
2 Let us come before him with thanksgiving
and extol him with music and song.
3 For the LORD is the great God,
the great King above all gods.
4 In his hand are the depths of the earth,
and the mountain peaks belong to him.
5 The sea is his, for he made it,
and his hands formed the dry land.
6 Come, let us bow down in worship,
let us kneel before the LORD our Maker

Psalm 115:15 May you be blessed by the LORD,
the Maker of heaven and earth.
16 The highest heavens belong to the LORD,
but the earth he has given to man.
17 It is not the dead who praise the LORD,
those who go down to silence;
18 it is we who extol the LORD,
both now and forevermore.
Praise the LORD.

Psalm 121:1 I lift up my eyes to the hills—
where does my help come from?
2 My help comes from the LORD,
the Maker of heaven and earth.
3 He will not let your foot slip—
he who watches over you will not slumber;

Psalm 146:5 Blessed is he whose help is the God of Jacob,
whose hope is in the LORD his God,
6 the Maker of heaven and earth,
the sea, and everything in them—
the LORD, who remains faithful forever.

Jeremiah 10:12 But God made the earth by his power;
he founded the world by his wisdom
and stretched out the heavens by his understanding.
13 When he thunders, the waters in the heavens roar;
he makes clouds rise from the ends of the earth.
He sends lightning with the rain
and brings out the wind from his storehouses.
14 Everyone is senseless and without knowledge;
every goldsmith is shamed by his idols.
His images are a fraud;
they have no breath in them.
15 They are worthless, the objects of mockery;
when their judgment comes, they will perish.
16 He who is the Portion of Jacob is not like these,
for he is the Maker of all things,
including Israel, the tribe of his inheritance—
the LORD Almighty is his name.

Amen.