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Yes, we have gone surfing after school everyday, yes we have improved a tremendous amount. BUT we are DEFINITELY BEGGINERS. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1607894460230-A7SU10BP5QKA82WRA356/045CA87C-C47D-4307-B1D6-3380C63B2B34.jpeg Blog - Living by the Beach On the trip, we decided that one of our goals is to learn how to surf. Surfing is something I have always wanted to do, but living in Alaska can make that challenging. We bought a used surfboard and two wetsuits. Best purchase yet. After school we head to the beach to surf till sunset. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1607894495494-AX7ANZQ9LO3KGNBHJBH3/6C1494A3-9D9C-4242-80CE-6A356669D64B.jpeg Blog - Living by the Beach Ok, let's talk sunsets. The sunsets here are utterly spectacular. 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Fuji What do you do when you didn’t sleep all night, stared to climb at 2 am and are at your new hotel at 8 am and check in is not for 7 more hours? Spend the whole day at the amusement park! The girls had to make the most of the sun we had not seen in weeks. What a treat to enjoy it on Mt. Fuji and then at the amusement park all day. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1562891996382-MY44JIVDUWVT3I8XAWT2/public.jpeg Blog - A final summit -Mt. Fuji You never know what face this one will produce when you pull out the phone. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1562892023178-M226T7YX7HSV70H6X0XE/public.jpeg Blog - A final summit -Mt. Fuji Basically we ate our way up Mt. Fuji. The selection and avalibility of food and supplies was impressive. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1562892301433-AM6PLBEY168UH18UIN6D/public.jpeg Blog - A final summit -Mt. Fuji I love the bond these two have, more adventures to come I am sure. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1562891832330-0O9FLZ5PQ4OKSNR2328W/public.jpeg Blog - A final summit -Mt. Fuji Time to leave our wishes behind and begin up one final journey. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1562891912512-7B6WPCU1POILCQ41DIXL/public.jpeg Blog - A final summit -Mt. Fuji Look at that view. Starting out in the clouds. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1562736536297-TZ4BBLFT7HEACQDIK5MY/public.jpeg Blog - A final summit -Mt. Fuji Lily making the final push to the summit though the trail that had collapsed and opened the day we summited. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1562736632550-K37WMEOT3UDYR0RXGQQ6/public.jpeg Blog - A final summit -Mt. Fuji Time to head down. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1562811355630-D080F5WBVFAKV8N8K21Z/public.jpeg Blog - A final summit -Mt. Fuji Station 5 and the start of the Fuji trail after a long and winding road up. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1562736411398-WI279PUNYKHAP8GZ0HTC/public.jpeg Blog - A final summit -Mt. Fuji Climbing higher with these two! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1562736335186-XHKJPQVO56JM3V9K1Q83/public.jpeg Blog - A final summit -Mt. Fuji Every temple has these walls of wishes where you can purchase a piece of wood, write your wish and attach it to the wall. As a family we left our wish for the year hanging on this wall at the base of Mt. Fuji. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1562892140510-WNRP6IY4MWV7Q31GKGXU/public.jpeg Blog - A final summit -Mt. Fuji Slowly getting lighter https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1562891739473-4YOBC3LVRHJUGKHW56C1/public.jpeg Blog - A final summit -Mt. Fuji Our wish among the others. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1562891787209-JA6SHZXTNLGQXKSWGY84/public.jpeg Blog - A final summit -Mt. Fuji Hanging our wishes on a sting of wishes. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1562736655609-NL18Z94378E6IM34UQRY/public.jpeg Blog - A final summit -Mt. Fuji Long way home https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1562891942198-7X7GL4Z7JYG8DROXZL6A/public.jpeg Blog - A final summit -Mt. Fuji Well this is it friends, time to climb. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1562736582716-LI8WONLYLX9YA4OPQNIR/public.jpeg Blog - A final summit -Mt. Fuji The top! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1562892253064-8Z6FNYEU7WLK4UTQ6KW1/public.jpeg Blog - A final summit -Mt. Fuji Checking out the crater - it is a little colder up here. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1562892163250-SZP5CXB3AF75MS70P0XQ/public.jpeg Blog - A final summit -Mt. Fuji Lily again going through the gates at the summit right as the sun rose. It was a perfect ending to a perfect trip. We couldn’t have timed this moment if we planned all year for it, but there it was unfolding in front of us. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1562736694897-2HD6YNHJE1GAQX9C1C0Y/public.jpeg Blog - A final summit -Mt. Fuji Yah! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1562892117494-97OJ1KBY95JUQIYBUO8Z/public.jpeg Blog - A final summit -Mt. Fuji The magical layer between clouds as we made our way up. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1562736607087-F502GLLN9H3B4RAN1LJ5/public.jpeg Blog - A final summit -Mt. Fuji Looking down as the clouds kept parting. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1562811379631-0M7CTXDBOKNVD7FCK1N4/public.jpeg Blog - A final summit -Mt. Fuji We also got individual wishes, full of fun about the girls future relationships, jobs and health. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1562891887702-MJPG8T05BEOMYPUL860D/public.jpeg Blog - A final summit -Mt. Fuji With one final treat. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1562736385779-5X21BATF2MGE7U1ZH8U6/public.jpeg Blog - A final summit -Mt. Fuji Last moments of green. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1562892062627-FKZ2SDIKRAB85KT4RRWY/public.jpeg Blog - A final summit -Mt. Fuji We stayed at a lodge part way up the mountain to get the full cultural experience. Efficient, warm and dry it was a nice treat part way up the mountain. It was surprising however how many people climbed though the night or slept on the benches outside the lodges. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1562892092069-8ZIR7SQZP3013GU4HBPD/public.jpeg Blog - A final summit -Mt. Fuji The next morning we “work up” (not sure any of us really slept) at 2 am and started to climb to see the sunrise. This was my favorite part of the climb. The peace and beauty of the night and the stunning sunrise was magical. We also totally lucked out with the weather. It rained ever day before our hike and everyday since besides the day we summited. It was also the first official day the trail was open due to a landslide that closed the mountain for the first 10 days of the climbing season. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1562892347969-AKUH52UBZB3L4EBTWPJZ/public.jpeg Blog - A final summit -Mt. Fuji On our way to the plane I saw this poster - To be continued for sure, but grateful for an amazing year. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1562892202860-SZGUZU749DPJP0QLC88I/public.jpeg Blog - A final summit -Mt. Fuji The crowd at the top watching the sunrise. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1562892233193-OWNVV4WRB35LS8WS3NAD/public.jpeg Blog - A final summit -Mt. Fuji Nothing better than fresh hot miso Raman and coffee at the top at 5 am! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1562892278325-IERX75WYN13K5O5ODSN1/public.jpeg Blog - A final summit -Mt. Fuji Basically how I feel - what a year, what a summit. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1562736353862-9NK3CS9WOUYS9YAHABLS/public.jpeg Blog - A final summit -Mt. Fuji We started up Fuji with a breakfast of champions. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1562891969616-E5RJK1KMPBUQGOJJ0YRU/public.jpeg Blog - A final summit -Mt. Fuji In their own world, enjoying the time and space to talk, play and treasure their friendship https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1562736434391-MJZSHW6HNAQKPW6384DA/public.jpeg Blog - A final summit -Mt. Fuji Need oxygen? I was surprised at how many people were using oxygen on our way up. https://www.fouralaskans.com/news/2019/7/3/u7xugvck1q4534h37ptkfk3oayv6ru monthly 0.5 2019-07-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1562735860905-Q5ZBBNLVZKR6NK2NJA4C/public.jpeg Blog - At the base of Mt. Fuji The kids at the end of their camp, all smiles with a world of new friends. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1562201907886-BB3KZK8ZAIP3SHWX6DB9/public.jpeg Blog - At the base of Mt. Fuji Catching the train to Mt. Fuji area, clearly a tourist hotspot with its dedicated rail system. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1562735951755-YZCSQ7IK7EG8DV1XM6AP/public.jpeg Blog - At the base of Mt. Fuji Our “home” for 10 days, an old traditional Japanese house in the center of town. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1562201966143-0I1QZ5HBYEC0IGX2VK2P/public.jpeg Blog - At the base of Mt. Fuji Enjoying the amazing fish https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1562202183065-ZD5PA2XQTFBVVUD8C7D6/public.jpeg Blog - At the base of Mt. Fuji Alternative entertainment near Mt. Fuji. All perfectly manacured in true Japan style. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1562735905020-SGIQ3FUEUNIVVQW6GHXK/public.jpeg Blog - At the base of Mt. Fuji These two- they have grown so much this year. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1562202004206-1G2UYLLZIWR5B5KOJE33/public.jpeg Blog - At the base of Mt. Fuji Ordering a meal at vending machine. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1562202345638-GMI5AL4VIOMQ2VRD8MNU/public.jpeg Blog - At the base of Mt. Fuji The flowers around town have been amazing, and we are starting to find berries, a real sign that we have come full circle this year. https://www.fouralaskans.com/news/2019/7/1/how-far-we-have-come monthly 0.5 2019-07-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1562200096888-UAE5FQZ8VSK0XGCP973N/public.jpeg Blog - How far we have come It has been an amazing ride (photo and smile curtesy of the kids camp) https://www.fouralaskans.com/news/2019/7/1/what-we-learned-from-less monthly 0.5 2019-07-04 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1562201344809-JDXQYVZ6CKGBTIJZR3J2/public.jpeg Blog - What we learned from less My medical kit for the year. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1562201540500-0OV22P963OA4VBLRPUBY/public.jpeg Blog - What we learned from less Lily’s pack before we left. She has probably outgrown half of this now. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1562201401036-FEKH8TPH1TWHYU5FRODU/public.jpeg Blog - What we learned from less Weighing stuffed animals before we left balancing the joy they bring with their size and weight. https://www.fouralaskans.com/news/2019/6/24/birds-fly monthly 0.5 2019-06-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1561413311215-NDXUDM1WCTTOV9MYRUGG/FullSizeRender.jpg Blog - Birds Fly Headed out - someone is ready to go! https://www.fouralaskans.com/news/2019/6/16/s8723nl6s7ns4w163d2xjqbh9oh0rs monthly 0.5 2019-06-25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1561364713149-HII70KMJIAARDXGTATXT/FullSizeRender.jpg Blog - The Trail of the Samurai these small beautiful stones were everywhere https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1561364592213-6OKPKVBIETGA1UT7ANDK/FullSizeRender.jpg Blog - The Trail of the Samurai it was amazing how you would just stumble on history as you walked along the trail. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1561364341279-4RJKCXV74SOBKYML8XS4/FullSizeRender.jpg Blog - The Trail of the Samurai Teaching the girls origami https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1561374011961-QYZAEUVWR39PS8ZF3O0Y/fullsizeoutput_8819.jpeg Blog - The Trail of the Samurai and then in the woods you would see these guys, all with their red knit hats and scarfs https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1561364463238-SQMYJDA3ERE91VO3MWJC/FullSizeRender.jpg Blog - The Trail of the Samurai Our lovely host who trully made us feel at home. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1561373019431-SHLW3SO30PZYPQKINSKT/fullsizeoutput_880c.jpeg Blog - The Trail of the Samurai A local shop selling an impressive array of snacks that were wonderful https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1561412200647-RC3Z8043LK2B642A67G3/FullSizeRender.jpg Blog - The Trail of the Samurai Totally off the beaten track, we took a different trail and saw these guys. The history, culture and nature here have been stunning. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1561364537070-3YM73TLLWOGWT8F7VTZD/FullSizeRender.jpg Blog - The Trail of the Samurai walking to the train station. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1561373903965-8OJAU7J47CCNIQ1DKKFL/fullsizeoutput_8817.jpeg Blog - The Trail of the Samurai the following spring https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1561364963332-A03OBCI92Q85D8K2T7ZN/FullSizeRender.jpg Blog - The Trail of the Samurai Exploring hidden trails https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1561373609443-2L6LXO6FOIMUTVRB9PIU/fullsizeoutput_8814.jpeg Blog - The Trail of the Samurai The stunning ancient trail. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1561374079954-86H9FUOY0QBYKBHEZYNX/fullsizeoutput_881b.jpeg Blog - The Trail of the Samurai A tour boat in our next stop, Lake Ashi. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1561364767780-J5RYAD0YNQFVJZWYCPH6/FullSizeRender.jpg Blog - The Trail of the Samurai He has been sitting here for a long time https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1561370906187-MWODYP5C5BPUA6UMCFV0/fullsizeoutput_8808.jpeg Blog - The Trail of the Samurai Not a bad walk to our new home. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1561364883245-HGV4Q0RO9ZDAPAYMJO2Q/FullSizeRender.jpg Blog - The Trail of the Samurai The old town, essentially unchanged in the last 100 years. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1561374335193-V2U9RQ1FXYD3LOUN67RB/fullsizeoutput_881f.jpeg Blog - The Trail of the Samurai Hiking near Hakone we were again treated to ancient history. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1561373811189-8MBT8HRT4EHCXL2VE48W/fullsizeoutput_8815.jpeg Blog - The Trail of the Samurai making our way up the trail https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1561364665124-J6Y14ST0K0E2YST4R35Y/FullSizeRender.jpg Blog - The Trail of the Samurai the forest was beautiful https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1561365142900-MQF1I53VUFGDQULO8DCU/FullSizeRender.jpg Blog - The Trail of the Samurai I loved these old roads. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1561364430076-OTOEBFVOL8T4O5UGFDXG/FullSizeRender.jpg Blog - The Trail of the Samurai Birds, butterflies everywhere, rice fields full of tadpole. The Japanese country side was breathtakingly beautiful. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1561373493687-3IO3SH9QZQRA1BJ42EHX/fullsizeoutput_8810.jpeg Blog - The Trail of the Samurai My view under the full moon where I gave a presentation to 600 people. It was an odd sense of how interconnected the world is now https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1561373322130-W0VQ66QQVB09B5411QIJ/fullsizeoutput_880f.jpeg Blog - The Trail of the Samurai enjoying the waterfall along the way https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1561364828325-CD8EF1P4SWBNKYDVCY5M/FullSizeRender.jpg Blog - The Trail of the Samurai Our Airbnb home. