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Photo Challenge: Rare
Today is my last [week] day of summer break before I go back to work. How is the summer over already?! I’m not ready! So on my last Friday of summer break, I have a photo from my summer vacation to Alaska to share for this week’s photo challenge. The challenge was “Rare” and I knew I wanted to share a shot of Mt. Denali. I had been trying to spot the ever elusive Mt. Denali for days, to no avail. It was always too cloudy to see one of the highest mountains in the world. But on my last night in the area (I would be leaving the next…
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Alaska Vacation – Part 1 on YouTube
Hey all, part 1 of my Alaska Vacation is up on my YouTube channel! Seeing as how my trip was a total of 12 days including travel days, I decided the best way to split up my videos was to make 3 videos, each video highlighting 4 days. So this first video highlights Days 1-4 of my Land + Cruise vacation of Alaska. Plus, breaking it up into 3 videos is much more manageable both for me to create and you to watch. In the video you will see: me traveling to Alaska how the sun is still going strong at 11pm in the Land of the Midnight Sun the…
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Horse Drawn Wagon & Finally Seeing Mt. Denali
Hello from sea! As I write this, I’ve gotten onto the cruise ship and we’re sailing through the Gulf of Alaska for the week. I’m writing this ahead of time, so when this post goes live I’ll have just a few days left to the cruise. Ok, I’m going to be honest with you guys. When I got onto the ship amidst the crowds of people, went to my state room briefly, and then headed to the muster drill in our assigned area (the safety meeting about what to do if there’s an emergency on the ship or if we have to abandon ship etc.) I started to panic at…
