When Lewis and Clark finally saw the Rocky Mountains, they were expecting something like the Appalachians. Allison imagines that they must have been amazed at how much bigger the Rockies were than they had expected them to be. That's what she says it was like to see God for herself.
Allison was raised in a Christian home, but didn't see God in her church. She decided that God wasn't real, but constantly wondered what her purpose was. What was she doing here? When she was invited by a friend to serve some homeless individuals, she began to see God for herself, and it changed her whole life.