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1561373414680-2SSQ1399LLN7QIADN35X/fullsizeoutput_87c0.jpeg Blog - The Trail of the Samurai Almost every home had a set fo flowers https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1561373208705-36TP5F0IFFG6MELBUA2T/fullsizeoutput_880a.jpeg Blog - The Trail of the Samurai Onions drying in the house down the road. https://www.fouralaskans.com/news/2019/6/15/in-the-looking-class monthly 0.5 2019-06-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1560636267908-QIP1HNUM8C7OGIBJ31MA/FullSizeRender.jpg Blog - In the looking class The endless fascination of the Japanese train system and their very formal conductors. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1560636524273-1ITIU8XB88D64GJLCWHO/FullSizeRender.jpg Blog - In the looking class art reminding us of home. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1560722930343-VPODPXESAT6MH3ZM622R/FullSizeRender.jpg Blog - In the looking class so much love https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1560636347407-L1U58XLGH54NP30Y716I/FullSizeRender.jpg Blog - In the looking class I loved this carving, the facial expressions with so little detail on the round faces that seemed to capture the tourism all around. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1560636097368-LDTQ6AEOG4T2PCN753TU/FullSizeRender.jpg Blog - In the looking class early morning walks through the bamboo grove https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1560723072828-KDVRVANUH3XMXXX14DIM/FullSizeRender.jpg Blog - In the looking class stones of history https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1560722873995-LNYP0V5AS2YMSIRT6DOZ/FullSizeRender.jpg Blog - In the looking class Beautiful cared for https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1560636721805-LY5F92M9JYOGBDQTCJ4U/FullSizeRender.jpg Blog - In the looking class Our animal whisperer enjoying the dear in Nara https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1560722974261-8R6U82N8IPKWW9N89XAB/FullSizeRender.jpg Blog - In the looking class making out way to bullet train to head towards Tokyo https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1560636291897-H32DVCHLS1QTGN2T8JYG/FullSizeRender.jpg Blog - In the looking class Exploring old town https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1560636817927-SV35ROEHWMCSV3DWGRAJ/FullSizeRender.jpg Blog - In the looking class I wan not sure what I loved more, the ancient temples or the ancient trees, but together they were stunning. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1560636220567-3LPJZYEM4TZC6Y0MZ2FW/FullSizeRender.jpg Blog - In the looking class Of course sushi was one of our first stops. This place was good, but the night before our hotel owner have us directions to a small hole in the wall place and walked us there as he thought we might not recognize it as a restaurant (he was right). It was an amazing meal, small, on the floor and run by 2 guys who did everything from cook, to serve, to the dishes. Tuna sashimi, roasted whole garlic, fried been sprouts, and many other things I could not identify. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1560636179145-SIUV6OYSD9ZR92DUG66J/FullSizeRender.jpg Blog - In the looking class The girls art books continue to amaze me as they find their voice in art https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1560635903870-P49OEX69UR9E84RMFH6N/FullSizeRender.jpg Blog - In the looking class Lily and the monkey https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1560635799008-6QH4V15ZJKCUGO6V4GQL/FullSizeRender.jpg Blog - In the looking class Robes included helping everyone get in the spirt https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1560635757315-QYVZI51VQTXGWCA01JH1/FullSizeRender.jpg Blog - In the looking class The beautiful simplicity of our lodging https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1560635839821-2E58EZCDMDJLZAC0HFTT/FullSizeRender.jpg Blog - In the looking class Outside of Kyoto you can visit the monkeys. We loved how the people were caged and the monkeys were free so you could share food from inside but they could leave when ever they wanted. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1560636770740-Z1PWWUY7WOLJ1M8SJPIJ/FullSizeRender.jpg Blog - In the looking class And having them do tricks for her https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1560636225233-2K0L87VKITMHL8L8WPA8/FullSizeRender.jpg Blog - In the looking class Art everywhere https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1560636360387-JIQAQ661ZIJALE1FGXGG/FullSizeRender.jpg Blog - In the looking class temples. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1560635998649-LV35XWB9L8KEYE6MOX2F/FullSizeRender.jpg Blog - In the looking class June is rain season in Japan, meaning a time for rainbows and lush green hills. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1560636154312-MQOBS1L3VXDJ78TVVRZI/FullSizeRender.jpg Blog - In the looking class picture on line of this place look like it can be packed shoulder to shoulder, but the rainy season and early morning turned out to be a peaceful start to the day https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1560636676009-PP9P8KMW6OYN18NWMBS5/FullSizeRender.jpg Blog - In the looking class these bikes are the best. The super mom’s of Japan (sorry i didn’t see an Japanese dads rocking these bikes) They are everywhere, often with an e-assist, with a kid in the front and kid on the back. No need for a pull along. They ride these bikes through throngs of tourist, chatting with other moms, calm and stylish. My mom heros. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1560635943353-MCEJMPD7RXY0E312OT8L/FullSizeRender.jpg Blog - In the looking class The beautiful of this country as like taking a breath of fresh air https://www.fouralaskans.com/news/2019/6/3/busan monthly 0.5 2019-07-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1560474746972-OCEKUJS0Z4EEMYHC791N/FullSizeRender.jpg Blog - Doing easy things- final days in Busan The girls practicing for this falls try outs https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1560475101345-O5A1NKMIZAB0B7HNL9H2/FullSizeRender.jpg Blog - Doing easy things- final days in Busan Doing her best South Korean selfie face https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1560512521513-908J9XBOYRSA7UDEVF9U/FullSizeRender.jpg Blog - Doing easy things- final days in Busan the small dog craze is Asia is a never ending source of joy for the girls, but this women’s pack of dogs took the cake for Busan. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1560475139187-S4O10A3B8YVSIUJ2EFFZ/FullSizeRender.jpg Blog - Doing easy things- final days in Busan wearing through volleyballs https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1560475076027-Y5G3ER2VT6AGIKISOSLX/FullSizeRender.jpg Blog - Doing easy things- final days in Busan On a run one early morning all of these swimmers, maybe 200 in all were headed out for a morning swim. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1560474911972-M84UOABIFODIOKAY7D6P/FullSizeRender.jpg Blog - Doing easy things- final days in Busan Everyone was doing their own daily “small things” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1560474591005-9Z37HMY7HC81ELCMLWB9/FullSizeRender.jpg Blog - Doing easy things- final days in Busan the king alive in South Korea https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1560475185161-IVPF09YPAXYZ0U847IGT/FullSizeRender.jpg Blog - Doing easy things- final days in Busan you never knew what you would find in the woods https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1560474687385-RMLO3G824WJS5LNN219M/FullSizeRender.jpg Blog - Doing easy things- final days in Busan My view on conference calls https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1560474630667-DLO3GIIPVKPL0JKY9AAA/FullSizeRender.jpg Blog - Doing easy things- final days in Busan We stayed in the beach district of Haeundae which was having a huge sand castle competition. https://www.fouralaskans.com/news/2019/5/26/on-the-road monthly 0.5 2019-06-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1559707083716-44GG5IA9AW8Z74P5NC5A/FullSizeRender.jpg Blog - On the road The details of this buddhist temple were beautiful and reminded us of Bhutan. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1559712183998-RF6NRFLB54S4I630KOJW/FullSizeRender.jpg Blog - On the road We really didn’t get many pictures of these birds, but fields of migratory birds the whole length of the trip with astonishing. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1558941241109-CLOGMUZKV7510TN3PYJC/FullSizeRender.jpg Blog - On the road I have never seen so many people with helmets on backwards. I think it must be the boom in biking people rent them with the required helmets who don’t normally bike. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1559706686211-ZDCOL8RF97TUJ4GB3NU5/FullSizeRender.jpg Blog - On the road practicing her “paper boy” technique to make it up this 13% grade. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1558941277835-O5CWZPMZG7DYZ5FBQEWI/FullSizeRender.jpg Blog - On the road These paths are amazing. It was incredible the amount of infrastructure they put in to create this path. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1559712295961-SQPSCE786ZGPI3SQBF69/FullSizeRender.jpg Blog - On the road Quick stop in the shade https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1559712398754-LDCKT17KJ8ZHRO03C4D1/FullSizeRender.jpg Blog - On the road Making it up the hill https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1559261003167-FG4J6JNXR8GQ1KU7OWHN/FullSizeRender.jpg Blog - On the road A temple overlooking the river. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1559260938594-B2M5XBOXJGYV4O1YITVR/FullSizeRender.jpg Blog - On the road More beautiful rocks. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1559260495926-WV1WO1YLK8FRGDR44Y3B/FullSizeRender.jpg Blog - On the road Everywhere we went there were these large stones, this one at the top of a pass. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1559706755492-Q1F71LECNOSUKLCBSE6B/FullSizeRender.jpg Blog - On the road It was facinating to see how these cities were so dense with surrounding open space. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1558941209014-P74O2MGG4GVUYEC6K8XK/FullSizeRender.jpg Blog - On the road And it was well used by bikes, walkers and go carts… https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1559707181990-8VHN7KBCYQN7OGG2WMGQ/FullSizeRender.jpg Blog - On the road on the road https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1559706829862-UFVO59PWO8TCGJY4KTBT/FullSizeRender.jpg Blog - On the road These wild roses were gorgeous. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1559712425893-8SOULE3JNSAFISWMMWA9/FullSizeRender.jpg Blog - On the road Morning rice fields https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1559712493961-OSEB948PJOUGV8XWTYKM/FullSizeRender.jpg Blog - On the road amazing bike infrastructure https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1559712037354-QG1ADPVQRY6JWLJVPCPL/FullSizeRender.jpg Blog - On the road dedicated bike trails everywhere https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1559260612632-O1L0OQMU9VXPUK0149RD/FullSizeRender.jpg Blog - On the road we have hundreds of pictures of back of the girls. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1559712457590-UMEZF1TDR0C2198432Q2/FullSizeRender.jpg Blog - On the road This bridge in what felt like in the middle of nowhere had these great bike sculptures https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1559260798741-I97FBYQMB21TELCHIYU8/FullSizeRender.jpg Blog - On the road I didn’t realize we were being biking though such a peak flower time. It meant is was also peak bee season, but made the trip beautiful. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1559260405663-IYDE46RZR27A4EWG5UFL/FullSizeRender.jpg Blog - On the road Always following a river - the path continues. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1558941324590-CWE8TJNNULHF493OVA57/FullSizeRender.jpg Blog - On the road Just another sight at a passport stamping booth. This supported group was doing the same ride in 5 days, with a group message part way through. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1559706991381-WL6T9KYAW1PUA0PYHO7J/FullSizeRender.jpg Blog - On the road As the road labeled “tiresome walk” proved to be just that, but beautiful. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1559707351046-3WFWLEOE8OCT317FIHD3/FullSizeRender.jpg Blog - On the road I am not totally sure what is going on here, but we were having a great day, even those back road had mirrors as we biked to our hotel for the night. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1558941412222-27TN0LJ1PJ935UYL8HOW/FullSizeRender.jpg Blog - On the road Making her way through the miles https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1558941354405-99ESSIRLNC1V88ED4UPP/FullSizeRender.jpg Blog - On the road Another stamp! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1559261267094-BCBFVFJTVVTI8ECP30SL/FullSizeRender.jpg Blog - On the road Poppies everywhere https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1559707239445-BJNLFMHDN2820H0I77Q3/FullSizeRender.jpg Blog - On the road happy camper https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1559712114493-V1OUORL88U7QEHLUX46S/FullSizeRender.jpg Blog - On the road https://www.fouralaskans.com/news/2019/5/30/we-made-it monthly 0.5 2019-06-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1559707743585-LINL2SP2Z774Y60WDG3I/FullSizeRender.jpg Blog - Details of the ride Riding to the end across another cool 3D painting. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1559707502470-HD9DRFGF4E4ONFQERR99/FullSizeRender.jpg Blog - Details of the ride The girls filling out their official paperwork at the end https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1559707461623-SJACISOXFYI84F9MEQJN/FullSizeRender.jpg Blog - Details of the ride This sweet dog biking with the girls near the end, clearly this was not his first escort. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1559713294936-R8HY7EXYHXM8JMHM6UZM/IMG_1962.JPG Blog - Details of the ride enjoying our foot baths t the end with the pressure air dryers to go with them. Full service biking support! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1559707538692-879NGSONUBBNJZH9SKIS/FullSizeRender.jpg Blog - Details of the ride Wishes written on paper boats at the end, these small pieces of art adding to every part of our experience https://www.fouralaskans.com/news/2019/5/26/taking-a-bath monthly 0.5 2019-06-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1559614964040-WF0XJNN4SDUY8RPLJEQX/FullSizeRender.jpg Blog - Taking a bath Posing by the hearts before heading into the first set of baths. Sorry no pictures of the actual baths ;-) https://www.fouralaskans.com/news/2019/5/26/love-motels monthly 0.5 2019-06-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1558940904191-09RNB2QP776V63ROP6MC/FullSizeRender.jpg Blog - Love motels so many options https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1559303094346-H9MPAM4JSTOIV2QJI1PD/FullSizeRender.jpg Blog - Love motels The door near our love motel one day https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1558940856983-7MF0SPULTILYLAQ3V7DN/FullSizeRender.jpg Blog - Love motels Waking up to our color LED lights https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1559711963863-SB1830X19YUT8BT317OX/FullSizeRender.jpg Blog - Love motels Lily making her way thought he “curtains” that block the visibility of who comes in and out of the love motels. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1559707812072-6NL2K7AFW8EJLPWCZE9F/FullSizeRender.jpg Blog - Love motels Ahh the quotes, always love the quotes. https://www.fouralaskans.com/news/2019/5/26/korean-eating monthly 0.5 2019-06-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1559707957116-U2WT1I7L0CVFLVHBLN4J/FullSizeRender.jpg Blog - Korean Eating another on the road picnic from connivence station food. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1558940967574-LAHOOPPGD4YLPK30YCVE/FullSizeRender.jpg Blog - Korean Eating more amazing Korean BBQ https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1558941083494-GGCKRERAGDC6N3ITXDUE/FullSizeRender.jpg Blog - Korean Eating Live octopus for dinner https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1558941107062-CKRJTQTBRFE0UIETQ717/FullSizeRender.jpg Blog - Korean Eating Octopus head attached https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1558941014578-7HXUGJJVM6D0HPKINUJX/FullSizeRender.jpg Blog - Korean Eating Hot pot eggs and and long legged spicy octupus for dinner https://www.fouralaskans.com/news/2019/5/23/day-1-ara-locks-incheon-to-gangnam-seoul-389-miles monthly 0.5 2019-05-31 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1558683405801-Y22I1WD90WPL34JEYQAP/FullSizeRender.jpg Blog - Seoul to Busan, starting our adventure across South Korea Just follow the blue line for 633 KM to Busan, no problem. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1559301814127-5KHVA9JBQDL9AOXJTS4C/FullSizeRender.jpg Blog - Seoul to Busan, starting our adventure across South Korea Getting getting ready for stamp 2. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1558683048039-9OCIUDVKEPGDXB6G47EC/FullSizeRender.jpg Blog - Seoul to Busan, starting our adventure across South Korea The girls making their way on the subway to start the adventure. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1559302464548-R9MCHODM66D8RPVUIN90/FullSizeRender.jpg Blog - Seoul to Busan, starting our adventure across South Korea Fitting in https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1558683455283-W5OE5IQ0T6ZSY6WLKMAN/FullSizeRender.jpg Blog - Seoul to Busan, starting our adventure across South Korea Here they are at the start, hoping the smiles are just as big at the end of our adventure. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1558683135986-XG41LVW6T2YXFDSIX765/FullSizeRender.jpg Blog - Seoul to Busan, starting our adventure across South Korea Trying to be as small as we can on the subway but still feeling awfully big. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1559301734748-XNYGK14YEY9U7DK55AQ9/FullSizeRender.jpg Blog - Seoul to Busan, starting our adventure across South Korea Showing off her book with the trails of South Korea in the background. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1559301899581-V6S460QJNMLE7CQQQBJT/FullSizeRender.jpg Blog - Seoul to Busan, starting our adventure across South Korea Snack time. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1559302037203-UBWXVW5CXDRYL2YAR2QE/FullSizeRender.jpg Blog - Seoul to Busan, starting our adventure across South Korea Making her mark as we progress. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1559301854008-RS0OOTF6TZT5TQNTFL0A/FullSizeRender.jpg Blog - Seoul to Busan, starting our adventure across South Korea One could do a whole book of the bike art in South Korea. It made the ridding so much more fun. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1558683254865-FNO435EY21IESLMDW4CJ/FullSizeRender.jpg Blog - Seoul to Busan, starting our adventure across South Korea Making our way to the start https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1559301973591-QEY6EE616DKS74L73OFQ/FullSizeRender.jpg Blog - Seoul to Busan, starting our adventure across South Korea It is hard to describe how crazy awesome the path is, especially around Seoul. Between the mountain, the river and the road, they have left space for the person on a bike. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1559301375445-JJ3RBH5VUGLFF2IGXCNW/IMG_0408.jpg Blog - Seoul to Busan, starting our adventure across South Korea And off they go! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1559260022510-2AG9RA9XA9RH57F9XMP7/FullSizeRender.jpg Blog - Seoul to Busan, starting our adventure across South Korea Bike only paths. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1558683331862-STYW45VQ9X2Q5XN5QU12/FullSizeRender.jpg Blog - Seoul to Busan, starting our adventure across South Korea Along the whole route are these great stamp booth, each with their own unique stamp you place in a biking passport. After we finally found the start, we got to mark off the first passport stamp. https://www.fouralaskans.com/news/2019/5/23/seoul monthly 0.5 2019-05-31 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1558864850211-DJWYS1OTCJPWVDUJ1YY4/FullSizeRender.jpg Blog - Seoul I loved the fact many Koreans dress in traditional cloths (often rented for the day) to go to the museum, or out to dinner. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1558864886507-OJC9WYRJF1R5O0ES403B/IMG_1061.JPG Blog - Seoul The beauty of the perfume class. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1559304556018-W9KVPJ19QMS5SYNF9VLO/FullSizeRender.jpg Blog - Seoul https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1558865141007-DL5VPXRJ93GRVGPGG2QS/FullSizeRender.jpg Blog - Seoul This kiddo was not as excited. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1558864770671-D42ZASWKNAIE4AFU58PX/FullSizeRender.jpg Blog - Seoul I have leaned to love the feeling you get in each city when you first arrive. The vast open modern feeling of Seoul greeted us as we excited the MRT. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1558864951011-YEE96GLDIW45NQXOPMLL/FullSizeRender.jpg Blog - Seoul Our final product. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1558865069121-WJELF3IZFDGFIWBHIX34/FullSizeRender.jpg Blog - Seoul Art everywhere. This was clearly related to some children’s game as kids kept jumping on. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1558865406643-SHSKEUKOCIYWFI9D6BRH/FullSizeRender.jpg Blog - Seoul https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1558865407659-RL81DXEAYGG0B1TWBHJO/FullSizeRender.jpg Blog - Seoul I would have come to Seoul for this book store alone. 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Taroko Gorge A pool of duckies - yes please https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1557650777956-UJRTPPP41I9RHM5WPV1I/FullSizeRender.jpg Blog - Taroko Gorge Loving the time to explore https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1557651259480-1AP1FHB8LAAJVVXYYRRK/FullSizeRender.jpg Blog - Taroko Gorge More magic roads https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1557448418667-U0BY6S7X24T43CFN6R5O/FullSizeRender.jpg Blog - Taroko Gorge https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1557448785769-EYSJR2Z1BEN1J28IZXQN/FullSizeRender.jpg Blog - Taroko Gorge Headed up https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1557447858133-4K9WCD7WMLIWFRDE6G2W/FullSizeRender.jpg Blog - Taroko Gorge The beauty was stunning. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1557651332856-DSNOJ8BFEICSOP7ERYLL/FullSizeRender.jpg Blog - Taroko Gorge A hike after the run up a stunning valley https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1557448261137-IW4VMLZ6QL4E78UJ1JST/FullSizeRender.jpg Blog - 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Taroko Gorge The trail took us through 7 tunnels the last one will if waterfall curtains. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1557651220847-00V0Z4WY20UDZUJ81XBL/FullSizeRender.jpg Blog - Taroko Gorge Letting the bus pass on this impressive road https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1557651432943-TH4R99JR5GJ8R14WMIB5/FullSizeRender.jpg Blog - Taroko Gorge https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1557447954708-9LIWESAV42PHU1FYZBQ4/FullSizeRender.jpg Blog - Taroko Gorge Reflecting back on where the road has taken us. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1557650743858-C6GYU7H597NV5A1Z22B1/FullSizeRender.jpg Blog - Taroko Gorge Beautiful temples in the heart of these mountains. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1557448893408-BKJJTOJHMT48KL5KICWE/FullSizeRender.jpg Blog - Taroko Gorge Fun time in this stunning pool https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1557448079406-ZA033D1FFW92F7SWDWL3/FullSizeRender.jpg Blog - Taroko Gorge And the road was a work of art https://www.fouralaskans.com/news/2019/4/28/taiwan monthly 0.5 2019-05-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1557654974768-XLFXCGMTRNNVNB4TVQ89/E45C7500-A760-44BF-8A16-74087D2FC20F.JPG Blog - Landing in Taiwan Other days we tried google translate. Never ending entertainment “please don’t waste your face.” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1557654273935-CTKT5C0BBYXHU3I90FVM/FullSizeRender.jpg Blog - Landing in Taiwan I love seeing how comfortable they have become in all sorts of new places and settings https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1557654714045-6IN714A64HWPY18AGY2N/FullSizeRender.jpg Blog - Landing in Taiwan Some days there was English writing that made sense https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1557654222421-4IM062VUV6QBJZFYKE84/FullSizeRender.jpg Blog - Landing in Taiwan And most of the time it all worked out https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1557657745786-6F2D4S6Z4I84997WVGZU/fullsizeoutput_23c69.jpeg Blog - Landing in Taiwan https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1557654022427-BLRSRVG033C7MJ8YV960/FullSizeRender.jpg Blog - Landing in Taiwan Speeding down the coast https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1557654320522-60LPPMLWU5XX9GB77ACX/FullSizeRender.jpg Blog - Landing in Taiwan Headed back on the train https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1557654127199-H8NPM0Q9URMT1BIS1HYC/FullSizeRender.jpg Blog - Landing in Taiwan End enjoying the art along the way https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1557526179245-DJUN9UWQ9Y6BWU4RIHEU/FullSizeRender.jpg Blog - Landing in Taiwan Grabbing a picture of this stunning view https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1557526131504-8E7LT0XYOUFKCEP28MPN/FullSizeRender.jpg Blog - Landing in Taiwan Welcome to Taipei! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1557654627617-ZOO9CTZ5ODVX7TKII1CW/FullSizeRender.jpg Blog - Landing in Taiwan The train system has made getting around the island much more straight forward and enjoyable https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1557654800933-2QSZCS5I61E515XWHMKA/FullSizeRender.jpg Blog - Landing in Taiwan Another thing we could not get over were the short, fat shaved dogs. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1557654749192-75JM17NB2V0AR8XDAHSH/FullSizeRender.jpg Blog - Landing in Taiwan And the random fun beautiful art along the streets https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1557654071666-PWP3DLWBGL6GYQRXG2C4/FullSizeRender.jpg Blog - Landing in Taiwan Finding a local art studio https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1557654181757-T0J6DIRKU1O3BBPDQ3NG/FullSizeRender.jpg Blog - Landing in Taiwan Impressive bike infrastructure https://www.fouralaskans.com/news/2019/4/24/the-pendulum-of-the-now monthly 0.5 2019-05-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1556437296492-HHPBLL0YMSRH2VX4AH6H/FullSizeRender.jpg Blog - The pendulum of the now https://www.fouralaskans.com/news/2019/4/24/final-days-in-vietnam monthly 0.5 2019-04-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1556435655605-KI4NUYGA0KCDTBBDK8RY/FullSizeRender.jpg Blog - Final Days in Vietnam the beauty of this town was stunning https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1556431756729-OKQU6NNO30MEW3USYPG0/FullSizeRender.jpg Blog - Final Days in Vietnam Isabelle learning the ways of watering the fields https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1556431347732-LER7S1MSZ9YL4JZKA515/FullSizeRender.jpg Blog - Final Days in Vietnam At least this one was not jumping https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1556432041891-0TCP2Z3XAO9HMQRT4WON/FullSizeRender.jpg Blog - Final Days in Vietnam many times you would see old people buried in the sand, there must be some perceived health benefit, we were not sure, but it was fun https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1556356207025-6E7XRY42HCI0OTCJ4R2K/FullSizeRender.jpg Blog - Final Days in Vietnam doors to history https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1556353167889-BCCJVQUOHQ4L9I4LGPKR/FullSizeRender.jpg Blog - Final Days in Vietnam 5:30 am is the time to see the town as the heat of summer was baring down and few other tourist are found this time of day. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1556355554338-212BGM0X99YILA52BVTE/FullSizeRender.jpg Blog - Final Days in Vietnam Morning beauty https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1556356365821-YPOK2PHKJ8WGUU5J84T0/FullSizeRender.jpg Blog - Final Days in Vietnam our amazing guide, full of smiles who could move dirt at the speed of light. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1556356819093-Z6W9P1Y31ODBC351JSSR/IMAGE.JPG Blog - Final Days in Vietnam getting things ready for the cooking class https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1556420451125-1CTIHQONX81LE6ROKEWQ/IMAGE.JPG Blog - Final Days in Vietnam these two, getting ready to release their wishes https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1556356917148-VYQRC835322RVOZZJISE/FullSizeRender.jpg Blog - Final Days in Vietnam fisherman at sea https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1556431680022-CG2SMZQ39CFAAAT8WXEI/FullSizeRender.jpg Blog - Final Days in Vietnam all smiles before she was put to work https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1556356873604-N0GWL3WYALDXT64EEFXC/FullSizeRender.jpg Blog - Final Days in Vietnam which was kind of fun... https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1556420182183-U0M6QMBGL0FFWROPIZ8V/FullSizeRender.jpg Blog - Final Days in Vietnam the girls love art and this beautiful home stay offered a leather binding book class. Lily could have stayed here all month if we let her. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1556352534152-JOWI7OIJ7S0ZKCXL0NUL/FullSizeRender.jpg Blog - Final Days in Vietnam I will never get enough of these https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1556420852516-0JSUR2N1A2VSYJX1ZPDO/FullSizeRender.jpg Blog - Final Days in Vietnam after the lanterns we explored the night market, finding the usual fair https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1556352604951-KJ4C95PMH1I50U94O35S/FullSizeRender.jpg Blog - Final Days in Vietnam just another morning https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1556432212508-T3361LBE7VCT8CQAEK7C/FullSizeRender.jpg Blog - Final Days in Vietnam loving the designs https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1556420380108-E8SYWCAPO76JPHP749ZF/FullSizeRender.jpg Blog - Final Days in Vietnam on the full moon we headed out for the lantern festival. This sweet women took us out giving us each a paper lantern with a candle- releasing them into the water with a wish. While the whole event appears to be a bit more for the tourist, it was a beautiful tradition and a beautiful evening https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1556431941396-8A6BWI4IYJ7SX5KPD0R8/FullSizeRender.jpg Blog - Final Days in Vietnam running with Isabelle, being able to have my girls push me as much as I push them is one of the great joys of having them grow https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1556420723339-AEDJW3YMKKJMU33OFKJ1/FullSizeRender.jpg Blog - Final Days in Vietnam The town is known for its lanterns and every full moon they turn off the town lights to add to the mood. Like the potted plants of Norway, the lanterns of Vietnam always brought joy. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1556431608768-H0HDKR2MQ1ZPNJGDAG4M/FullSizeRender.jpg Blog - Final Days in Vietnam one of the other main attractions in this town is tailoring, so the girls learned the process of going from an idea to a reality (and the many pins involved) and hoping their creations make it across the sea via mail. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1556353545106-WWBTCO1Y9F3DM7LQAKO4/FullSizeRender.jpg Blog - Final Days in Vietnam fresh fish https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1556431846101-VFHSDFZVM47PTVSVH2J1/FullSizeRender.jpg Blog - Final Days in Vietnam she came back for a second class, this time making a beautiful leather travel purse https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1556432136835-U7AYC2PZM7EBNKA5B6Q5/FullSizeRender.jpg Blog - Final Days in Vietnam not a bad place for a date night https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1556355478796-2NYNVCQCUOL7VSROLWS3/FullSizeRender.jpg Blog - Final Days in Vietnam hello with love! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1556431421104-G1G4MMJ423W3RW5LYI0A/FullSizeRender.jpg Blog - Final Days in Vietnam Just another day with the almighty bike that turns the ordinary into the extraordinary https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1556356272109-OOQVWK4I911MBQMFNLBP/FullSizeRender.jpg Blog - Final Days in Vietnam The town sits in the center of a delta, providing a bounty of fish and fertile soil. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1556431986234-DT7B4NHMEQXUDXYZEFYL/FullSizeRender.jpg Blog - Final Days in Vietnam ahhh, Vietnam, we have loved you. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1556420257853-1HS0EHMQ0G04ME6OHD4I/FullSizeRender.jpg Blog - Final Days in Vietnam the product of her hard work https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1556432069395-JQMA63O8ZQT92GQJAN9Y/FullSizeRender.jpg Blog - Final Days in Vietnam Sand, sea, sky and family, what’s not to love? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1556431788665-M0IL1O1SN2GDAHR9XL3I/FullSizeRender.jpg Blog - Final Days in Vietnam playing with fire https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1556431519566-YZI6N6DSM6JN8ML02JX9/FullSizeRender.jpg Blog - Final Days in Vietnam back alleys for drying https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1556352678241-PWYC6UVEM7WZ5BYPV6XC/FullSizeRender.jpg Blog - Final Days in Vietnam the textures and colors in the town were beautiful https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1556375879980-G77XC4M1A6G87L37LVL9/FullSizeRender.jpg Blog - Final Days in Vietnam these guys convinced the fisherman to take them out, like a tea cup ride it was entertaining to watch https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1556355860929-OY3OX1MY3TW5A058XJP3/FullSizeRender.jpg Blog - Final Days in Vietnam the rising sun, another lantern in the sky https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1556431651712-RZPAYRPIOIW8CYXGVDRO/FullSizeRender.jpg Blog - Final Days in Vietnam Getting the seaweed ready for the soil https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1556356755569-XLKMT4VPE4T6QRNXI3YT/FullSizeRender.jpg Blog - Final Days in Vietnam but none of us came close to the speed and competency of this expert https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1556355931956-1H0GA0KI7BIEYT69PTQ7/FullSizeRender.jpg Blog - Final Days in Vietnam morning fishing in town https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1556356547381-0F6ULPW1WA30BIBF07IP/FullSizeRender.jpg Blog - Final Days in Vietnam before a cooking class, we had the opportunity to farm. 300 years this garden has been going strong. Isabelle is adding seaweed to the soil to prepare for the seedlings. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1556431896211-WG0G9G8E8J5K2EGYTHR8/FullSizeRender.jpg Blog - Final Days in Vietnam our last days were beach days, endless white sand, fishing boats and pure beauty https://www.fouralaskans.com/news/2019/4/24/growing-up-lily-turns-11 monthly 0.5 2019-04-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1556242061696-ZTRG3QLB8Y5IS6II8PIV/FullSizeRender.jpg Blog - Growing up - Lily turns 11 Endless shells on the beach https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1556243825301-X9KN4OI9RQLTD8J2MFJ6/FullSizeRender.jpg Blog - Growing up - Lily turns 11 Growing before our eyes https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1556242334459-B3AKAFP0QUC9AI2NVTRV/FullSizeRender.jpg Blog - Growing up - Lily turns 11 What happens after morning yoga sessions. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1556351990836-WA7KKBTAYYISR4DBMTGE/FullSizeRender.jpg Blog - Growing up - Lily turns 11 Opening presents, appreciating the little things https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1556242188550-KYC1CI6RZB5YS6T22J3J/FullSizeRender.jpg Blog - Growing up - Lily turns 11 Sunrises here were spectacular https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1556242692694-I6ADZ67GFYMZCHXDRJ8R/FullSizeRender.jpg Blog - Growing up - Lily turns 11 Asian King doing his yoga https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1556244012191-VBXVHSJSHNX13ML0QF3C/FullSizeRender.jpg Blog - Growing up - Lily turns 11 I loved this beautiful gift Isabelle made for Lily for her birthday, true to who they are from the hair to the outfits they have been wearing all year. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1556241991103-EZ2XR62LRHKKGBNHMMDP/FullSizeRender.jpg Blog - Growing up - Lily turns 11 Always an adventure with these two. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1556243970171-FA7CNG3SDKGQER968U05/FullSizeRender.jpg Blog - Growing up - Lily turns 11 Headed to dinner for the birthday girl https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1556242473148-82MP822N0PYMZDD4PRQY/FullSizeRender.jpg Blog - Growing up - Lily turns 11 The endless beach https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1556242090039-EBI35RNJ77AXWL2CGHXG/FullSizeRender.jpg Blog - Growing up - Lily turns 11 Lily has an eye for beauty, so we chose to take advantage of the currency difference and stay at this beautiful hotel the week of her birthday. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1556243710321-1EDO09PLESA35H6K6FCW/FullSizeRender.jpg Blog - Growing up - Lily turns 11 Quick dip in the pool https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1556352031385-V5QAWJPDM20OG4AMY8EK/FullSizeRender.jpg Blog - Growing up - Lily turns 11 Blowing out birthday candles in the shower as it was too windy outside and we were too afraid of the smoke detector inside. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1556242279973-WHQ6V8BPGJ93IFOAKO5R/FullSizeRender.jpg Blog - Growing up - Lily turns 11 Pool, sea, sky.... endless beauty. https://www.fouralaskans.com/news/2019/4/3/ninh-binh monthly 0.5 2019-04-09 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1554281960151-4WMVM8DBRNO1S2G2ZLUQ/FullSizeRender.jpg Blog - Ninh Binh A day exploring on motorbikes to see what we missed when we were limited to our own power. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1554281887607-HKEXV0LJ0BVZZJIRFW4O/FullSizeRender.jpg Blog - Ninh Binh Everywhere we went we saw water buffalo. The streets, outside the cafe, cooling off in the ditch. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1554282547460-XL2GA09S6R9QPK6ILUL1/FullSizeRender.jpg Blog - Ninh Binh As tourist bike past, life goes on. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1554282585733-ALKS9HL74B7SU1IO81YT/FullSizeRender.jpg Blog - Ninh Binh Our second hotel had a pool table which the girls enjoyed learning the rules of the game and the time to play outside a smoky bar. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1554281361978-7KH7Y7NDKST74KMKBF89/FullSizeRender.jpg Blog - Ninh Binh And more double biking https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1554280955588-W36TOKD4R9MYOMO3ZOJT/fullsizeoutput_22f93.jpeg Blog - Ninh Binh We biked about 35 Km the first day to this pagoda and back. We got there, it was hot, we were tired and decided to not go in. That has been one the blessings of this year, the ability to get the door of an opportunity and chose to not go through to keep in check with our larger values and goals https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1554282207108-32VI8VLLPK4W6X3OZEGK/FullSizeRender.jpg Blog - Ninh Binh Again, so grateful for our small bags as we walk from one home to the next in the heat and humidity along the rice patties. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1554285301911-CWI4SXJ9E0WTYX3B8E24/FullSizeRender.jpg Blog - Ninh Binh Lily definitely would get her workouts, loving to bike Isabelle as Isabelle worked as automatic trainer wheels and extra power if needed. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1554284714374-091Z750WH3HFB9E0TS0D/FullSizeRender.jpg Blog - Ninh Binh I can’t get enough of the asian selfie. One moment you will be a at a place, on your own and then a bus will unload, women and men dressed to the nines each angling for their own shot. I often sit back and wonder what it would look like if I could see at once the digital uploads we now create every second, me adding to the pile of the pictures of the selfie. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1554284255748-H49R5D1CLKOSWCI1O109/FullSizeRender.jpg Blog - Ninh Binh These two, off exploring the world https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1554281392130-LHCD500BRH9Z7X231G1H/FullSizeRender.jpg Blog - Ninh Binh The limestone formations here are amazing. The first boat tour we did was three spectacular hours of being paddled along the rivers at the base of these cliffs and then through narrow caves that connected otherworldly valleys. It reminded me a lot of the dramatic lush landscape of Hawaii and was where the newest King Kong was filmed, it also happens to be where school schedules were planned for the following year. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1554281602965-TNXGZUS80157XG3GZ3YH/FullSizeRender.jpg Blog - Ninh Binh Boats line up waiting for the next bus load of tourist https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1554281108105-70GCHIEF7ZMCJ4HPGLTU/FullSizeRender.jpg Blog - Ninh Binh Biking home along the lake looking back at the pagoda https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1554281524654-HC0TXI41VD5NUWVII552/FullSizeRender.jpg Blog - Ninh Binh Traditionally many of these boats are paddled by foot, freeing the hands for selfies, snacks, umbrellas or any other need of the day. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1554282361640-GVMO2LJJCNKUCYUSJEM6/FullSizeRender.jpg Blog - Ninh Binh Up high you could get a better lay of the land, the river basin cultivated at the base of these limestone cliffs growing rice. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1554281226778-5CQC1LMOYKWKMWVTPD9K/FullSizeRender.jpg Blog - Ninh Binh Our first place we stayed was a homestay near these cliffs, this was a view from the breakfast window. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1554281765213-GX9ESIVL3W9FJLLQINCU/FullSizeRender.jpg Blog - Ninh Binh Empty boats going to park after they have delivered their guest https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1554284602649-KI9EQ7EAN3OWR5PO6AE9/FullSizeRender.jpg Blog - Ninh Binh Just another day at the job. The hip flexibility of the Vietnamese is impressive. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1554282134731-QO7PES4F7477M7COMGP0/FullSizeRender.jpg Blog - Ninh Binh Exploring a beautiful temple tucked in the mountains and caves. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1554282473766-2RA3K74F7CHAZ71OP0RD/FullSizeRender.jpg Blog - Ninh Binh Morning work https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1554281837245-0JJF8XC2EBMID952T6QM/FullSizeRender.jpg Blog - Ninh Binh One of the rides was only two at time, and we have become much more comfortable with letting them head out on their own. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1554281291948-81GMBYV2LDVOK2B3EM0Z/FullSizeRender.jpg Blog - Ninh Binh Life is more fun with two. Even when we had access to another bike, this was their prefered way of travel, a moving mass of giggles that seemed to test gravity at every turn. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1554284341248-YG13L41VDBIXY7SJLSMA/FullSizeRender.jpg Blog - Ninh Binh Biking again ;-) By the end of our two weeks we felt like we know most every path in this area. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1554281151314-UPVBK3D7CLFYC8GWO8A6/FullSizeRender.jpg Blog - Ninh Binh Harvest time https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1554281462694-RMA78GGV9HTO5LFKMGJ2/FullSizeRender.jpg Blog - Ninh Binh Ever the entrepreneurs, this makeshift market at the end of this boat ride where small market boats would approach and hand you and your drivers handfuls of food and drink for “very good price”. It was entertaining watching a world of different cultures deal with the forced negotiation with their own cultural bias. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1554282293385-WBH4AAAB15WB0E9JP53I/FullSizeRender.jpg Blog - Ninh Binh Harvesting the never ending aray of water plant for dinner later. https://www.fouralaskans.com/news/2019/3/20/sapa monthly 0.5 2019-04-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1553070230547-D2APN953JMS3FMLTKJDW/FullSizeRender.jpg Blog - Sapa The first morning in Sapa, the sun tried to shine through the fog which we would soon learn is the normal weather here, with striking mountains and song birds. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1553652607719-IWWSSX9OD5BQU5YS3FLY/FullSizeRender.jpg Blog - Sapa More little ones out and about. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1553651860642-6AQARCTS8HIF8SKOMGJB/FullSizeRender.jpg Blog - Sapa Near the town of Sapa these beautiful gardens grow to serve the demands of the travelers who want more than rice, pig and chicken for dinner. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1553651922768-0X174VB6U1W57VADPTRG/FullSizeRender.jpg Blog - Sapa Isabelle and Traverse out exploring the Silver Waterfall outside of town. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1553652158080-AMNJXXUIMRO5ZK01GGB9/FullSizeRender.jpg Blog - Sapa One day we headed down a different path, quiet and peaceful. Not another tourist for most of the 6 miles past streams and farms. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1553570921327-CF1Z2GCOOENFTY15G7K3/FullSizeRender.jpg Blog - Sapa We kept watching these little chicks climb in and out from under their mom. Lily could have spent all day here. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1553570472572-Y2Q9403MIX3DG9NQBV2V/FullSizeRender.jpg Blog - Sapa I know, I know. Motorcycle = Donorcycle. But we would have never left this year if we were afraid of all the things that could happen. Traverse is a good driver and we had helmets. Much of this area can only been seen on motorcycle or after many days of walking (or mountain biking which would be awesome here but never could find any to rent) so we opted for trips out on the motorized two wheels; Traverse driving and changing out who went along - often in this jacket to improve visibility in the fog. All is well that ends well. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1553569807695-JEJG4AQF5VIN8BP1LKJR/FullSizeRender.jpg Blog - Sapa Walking down to the most famous village in Sapa - Cat Cat was lined with things to purchase. But these kids playing up and down the sidewalk were the best, helping each other out, full of giggles. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1553602122592-QMN949J5NBBMJXHSET1B/fullsizeoutput_22ecc.jpeg Blog - Sapa The stories these women have, it was a joy to spend the afternoon with them. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1553691064178-5D2KYT5GM3WVWYP23DMW/FullSizeRender.jpg Blog - Sapa While we loved taking pictures of locals, the girls continue to be a hit. Isabelle gets a wedding proposal regurally and here the girls were doing handstands in the grass when a group, stopped their driver and came running over to get a selfie with them. I guess it is really no different then us getting a selfie with LaLa and Bla, but always funny to be on the other end. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1553570709599-XN8Y0HC7L7673WMNDJ6O/FullSizeRender.jpg Blog - Sapa Two little ones just keeping an eye on the water buffalo in the mist. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1553651228969-DEJT28IWVXQT2L4WD4OT/FullSizeRender.jpg Blog - Sapa These guys were everywhere. Funny to watch, full of sounds and cleaning up everything. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1553570195096-5S5ZF4GQG24ADH0RWZUX/FullSizeRender.jpg Blog - Sapa On the two sunny days we had we ventured out more on foot, this day on another path we found with our favorite trail app “Pocket Earth” that has great trails anywhere in the world we go. It reminded of of Nepal and the joy of sharing a trail for work and pleasure. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1553570797456-K3F2QXEDS3EJMV4XBTQC/FullSizeRender.jpg Blog - Sapa These guys are fun to watch, always hanging out in the muddy fields. I have ben surprised both here and in Cambodia how much they are still used. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1553570610150-OII04FE51O4OBWSICQPD/FullSizeRender.jpg Blog - Sapa When we ended up walking through villages not on the “tourist” path, we were delighted to find tons of pigs, chickens and friendly kids. This girl was sporting her Norwegian inspired Frozen dress. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1553570867017-8M2XLNXRH9TKG0YBZCYY/FullSizeRender.jpg Blog - Sapa This one had a thing for Lily with a great stare off making it easier for me to get a picture. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1553570967764-J97I3F0ARL5YJ0CDH37Z/FullSizeRender.jpg Blog - Sapa As we headed home so were these women, just in the opposite direction. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1553570135116-ZW59YAWJIWS2ZCEUXXSY/FullSizeRender.jpg Blog - Sapa These two were the older girls- in-charge of the play on this overlook of the river, some 30 feet up. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1553651153648-V3BGZECTOBKX0IKU3DT8/FullSizeRender.jpg Blog - Sapa Making our way up the hillside, farmers working in the distance. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1553570266332-AX801YZ1TTMSWIAE9GMT/FullSizeRender.jpg Blog - Sapa But times are changing here in Sapa and the old trails are being replaced by concrete “roads” to shuttle visitors gear so they can “trek” from village to village. However the roads also make it easier to get supplies and the whole family to town. This is just such a familiar sight in Vietnam, but I can’t get over it. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1553651498831-FTL1WFW91M3YEKH4VNMH/FullSizeRender.jpg Blog - Sapa They were sweet and funny and watching Traverse with them, it was like he was a giant, the height differences profound. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1553651422330-7LI1JVHMS7MFSF97E8R8/FullSizeRender.jpg Blog - Sapa As we were walking we did end up talking to these women for a while. “La La” and “Bla” were headed to town and kept trying to get us to come to “their village” but we were headed home for the day. Instead they showed up how they weaved, we swapped stories about kids growing up too fast and they gave us bracelets after we asked them if we could take their picture. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1553570086423-YGI4GBLMKKPZNP8ERVHY/FullSizeRender.jpg Blog - Sapa The kids always traveled in little packs, far away from any parents, this other set of three almost give me a heart attack climbing down a huge ledge with a cliff and running river below. I feel like we have tried to not be over protective for our children, but watching these kids play took “free range” parenting to a whole new level. It got to the point that I had to walk away after trying to convince them not to play there, convicted I was going to watch one of them plunge to their death. They all made it back fine, but seriously left my heart pounding. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1553070175551-542DXNPNZUPYTGQHDZ9D/FullSizeRender.jpg Blog - Sapa To get to Sapa we opted for the night train, an iconic piece of history that rumbles through the countryside leaving Hanoi around 10 pm and arriving in Sapa around 5 am. We decide to go to Sapa and purchased these train tickets only hours we boarded, a far cry from our pre planned time in Norway. Given the late timing of our purchase we were left with one of the simple sleeping cars, 4 beds tucked in a berth, but perfect for our family. The train had an impressive sway as it rumbled along, coming only inches from many of the buildings in Hanoi and going to the restroom left both the girls saying “I think the safety standards are really different here” as they looked down at the unprotected railroad tracks racing by. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1553601646604-N4ZZNN4EX6Y9IEOC6A49/fullsizeoutput_22ec7.jpeg Blog - Sapa Brief moments of sun yielded amazing views of the rice paddy fields, early in their season this time of year and striking for how the whole hill sides have been rebuilt to fit the needs of the people. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1553569632591-HQPNWQC1YGX8P4SHNT3Y/FullSizeRender.jpg Blog - Sapa The town itself was this funny balance between 5 star hotels and rural living. The heart of the town was this town center where women all day long were offering to show you “their village” and small kids caring each other in traditional cloths offering “massage” when they held out things for sale, confusing the words, just knowing “other” people want “shopping” and “massage” and give you money in return. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1553570305282-QB8BNYB8C9U6EH7ERXXN/FullSizeRender.jpg Blog - Sapa Another family taking advantage of the improved access to climb above the rice fields that are getting ready to be planted. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1553570507168-3R3Q4O94GY277TYENX3M/FullSizeRender.jpg Blog - Sapa But I am always happiest on my own two feet and got some great one on one times with each of the girls in Sapa, here out exploring in the mist. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1553653605025-9X4WXV75V5SAZS8O3F8D/FullSizeRender.jpg Blog - Sapa And the local market was full of more chickens to roast when you ran out. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1553570654924-XPV1VRVUDEIIP1EZYXD5/FullSizeRender.jpg Blog - Sapa All smiles on our way through the village. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1553652410839-RS41SD6FJZWAJWRQHLC7/FullSizeRender.jpg Blog - Sapa Kids herding water buffalo - they were hilarious, jumping off the mounds of the rice fields, throwing rocks and having great time. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1553653435160-CND41EF3VQAP5DY441RS/FullSizeRender.jpg Blog - Sapa More chicks trying to stay warm. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1553653299077-3OJWSZJV03KRIK47Y1FK/FullSizeRender.jpg Blog - Sapa Though much of Northern Vietnam these goats roam the hills and then later fill dinner menu. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1553570438097-XTS0XAZPF2AKLCFWKC7U/FullSizeRender.jpg Blog - Sapa One day when we went hiking, Lily put on her pants as it was finally cool enough to do so, and it was striking how much she has grown this year. When we left Alaska these pants covered her ankles. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1553652338867-C31O8GJ9V28HECQ0YP0G/FullSizeRender.jpg Blog - Sapa A whole line up of kids working the fields. Most of the time it was the women and children working the fields, doing the road construction, selling the wears and doing almost every job in town. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1553653534712-IVWF6P8SUR42S8VJS4DC/FullSizeRender.jpg Blog - Sapa Almost every restaurant in town had their roasted pig on a spit and chicken, carving up what was needed when you ordered. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1553651309613-JZ1V50VNS2N67TMJ8EID/FullSizeRender.jpg Blog - Sapa More free range kids jumping down the embankment without an adult in site. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1553652530972-JIPKMIM21WXN3OZ9HQWU/FullSizeRender.jpg Blog - Sapa https://www.fouralaskans.com/news/2019/3/17/fabulous-family-ho-long-bay-and-so-much-more monthly 0.5 2019-03-19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1552913831263-QSMDLKJOS2537ZJBLZJV/fullsizeoutput_22cef.jpeg Blog - Fabulous Family- Halong Bay and so much more Our family together from half way across the world sitting together enjoying the quiet time and space. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1552912139180-A4F25X7ZK7ZL971HPLKL/fullsizeoutput_22d7c.jpeg Blog - Fabulous Family- Halong Bay and so much more Villagers lining up to take tourist on a tour of their village on the water. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1552913909617-Q13WAUN59MYTZWVGO5JQ/fullsizeoutput_22cf2.jpeg Blog - Fabulous Family- Halong Bay and so much more The details of the small moments. This 74 year old women teaching me to make a broom from dried rice stalks one careful twist at a time. She was full of laughter and warmth welcoming our family in as her own. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1552898823373-6TCF4VVLR9US5XK4XSMQ/fullsizeoutput_22bd4.jpeg Blog - Fabulous Family- Halong Bay and so much more Seeing where the greens are grown in town. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1552894269633-QZGR23OEZZ8NBEAQTEKJ/FullSizeRender.jpg Blog - Fabulous Family- Halong Bay and so much more Learning new skills. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1552893382845-ICDZ6Q0U3J4LLP8M5GBW/FullSizeRender.jpg Blog - Fabulous Family- Halong Bay and so much more Huge formations where ever we turned. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1552892282086-UXW4LCH0RYJSNB47Q1TV/FullSizeRender.jpg Blog - Fabulous Family- Halong Bay and so much more Here is our whole group for the moped tour - our group this big employed a whole group of college students to drive us around. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1552893934887-5XYNO2A829AGYZY9O97N/FullSizeRender.jpg Blog - Fabulous Family- Halong Bay and so much more View from a cave on one of the islands. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1552892551360-EQG00EJEVHFG270RDE46/FullSizeRender.jpg Blog - Fabulous Family- Halong Bay and so much more Part of our ever smiling crew https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1552895010090-ZDKGV03RPW6SC8VIKYI5/FullSizeRender.jpg Blog - Fabulous Family- Halong Bay and so much more Fun at the night market https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1552913754164-1WP4EA74DHA3LTQQ0P60/fullsizeoutput_22d8c.jpeg Blog - Fabulous Family- Halong Bay and so much more https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1552912373505-WJS2G0GTPXQ36GBCT2FB/fullsizeoutput_22d7d.jpeg Blog - Fabulous Family- Halong Bay and so much more This water village reminded me a lot of Prince William Sound and other water ways in Alaska with incredibly hardy people living with the land and the sea. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1552893713908-AYAIPZ4YZ9B9SP35MIXW/FullSizeRender.jpg Blog - Fabulous Family- Halong Bay and so much more And at sea. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1552893613146-BJJEIKGSPN038H562MNL/FullSizeRender.jpg Blog - Fabulous Family- Halong Bay and so much more A father and his daughter at sea. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1552898681761-UA6LRNNFBT46UBNB9VQK/fullsizeoutput_22bcb.jpeg Blog - Fabulous Family- Halong Bay and so much more Fortunately it was all fun and games in a bit more of a tour than we were expecting. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1552913302595-IG70TEMW81BY6RH8DMKF/fullsizeoutput_22ccb.jpeg Blog - Fabulous Family- Halong Bay and so much more More fun at the market. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1552893482278-DSKEIYBO0VK89TYUSKJ9/FullSizeRender.jpg Blog - Fabulous Family- Halong Bay and so much more The cruise we took did everything in style, including this amazing picnic lunch we paddles to. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1552914051922-0MPURHLZD49I1N7LXW7Q/fullsizeoutput_22cfb.jpeg Blog - Fabulous Family- Halong Bay and so much more Cousin fun. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1552893676640-HZZ1HM4ITMB5N1BP3DIF/FullSizeRender.jpg Blog - Fabulous Family- Halong Bay and so much more The Zink / Zook kid pyramid tradition being kept alive on land. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1552892648533-CN350DXO3SQ956TIDDYZ/FullSizeRender.jpg Blog - Fabulous Family- Halong Bay and so much more Paddling out of a cave on our first night to an amazing sunset. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1552818970047-3P1QJGDGN4XVVUAMYC4S/FullSizeRender.jpg Blog - Fabulous Family- Halong Bay and so much more I loved what you would see and who you would meet when you headed out of town. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1552899449567-KTNNL3D9V1XP18HT4F59/fullsizeoutput_22c43.jpeg Blog - Fabulous Family- Halong Bay and so much more All three days were like this, beauty where ever you looked. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1552893272643-0KASZR4PC0RU9SP9W11D/FullSizeRender.jpg Blog - Fabulous Family- Halong Bay and so much more Fishing for dinner. These boats are essentially baskets that are then covered with tar and here they are fishing with a hook and a line, placed in by hand. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1552913100749-VNYV82N34NZT9VJJQEW8/fullsizeoutput_22cb5.jpeg Blog - Fabulous Family- Halong Bay and so much more Biking home after and afternoon of exploring. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1552893546896-6PUYOD30PVR5HZIU4ADF/FullSizeRender.jpg Blog - Fabulous Family- Halong Bay and so much more The kids got in the water as we hit the land. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1552893802440-LBB8ZRKGNYEL29OWKQNV/FullSizeRender.jpg Blog - Fabulous Family- Halong Bay and so much more Where there is sand, there is a sand castle, this time with two boys from the boat and their parents. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1552894435689-RFHSEEU1W4XPO2185T9N/FullSizeRender.jpg Blog - Fabulous Family- Halong Bay and so much more Always a smile. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1552898942591-PLL2KLVGNN7WYT07QSA4/fullsizeoutput_22bd5.jpeg Blog - Fabulous Family- Halong Bay and so much more I love how they basically have the same look. As Lily said, you could think these two were twins sometimes. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1552892504722-4QX73Q2OX52EF3BLBN2Y/FullSizeRender.jpg Blog - Fabulous Family- Halong Bay and so much more Tender getting ready to take us to land. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1552912961608-WG9VEYOE0I2SUO4JR7QQ/fullsizeoutput_22caa.jpeg Blog - Fabulous Family- Halong Bay and so much more Learning traditional basket fishing. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1552892593995-TKHRJ4QP1HRA51I33I0U/FullSizeRender.jpg Blog - Fabulous Family- Halong Bay and so much more This was our Dragon Pear Ship that we lived on for 3 days. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1552892461191-893EFE3REHICX49PNQ5U/FullSizeRender.jpg Blog - Fabulous Family- Halong Bay and so much more Harrison enjoying the deck. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1552892220206-XL1RU8WBTIGN8YVBF75S/FullSizeRender.jpg Blog - Fabulous Family- Halong Bay and so much more Loving time with cousins and on a new adventure. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1552898385621-U3D501LSUH2QKJ20NYRM/fullsizeoutput_22d27.jpeg Blog - Fabulous Family- Halong Bay and so much more Sitting back and touring town. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1552892371023-1CA924VDKJEPECZE4ZBL/FullSizeRender.jpg Blog - Fabulous Family- Halong Bay and so much more Ho Chi Minh’s Mosulium where his body can be seen still today. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1552892718063-UEYVB9UEOS5ZTAUX9B9M/FullSizeRender.jpg Blog - Fabulous Family- Halong Bay and so much more Ahh, so great to have this time with family along for the adventure. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1552894368534-ITPUOEH1K7H1TMDX0M6Q/FullSizeRender.jpg Blog - Fabulous Family- Halong Bay and so much more And practicing more pyramids.. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1552892863828-XO3ZDS2W2F60UCSHTWYW/FullSizeRender.jpg Blog - Fabulous Family- Halong Bay and so much more More time on boats exploring. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1552894029605-G2GR3LHIQ161VSCCXUP4/FullSizeRender.jpg Blog - Fabulous Family- Halong Bay and so much more Night in Halong Bay with other ships around. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1552894297793-H01BPT6PSKEWK23JJNSG/FullSizeRender.jpg Blog - Fabulous Family- Halong Bay and so much more Biking around town after Halong. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1552894913828-A8SDQPRD21U8QI5LMWCO/FullSizeRender.jpg Blog - Fabulous Family- Halong Bay and so much more Not only did we get to see this water puppet show in the town, but on our way home we got to watch the whole show from the back - even more fun to see how the magic was created. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1552899231359-HL3M36SSEMSI3DQO03M8/fullsizeoutput_22c3c.jpeg Blog - Fabulous Family- Halong Bay and so much more Small boats rented kayaks to ships that passed through the bay. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1552899342125-OKNGI99ON75MOS09VWE6/fullsizeoutput_22c41.jpeg Blog - Fabulous Family- Halong Bay and so much more The beauty of Halong Bay. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1552894472140-G06E5XJDO656HD44DEJA/FullSizeRender.jpg Blog - Fabulous Family- Halong Bay and so much more Welcoming us to her beautiful home. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1552898537053-E9MUT0GJMA2RVR8PSDD8/fullsizeoutput_22bc5.jpeg Blog - Fabulous Family- Halong Bay and so much more In front of the cathedral as part of our tour. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1552899661253-32O62YB1BNYBY1P562TB/fullsizeoutput_22c65.jpeg Blog - Fabulous Family- Halong Bay and so much more Small boats - homes for a fishing family dotted these islands. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1552893895048-N54BALE8FASB4YG5B76G/FullSizeRender.jpg Blog - Fabulous Family- Halong Bay and so much more Aunts are simply the best. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1552892754760-391JJQE89W8U6FBCPY9W/FullSizeRender.jpg Blog - Fabulous Family- Halong Bay and so much more The older she gets the more like her Dad she becomes, brave, funny, full of sas yet easy going and full of fun. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1552895053912-PMAMGBUJU1FR4X01B2AB/FullSizeRender.jpg Blog - Fabulous Family- Halong Bay and so much more All dressed up, ready to preform. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1552893591285-ZIXYPZ20P0IPIQ515XIY/FullSizeRender.jpg Blog - Fabulous Family- Halong Bay and so much more In Croatia we started the ‘swim challenge’ some distance swim, this time it was to the boat and back. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1552893845175-Q4EAO4I40FWSKPQCTCLV/FullSizeRender.jpg Blog - Fabulous Family- Halong Bay and so much more These two are both in the shower, Isabelle in their cabin, Traverse in ours, when this picture is taken out our bedroom window. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1552912245265-YYE1ZNJMVOFQVP1JHS6W/fullsizeoutput_22d85.jpeg Blog - Fabulous Family- Halong Bay and so much more Here is our guide showing us his home. https://www.fouralaskans.com/news/2019/3/6/hanging-in-hanoi monthly 0.5 2019-03-18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1552819484884-ABP4M51YSMWV8VG8DV74/FullSizeRender.jpg Blog - Hanging in Hanoi Walking around the market where fruit was sold all in a line. These women would then carry these baskets of fruit around town selling their good to anyone who wanted a snack on the road. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1552819756082-IPV3JK3P9GLSGXDEKALE/FullSizeRender.jpg Blog - Hanging in Hanoi Vegetables as far as you could see. Oh what I would give to have all of these veggies at home! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1552896075143-A0J89T54PGZHU0DDLUHD/fullsizeoutput_226c6.jpeg Blog - Hanging in Hanoi Fruit for sale. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1552819824243-SZEH09DG61326XTLADZ0/FullSizeRender.jpg Blog - Hanging in Hanoi And more flowers. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1552896731739-NAUUNR3CZ8KD2ZQIXI9G/fullsizeoutput_22d37.jpeg Blog - Hanging in Hanoi One tradition that we loved here is the egg coffee. We heard different stories of how the egg coffee got started - a lack of milk during the war, a farmer who had too many egg yolks. Basically they cream the egg with sweetened condensed milk. The different places all had very different egg coffees, this one with a candle under it to keep it warm as you sipped it. It was fun trying the tradition around town. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1551931348173-EJC8D7J10EFYQ56UDFDU/FullSizeRender.jpg Blog - Hanging in Hanoi And where the girls learned to Hover Board. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1552820054305-TQE9BBGRUZMKDEMS8E9C/FullSizeRender.jpg Blog - Hanging in Hanoi Scooters, temples, streets and fun adventures. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1552819660920-BECVHVX02Y2UEPWHSIU6/FullSizeRender.jpg Blog - Hanging in Hanoi These were the two hats you see all the time, men in the old military one, women in the one used on the farms. More flowers for sale at the market. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1551931106011-Q9JGXB1BNHXR5WF2JZCW/FullSizeRender.jpg Blog - Hanging in Hanoi Every day they close a section of a street so you can ride carts, kids and play and drive around these toys for rent. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1552819877301-PU0ME513SLTWMG1OONFU/IMAGE.JPG Blog - Hanging in Hanoi Walking through the mountains of fabrics in the central market. It felt was impressive to reflect on the amount of “stuff” we produce as humans especially as it is all crammed together in these densely populated areas near the sight of production. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1552895846289-TB4CF3XBE0ZDNLMDEHT9/fullsizeoutput_226d7.jpeg Blog - Hanging in Hanoi If only you saw the number of flower pictures we delated! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1552819430892-M2CHWWMGWATY2106BJ49/FullSizeRender.jpg Blog - Hanging in Hanoi Ok so we really liked these bikes with flowers. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1552819551653-M8O50ZAGOYWW493GS6B8/FullSizeRender.jpg Blog - Hanging in Hanoi Rice, beans and lentils all perfectly stacked. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1551931464874-XTLIPW8NMSZDUBTBFPCJ/FullSizeRender.jpg Blog - Hanging in Hanoi Fun facials from the local store. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1551932264797-RN6QGV9PZR85N9S090MX/FullSizeRender.jpg Blog - Hanging in Hanoi Cafe along the railroad tracks. It is amazing how they use space in this town, every last inch being filled and used. Later when we road along the train that goes on this track it was impressive to see how close we got to each building. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1552895659682-WOQJF8PBVK4XQ04Y2ADC/fullsizeoutput_226d1.jpeg Blog - Hanging in Hanoi It was crazy how these baskets work as portable restaurants, stopping with hot coals to grill up an egg and make a Ban Mi. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1551929981726-NJ0D3DBN63AKYJ00CRZN/FullSizeRender.jpg Blog - Hanging in Hanoi The bikes, everywhere the bikes pilled as high as you could reach full of wonder and beauty. The flowers were always my favorite. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1552819193442-WFAZGNCXOM0RSY2YCXWS/FullSizeRender.jpg Blog - Hanging in Hanoi Each street in the old quarter traditionally sold one thing, meat, flowers, vegetables and so on. That pattern still exist today with shops only selling one or two types of things. Here is the pig later one. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1552198585978-YOZPAJY1TMST9IDB4HAN/FullSizeRender.jpg Blog - Hanging in Hanoi More daily flower baskets. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1552896316544-IVPVIA3EPT0JZIC5WF70/fullsizeoutput_226d4.jpeg Blog - Hanging in Hanoi More market. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1552037897682-5243B8E0BXR8JDCRX3WD/FullSizeRender.jpg Blog - Hanging in Hanoi Having fun exploring the tracks. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1552891987266-94S0LNU4AHH7CKEA6TLQ/FullSizeRender.jpg Blog - Hanging in Hanoi More fun along the tracks. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1552198625161-9RBZ0KKXRO5IC60I984G/FullSizeRender.jpg Blog - Hanging in Hanoi Beautiful hand painted water puppets at the water puppet theater in Hanoi. We didn’t get any pictures of the event (extra charge to photograph inside) but the it was fun to see the live performance including a beautiful single stringed instrument as part of the accompanying musical support. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1552891897154-Q6SJIR1W5LG1J4B03QSN/FullSizeRender.jpg Blog - Hanging in Hanoi My little mini me as been wanting a pair of glasses and found this cheap adorable pain here in town on a date night we had together. 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It was a humbling moment as our guide, the child of this war, told us her story and that of her parents and their escape. She told us of the mantra by the Khmer Rouge - “if you cut the grass, you must pull out the root” and so the brutality knew no boundary by age. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1551526664445-F3SXU5B03NQ81E4CDVE5/FullSizeRender.jpg Blog - Killing fields It was really hard to process this moment. I really appreciated their reflection, composure and reverence for this place. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1551527153472-CR2HYA599KOHQU4GQSDF/FullSizeRender.jpg Blog - Killing fields Our guide was truly a guide, making the sorties real, sharing her partner stories and talking to the kids what it was like to be a kid at that time. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1551526810614-JM5QY3USJBB7SLGPHE8W/FullSizeRender.jpg Blog - Killing fields At the base of the skulls were articles of clothing as well as weapons used in the graves. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1551527046037-GAFII4RKV3HL0A3RIDM1/FullSizeRender.jpg Blog - Killing fields I kept wondering what was going through their minds at this moment, hoping they will hold onto it as they move forward in life, remembering how people strive for peace yet so often know violence. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1551527454120-E3X1PSLG8K15UODBI7UR/FullSizeRender.jpg Blog - Killing fields At the end of the tour, three survivors sat with their stories and their families. It was humbling to go from a black and white picture of them in a cell to sitting with them at the gates. 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Upon discovering this killing field outside of the capital and in the area of an old Chinese Cemetery and the hundreds of skulls they built a stupa to place the remains, almost like the tomb of the unknown soldier as a place to remember those who could not be identified. https://www.fouralaskans.com/news/2019/3/4/wacky-wikipedia-entries-bhutans-influence-in-isabelles-homework monthly 0.5 2019-03-04 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1551691321942-NHGQ9YQMM6WWNLS63OUW/FullSizeRender.jpg Blog - Wacky Wikipedia Entries - Bhutan's influence in Isabelle's homework https://www.fouralaskans.com/news/2019/3/3/video-biking-vietnam-cambodia monthly 0.5 2019-03-05 https://www.fouralaskans.com/news/2019/2/28/biking-to-cambodia monthly 0.5 2019-03-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1551609390898-AYVS5LS86VEWU4HFHH69/0jkdtoCCQ4ap2i6bQnsEIw.jpg Blog - Biking to Cambodia Last day of biking was through the temples of Angkor Wat. It was an incredible way to see the place because you got to see so much of it that is missed by the main tourist attractions. Like this little tunnel in the woods. Biking along the wall, resting in the showdowns of this ancient city that once was the largest in the world. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1551528120800-0196GNWY2CJ4QM9BL1C9/FullSizeRender.jpg Blog - Biking to Cambodia This was another temple where at the top you could purchase a bird to free. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1551608553059-1D19S35WQHY5UUAH08CN/fullsizeoutput_2253a.jpeg Blog - Biking to Cambodia You know when you need a break - there is always Karaoke - Isabelle and our guide showing us how it is done. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1551411900890-QCWFZNUR9YPJA9G7VSU0/FullSizeRender.jpg Blog - Biking to Cambodia And then you would stop, and look up, and be stunned by the beauty. This was in Cambodia and when our guide came to where we were standing waiting for the girls he told us these horrific stories of the history of war and genocide in this area. It was hard to balance it, with the intense beauty and calm before us. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1551682633544-6LB8O4W7F33UIYXG7XP0/fullsizeoutput_72f7.jpeg Blog - Biking to Cambodia The beauty of the ocean life. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1551528667406-PKAX506J3NKB9IRZRUMR/FullSizeRender.jpg Blog - Biking to Cambodia Towards the end of a long day, these kids full of smiles came out to say hello. They were near where we packed our bikes back in the van to “transfer” down the busy road to town so we got some more time to hang out with them (and actually get a picture). Always a smile. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1551412849699-0BDO51QJG0MC67K3SUA1/fullsizeoutput_72ed.jpeg Blog - Biking to Cambodia Here with our guide in Vietnam enjoying a laugh, a journey an a shared meal over pots of charcoal at the tables. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1551413284365-SDI8VMHUMBTKTQ5LW5A5/fullsizeoutput_7333.jpeg Blog - Biking to Cambodia Pretty soon the same kids were loosing their shyness and coming up to us. The little one in the white and purple loved Isabelle, pulling herself into Isabelle’s lap and holding on to her. As we pulled away, we all wanted to stay longer talking about what their life must be like and wishing we got to spend more time playing with them. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1551411395662-AVIX3O4NMQTD9YGO5DAA/FullSizeRender.jpg Blog - Biking to Cambodia Passing on the left through the rice field near town. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1551605870509-SWQ94YXTNK79SLYOQ8N2/fullsizeoutput_224f8.jpeg Blog - Biking to Cambodia Ginger and lemongrass dominated the smell of the vegetable market. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1551606327897-TDCQL7PH0TFY2P0BB1HT/fullsizeoutput_22507.jpeg Blog - Biking to Cambodia Many of the families who sell on the river, live on their boats, traveling with the seasons and the market. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1551608318855-MAEJ2H8KLP5DH5DIZKVW/fullsizeoutput_22539.jpeg Blog - Biking to Cambodia Collecting the salt to take it in and dry it again. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1551410820896-JK6QANVN72OQDNSZXX6K/FullSizeRender.jpg Blog - Biking to Cambodia So much of the biking in Vietnam was like this, basically scooter paths that work beautifully as bike paths connecting the towns. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1551605270639-X36OIQV1VHEVRABWU8HE/fullsizeoutput_224ed.jpeg Blog - Biking to Cambodia The size of the Mekong Delta was impressive. 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When I offered her some banana root, she kept looking at me puzzled, but all smiles. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1551606464453-V00Z7EVXTJBQSGM5H8K1/fullsizeoutput_22531.jpeg Blog - Biking to Cambodia Once we crossed the Cambodian boarder we biked for a while through some dirt back roads and made our way to the ocean. It was such a beautiful surprise and off went our shoes as we headed in the water. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1551411586977-R4DVLUPTQ79IENHVN6NQ/FullSizeRender.jpg Blog - Biking to Cambodia But to balance out all the veggies were the drinks - this one time we stopped and this women brought out these super sweet red drinks and spoon fulls of sugar to put in it for the kids . You can’t say no, so we just laughed at the craziness of the year and how many things we would “never” do at home, we just shrug as part of the experience. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1551529949798-CPJX0CY392606TJIWP4C/FullSizeRender.jpg Blog - Biking to Cambodia At a run down monastery that a few construction workers were repairing as we got our bikes ready this sweet family made their way out of the shadows watching everything we were doing. The little girl came up, we shared some of our snacks. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1551410728752-FBIU7X6W34DFOII8Z2E8/FullSizeRender.jpg Blog - Biking to Cambodia I missed so much of this moment trying to bike and not run into everything, but all of a suddenly all of these kids came running out from the school, jumping off the grass piles saying “hello, hello” and giving the us all high fives as we biked past. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1551411528104-0XBEBEJAWDZN58AK0SGG/FullSizeRender.jpg Blog - Biking to Cambodia And then there was the food. Most of our meals were with locals at outdoor restaurants on the streets. This one full of fragrant flowers was part of this never ending stunning array of produce in this part of the world. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1551527692665-7KFOADPZNVJDBGEW9BN0/FullSizeRender.jpg Blog - Biking to Cambodia This was our lunch spot anther day - near the second capital in Cambodia and the kings grave huge masses of hammocks and raised beds can be rented for your picnic. Near by is rows of food for sale, slated fish, turtles, frogs, freshwater shrimp fries and spicy mango salads. We hung out here for a few hours, enjoying taking it all in. the only foreigners in sight and delighted by the new experiences. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1551529868809-BY249ZYNOL62J8GU9L5B/FullSizeRender.jpg Blog - Biking to Cambodia And little Lily going through the HUGE doors. The scale of the temples kept catching me off guard. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1551413643837-NFMRB3HHBM4CTBSSOGOO/fullsizeoutput_7329.jpeg Blog - Biking to Cambodia More biking in Cambodia - you never knew what you would see on the road. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1551608691589-WZMSK53CGNUSM7PJWBSA/1a8xUXtzQFa5KNfNOP9LTA.jpg Blog - Biking to Cambodia Another stop along the road - the famous Kampot Peppers of Cambodia. It was amazing to see the old paper farms, see how they are grown, sorted and dried. The place smelled amazing and learning the history of these berries was fascinating. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1551528904075-38WVI8SOEESJKQU31QQS/FullSizeRender.jpg Blog - Biking to Cambodia Here are piles of fried tarantulas and silk worms for sale at a road side stand. Not for tourist, for locals in route. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1551605067376-H7DSUD7CZGC0JY2RM97X/fullsizeoutput_224de.jpeg Blog - Biking to Cambodia And another small local temple, to be seen and experienced without the throngs of tourist we would later encounter. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1551609141160-9HJ6TWW46LAV98GTBVTB/fullsizeoutput_223c8.jpeg Blog - Biking to Cambodia All day - this, “Hello!” “Hello!” “Hello!” - there appeared to be a pure delight the children took in seeing us bike past. They did not ask for money or “pen, pen” as I had experienced in Nepal, just a friendly hello and they would scream in delight when you waved back. The gift of kindness was striking on this trip. I would see another mother, a grandmother who would look a little weary at us as we past, and if you smiled, you would be greeted back with an eat to ear grin - gifts of kindness exchanged, each of us a little lighter in our loads. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1551605647049-KZXVA0U1DWXEREDT1C3I/fullsizeoutput_224f4.jpeg Blog - Biking to Cambodia The beauty of the morning markets. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1551605791634-7563FZLQEB1IFNJU4905/fullsizeoutput_224f7.jpeg Blog - Biking to Cambodia I could have spent all day watching these women talk, smile and sell their goods. It actually reminded me a lot of Seattle’s pike street market, just bigger, few tourist and almost all on the ground. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1551605991707-1HYSCTTB0EDHZ89MN2NO/fullsizeoutput_224fd.jpeg Blog - Biking to Cambodia Across the way from the veggies was the meat and fish section - lets just say this part didn’t smell as good. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1551606534972-GMTJ3OQ0B9MA2SQ8FX9M/fullsizeoutput_22537.jpeg Blog - Biking to Cambodia Getting ready to collect another pile. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1551604847207-1N59BXYYJTKX2YDOJEOB/fullsizeoutput_224d0.jpeg Blog - Biking to Cambodia Live eels and frogs for sale. The frogs were all tied together by their waist so they all were jumping against each other - preventing any one of them from escaping. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1551605369196-KVRU9YW7UIPBXN4NIS2G/fullsizeoutput_224ef.jpeg Blog - Biking to Cambodia The river is a way of life around here. Transporting a great load down this small canal. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1551527986824-H3V7DFVUKRF8TO5AEVJQ/FullSizeRender.jpg Blog - Biking to Cambodia Ahh, rest at the end of long morning of more heat, sights and sounds. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1551609051418-12N60MMWYYPW23H07MT8/815hvE0YQqeo8eShu6mOUg.jpg Blog - Biking to Cambodia Lily letting hers go. We thought we were getting one bird to let go - some how we got a whole cage of them to let go - there was always this sense you were missing some key detail of the conversation, but just went with it. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1551684651390-JLJ7JBEJZDSC1XOHKIIK/fullsizeoutput_72fb.jpeg Blog - Biking to Cambodia Low tide, fishing boats at sea and the end of the day for us all. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1551412348600-A319X19H2M722JH539GB/IMG_1268.JPG Blog - Biking to Cambodia And sometimes you would think you were on your own, and then four heads would pop out of the water shouting “hello!” as they and the water buffalo cooled on during this part of the dry season. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1551529282973-Y0KLO2V29EAVJ3VBQWVU/FullSizeRender.jpg Blog - Biking to Cambodia On our way through Cambodia we visited a few museums, here is Isabelle at the National Historical museum reading about the history. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1551527887264-Q8JAF3QR306VWFCTAOSA/FullSizeRender.jpg Blog - Biking to Cambodia One option in the market - crabs with their meat pulled out, mixed with seasoning and replaced in the shell, to be then grilled and sold hot. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1551411643290-TK5VO0ESTMTZBWYXX7LQ/FullSizeRender.jpg Blog - Biking to Cambodia And then there were the salt fields near the boarder - mile after mile of drying salt. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1551608630452-LVG2B9C7HDCRLYYA4575/fullsizeoutput_22543.jpeg Blog - Biking to Cambodia It seemed like in most towns you would see the town pig trying to find some place cool. https://www.fouralaskans.com/news/2019/2/10/reflections-on-the-war monthly 0.5 2019-03-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1551408550246-3YDA6ATM6ZWL3GK2L5B5/IMAGE.JPG Blog - Early reflections on the war Coming out of a section of tunnel; it was hot, dark and claustrophobic - and there were occasional lights, air conditioning, no one was bombing us from above and we had a guide. I was a reminder of the power of the human sprit to survive, something I admire in my patients, in books and in these tunnels. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1551688080010-DK9CB4P67E1VFWULZLCW/fullsizeoutput_22637.jpeg Blog - Early reflections on the war The welcoming sign as you walk in - I learned of this war as the “Vietnam War” they learn of it as the “war of US Aggression.” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1551670485262-1CY9TCQEOCH8CHEMFMAJ/FullSizeRender.jpg Blog - Early reflections on the war And this - so this. The joy of peace. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1551410386041-XTX906OHALE0YHBHB8RO/FullSizeRender.jpg Blog - Early reflections on the war Two things that always help me understand the world better, children and art. I was so grateful for the last room in the exhibit - full of children’s art, peace and hope. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1551688135559-XO92T45MSYC6O444ZUBD/fullsizeoutput_22638.jpeg Blog - Early reflections on the war There were many quotes on the walls of the museum that I don’t remember learning about when I learned about the war in school. Being here was to touch and feel the “other side of the story.” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1551408400408-1NUUBMH437QYHW8WDF0E/FullSizeRender.jpg Blog - Early reflections on the war There is the added intensity looking at this original iconic picture of the fear and horror of the war near the location it look place and your child about the same age. I kept checking in with the girls, to see if they were OK, how they were processing it all. They were reflective and thoughtful, but I realize more and more, the added vulnerability of having children and wanting them to be safe and protected with all of your heart adds an intensity to these places I don’t think they experience the same way. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1551670593771-99JEGT0W9N8NQYWAM3ZF/FullSizeRender.jpg Blog - Early reflections on the war Seeing the war through children’s eyes. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1551670525302-UN23CR4DBT7X1VMP0CJM/FullSizeRender.jpg Blog - Early reflections on the war Our declaration of independence written next to pictures of war. A reminder of the values we set forth as a country. Values not to be forgotten. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1551670656818-T5AM3MIVUR5PV0V7AZZD/FullSizeRender.jpg Blog - Early reflections on the war This picture captured my heart: the horror, the bombs, the missing parts, but despite that, the colors are vivid, it looks like there is a rainbow and the kid is still holding the hand of an adult. The wheelchair is almost like a rising sun finding beauty despite the distraction. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1551688247495-04IOFB85Z5OLGSJE7GBB/fullsizeoutput_22636.jpeg Blog - Early reflections on the war Powerful to read this on the New Year, 51 one years later . https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1551408466659-TDEGVKHVY12DTJP8HPGA/FullSizeRender.jpg Blog - Early reflections on the war The whole court yard of the museum was filled with US tanks and helicopters, the size of which was impressive. https://www.fouralaskans.com/news/2019/3/3/a-bhutanese-love-story-writings-by-isabelle monthly 0.5 2019-03-04 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1551609402006-37AP26AIHHZ5UYBG10D0/yrpqlq7barfy.jpg Blog - A Bhutanese Love Story - writings by Isabelle Every house, every restaurant has a picture of these two. https://www.fouralaskans.com/news/2019/2/10/getting-out-of-town monthly 0.5 2019-03-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1551408790580-3HN8FWWHEF1FOOAJE60A/FullSizeRender.jpg Blog - Getting out of town little one on the street food tour - full of new adventures https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1551516036886-ZFV02X0D536ZE5AH2KUT/fullsizeoutput_2249d.jpeg Blog - Getting out of town The sights, the sounds, the colors.. you never knew what you would see next. More fruit making its way to market. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1551516508441-L2WTVM3056NPW2WQGFMV/fullsizeoutput_224a1.jpeg Blog - Getting out of town so many smiling faces commuting on the river https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1551409472481-67B5N8LCSKRY1OPBOAX2/FullSizeRender.jpg Blog - Getting out of town so many smiles https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1551409141845-X1W3SXXORKIH113BUUEN/FullSizeRender.jpg Blog - Getting out of town selling coconuts on the river https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1551584442605-OFR11C35CUUPFIKOWC99/fullsizeoutput_224b7.jpeg Blog - Getting out of town Iz and I ridding on the sidecar with our super smiling and lovely driver. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1551409994668-FB2CNKRR9QHTJ6SD71B1/FullSizeRender.jpg Blog - Getting out of town this women came up to lily and kept saying “lovely, lovely” and kept rubbing her, and smiling. I have no idea what else what she was saying, but I have so loved these little connections as we moved along. Everyone took a liking to Lily surprise and delighted she was on a bike. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1551409212572-H597WKE0LQKGHDW49S2P/FullSizeRender.jpg Blog - Getting out of town Many of the boats would hang out the food they would sell so you would know what boat you wanted to go to. Here is the fruit boat selling pineapples, bananas and durian. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1551585268473-5YI7RPRJKJVQ5PIPLL2H/fullsizeoutput_224ac.jpeg Blog - Getting out of town making a ferry crossing with our bikes https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1551408942168-XFWIGLDU266G8ZL37TJ3/FullSizeRender.jpg Blog - Getting out of town more time along the river https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1551409842391-9BWJRYO67IUC8CE7RCYQ/FullSizeRender.jpg Blog - Getting out of town this is what the biking was like in the Delta, it was so lovely without cars, making our way through the country side - truly a great place to bike with kids. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1551584983459-67AAXEMEA0ZDZ68DD6IR/FEtN8hoEQ0qGOz7QNbxZIw.jpg Blog - Getting out of town getting a chance to drive up the river. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1551584094519-NUPEZ1DNPWCWS85MTTLM/fullsizeoutput_224b4.jpeg Blog - Getting out of town she rocked this little helmet and the side care https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1551410179322-JYKUNYDILCSYYYDZ5VEQ/FullSizeRender.jpg Blog - Getting out of town all smiles - her and our driver https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1551409002655-Z2IW0HJPU27PAAM9B5TO/FullSizeRender.jpg Blog - Getting out of town houses along the river, we were here in the dry season, so the river was low, really showing how the houses are made. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1551516772926-4K7RKUC7EMX44ZYGMM7L/fullsizeoutput_224a3.jpeg Blog - Getting out of town making another trip https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1551519055537-L9VV442Y648MJVX7O4NS/fullsizeoutput_224a0.jpeg Blog - Getting out of town growing in Alaska paid off as these two made their way up the river in a kayak navigating the kayak without a problem. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1551410239789-WUSTHD26S89N7APYGM1I/FullSizeRender.jpg Blog - Getting out of town more sidecar fun https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1551409337077-9DMJG79GWEQ54CR2OJMT/FullSizeRender.jpg Blog - Getting out of town how cute they are. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1551409541904-6UGBY9IFOEDUYAIP9D42/FullSizeRender.jpg Blog - Getting out of town our boat driver, checking in on us and making sure we are all doing well. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1551410045429-7KH8J6E31V5A3QZZDXD8/FullSizeRender.jpg Blog - Getting out of town deep frying stuffed pumpkin flowers with seasoned meat, onions and garlic. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1551408875323-0F108I2KA26MAN6G3RFG/FullSizeRender.jpg Blog - Getting out of town boats docked at low tide https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1551409384118-JHRW8VLD1J7J736D84S3/FullSizeRender.jpg Blog - Getting out of town life on the boat- making our way up the Mekong. The size and breath of this river was impressive. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1551518805439-NO0GSV7CEVDAOWSEMPNC/fullsizeoutput_2249e.jpeg Blog - Getting out of town My whole heart - sometimes I look at this through the camera to take a picture like this and and have to take just a deep breath and really believe, yes we are here, this is our year. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1551584821657-77OPJ5LZRUF5EHQVSFK0/fullsizeoutput_224be.jpeg Blog - Getting out of town this was lily’s dish that she made: beautifully done, full of flavor. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1551515734492-RJ1EKV95FKLGD74WGXNJ/FullSizeRender.jpg Blog - Getting out of town boats full of fresh produce on the Mekong Delta https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1551410130685-INPBYI9MLK603L6DKMPU/FullSizeRender.jpg Blog - Getting out of town having fun https://www.fouralaskans.com/news/2019/2/10/a-city-of-9-million monthly 0.5 2019-03-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1551415585382-O01ARSIT96YJ0ZE4H0LZ/FullSizeRender.jpg Blog - A city of 9 million - landing in Ho Chi Minh Seafood anyone? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1551407747513-0YQYYHJO2L71J3UH9TO4/FullSizeRender.jpg Blog - A city of 9 million - landing in Ho Chi Minh The first day of Tet we walked around town, everyone was out in their finest, taking selfies and celebrating the year of the pig. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1551407880110-JBI5ROUPH4PWZBDMD2E4/FullSizeRender.jpg Blog - A city of 9 million - landing in Ho Chi Minh More Tet fun. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1551415105408-TABMMCW506LYZ5EOPU25/FullSizeRender.jpg Blog - A city of 9 million - landing in Ho Chi Minh We signed up for a food tour around town one night to learn all we could about the city and the food. Totally different world on the back of a scooter compared to dodging them! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1551415809663-EFFUKOZN6LUU3XVQ9UZ8/FullSizeRender.jpg Blog - A city of 9 million - landing in Ho Chi Minh Colors, smells and street food around every corner. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1551407937059-H6354KFNPIN4IA2UNGM8/FullSizeRender.jpg Blog - A city of 9 million - landing in Ho Chi Minh After leaving the snow and cold of Bhutan, landing in Vietnam as spring started was burst of colors and sensations. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1551408009115-W0I9MFW5JPOSF14OE7UC/FullSizeRender.jpg Blog - A city of 9 million - landing in Ho Chi Minh Street food everywhere! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1551408227613-3482QGLN3GBD1SUAY7JG/FullSizeRender.jpg Blog - A city of 9 million - landing in Ho Chi Minh Coconut drink anyone? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1551415388777-9MH9YAHJ33ZULTEOM1MF/FullSizeRender.jpg Blog - A city of 9 million - landing in Ho Chi Minh Looking over the hum of 9 million. Such a different world than Bhutan. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1551515269025-D3MB8NQJY31A0VT84U9Q/fullsizeoutput_22601.jpeg Blog - A city of 9 million - landing in Ho Chi Minh When we first landed we kept pointing out the scooter: trees, doors, fill sized TVs, whole families. The use of space on a scooter in this country is impressive. Soon we realized this was a very normal and don’t even notice any more, but the first week it kept surprising and delighting us. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1551416013138-OZAECTE2XRO28OKVGCUF/FullSizeRender.jpg Blog - A city of 9 million - landing in Ho Chi Minh Living it up when we first got to town. It was great to be high in the city when we first arrived to have a sense of place in the town. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1551415685344-PNA8UI7K5UIXLIVDQ98B/FullSizeRender.jpg Blog - A city of 9 million - landing in Ho Chi Minh Breaking free of the heat. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1551415051459-N9ZOBHIRBPJY4K3TLQSS/FullSizeRender.jpg Blog - A city of 9 million - landing in Ho Chi Minh No problem the three of us on one. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1551408173848-U81B3M7S35SKOK7Z020M/FullSizeRender.jpg Blog - A city of 9 million - landing in Ho Chi Minh If there was not enough colors with the food, there was always the flowers to add to the beauty. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1551415174564-YHC2KAK09YJDVYMPRJ1F/FullSizeRender.jpg Blog - A city of 9 million - landing in Ho Chi Minh There is a world wide obsession happening with these dogs and the girls were elated to see the trend continued in Vietnam. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1551408099599-DN75GKAEY1YBZFTVVCPP/FullSizeRender.jpg Blog - A city of 9 million - landing in Ho Chi Minh Famous Banh Mi sandwiches around every corner. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1551407631120-EMIDASI8NF1AIZMQ2UXY/FullSizeRender.jpg Blog - A city of 9 million - landing in Ho Chi Minh We got to town it was the night before Tet, the celebration fo the New Year. The fireworks display was impressive. https://www.fouralaskans.com/news/2019/2/3/in-the-road-again monthly 0.5 2019-03-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1549285284824-Y5WDA4GHTB5ZSOL3IKT2/FullSizeRender.jpg Blog - On the road again The layers of mountains, each filled with their own clouds, up above them the peaks sitting in the sun is one for the views we kept seeing over and over in our time in Bhutan and we got to see one last time as we left. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1549285321774-3KPHMKQPL9JMHBBF86LY/FullSizeRender.jpg Blog - On the road again Culture shock landing back in Singapore and seeing all that had changed while we were away. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1549285223333-R0FZX0980MPLR7M3P11E/FullSizeRender.jpg Blog - On the road again Our flight was early in the morning, coffee was had and again, the easy of traditional clothing and modern life made saline. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1549285262624-N32XHFBBDCE4Z1XUQ0I2/FullSizeRender.jpg Blog - On the road again Leaving the land of the Thunder Dragon. It is also reportedly one more the more dangerous airports to fly in and out of. Compared to small flights in Alaska, it was no big deal, but still amazing to see Everest, grazing sheep and the clouds of India below as we banked left and right making our way out of the valley. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1549285614939-E7BJ8VX8TWFUKYUDI889/FullSizeRender.jpg Blog - On the road again And like that we were in Vietnam reflecting on what just happened and what this all means. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1549269672628-1UZDZN5NALE9X76K2HFB/fullsizeoutput_21fcf.jpeg Blog - On the road again Head out on the beautiful morning. After 6 weeks here, I am still loving the monk’s selfies and this beautiful blend of the old and the new. Almost everyone got a selfie getting on this plane each treasuring the journey. https://www.fouralaskans.com/news/2019/1/26/a-final-weekend-in-punakha monthly 0.5 2019-03-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1549248537492-RV5JHFBVWE3UOYEVYQBQ/FullSizeRender.jpg Blog - A final weekend in Punakha Sugar makes everything more fun. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1549248891445-Y1F3KJ3HMLIQ6J5VXMJQ/FullSizeRender.jpg Blog - A final weekend in Punakha And a good time for more homeschooling sex ed. :-) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1549284743417-IWCJ4QD51URWJ0FPCQWW/IMG_1755.JPG Blog - A final weekend in Punakha Reflecting on our time. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1549340448043-B6FC0C9MG3VN2RKBSC87/fullsizeoutput_21ed4.jpeg Blog - A final weekend in Punakha Helping make change. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1549284365126-AQ7L4Z6IIWMS0GHTTVN7/FullSizeRender.jpg Blog - A final weekend in Punakha Reflective moments https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1549339852732-GPMUT4GZANK1SQLEG9TA/fullsizeoutput_21eab.jpeg Blog - A final weekend in Punakha Working the rice fields in the middle of winter. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1549269531296-3WFQWXXD7ZQ0EECOE0HI/FullSizeRender.jpg Blog - A final weekend in Punakha Smile https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1549257704859-NSMG96TTRSMOSGDUHYYQ/FullSizeRender.jpg Blog - A final weekend in Punakha Kids having a blast. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1549248247400-F3UB2CWHEZ7TZZNZ0TW4/FullSizeRender.jpg Blog - A final weekend in Punakha https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1549256743173-6Y3LC1QU4TFD2GHS1Z77/FullSizeRender.jpg Blog - A final weekend in Punakha Duel prayer wheels https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1549248367519-5V0BMSHAED43WVCGKHXR/FullSizeRender.jpg Blog - A final weekend in Punakha Our way over Doche La Pass with a large snow storm moving in. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1549249183792-1L5G6J3IC2ZFHVB3RQ8E/FullSizeRender.jpg Blog - A final weekend in Punakha And as always it was the people who caught our eye. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1549256556954-5L409FNNNP73UP7JKD9O/FullSizeRender.jpg Blog - A final weekend in Punakha Looking out https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1549256925754-DK9JVPB1UQ701AJ6B48L/FullSizeRender.jpg Blog - A final weekend in Punakha Separating out the rice and drying it for winter. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1549257231284-BBJXBORIQ764N524TH8V/FullSizeRender.jpg Blog - A final weekend in Punakha Boat 2 catching up. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1549269670808-Y4AQOX1YVP63TU8DCQC6/FullSizeRender.jpg Blog - A final weekend in Punakha Headed to the Dzong. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1549249330419-SOT1UWOCDUR1MAP3RL5N/FullSizeRender.jpg Blog - A final weekend in Punakha And kids being crazy kids no matter what culture. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1549256360066-N08X8O1ENUG6DAPOB6I0/FullSizeRender.jpg Blog - A final weekend in Punakha This is how I felt in Bhutan. Reflective, protected with new doors to go through. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1549340272955-XWY9PMIUNM01MC3LV73D/fullsizeoutput_21ec0.jpeg Blog - A final weekend in Punakha Making the prayer wheel go round. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1549284468001-0A0PCVREDYF43QI3MWKY/FullSizeRender.jpg Blog - A final weekend in Punakha Fly. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1549340137456-Q0YJ9R9AJ7K2S3OOP42S/fullsizeoutput_21ebc.jpeg Blog - A final weekend in Punakha Punakha’s famous suspension bridge. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1549256180745-1TC6XQGHY6EMEJUQLI7L/FullSizeRender.jpg Blog - A final weekend in Punakha Huge wild poinsettias and prayer flags outside the home. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1549340010478-NPX2RDORGLIKKJBVR8TQ/fullsizeoutput_21eb2.jpeg Blog - A final weekend in Punakha This boy and his chicken had us all entertained. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1549258695858-N187SJTXX73VM4A0DBDD/FullSizeRender.jpg Blog - A final weekend in Punakha I love this one, Nora has so much to say, Shankar really listening. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1549255727422-A4FPBYVOD93K4A4F8DH0/FullSizeRender.jpg Blog - A final weekend in Punakha Everywhere on the way to the temple. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1549256484992-I1WUIFHKOK6398YWWB6Q/FullSizeRender.jpg Blog - A final weekend in Punakha I probably took 50 pictures of these. I loved the red flowers blooming in contast to the dead of winter. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1549284687446-FLOYUTCMIXVD5QTLOR5A/FullSizeRender.jpg Blog - A final weekend in Punakha Like layers of insight, the doors to the Dzong kept going. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1549284851454-5KJJRQUH7ZXXLWS1RXIX/FullSizeRender.jpg Blog - A final weekend in Punakha A beautiful views from the guesthouse we stayed in, https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1549257312820-XMPAON8O0UOYFLQKN8B4/FullSizeRender.jpg Blog - A final weekend in Punakha You can just make out these beautiful brown birds from Tibet that I loved to watch. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1549284151827-BA1MF5L8YN735EVI69VP/FullSizeRender.jpg Blog - A final weekend in Punakha Everyone watching the small snake as they prepare to enter the Dzong and pay their respects. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1549285113490-8MLIYUK1CVSSAJ7KUDQ9/FullSizeRender.jpg Blog - A final weekend in Punakha https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1549339923889-66UM2KEAPBJNESDSKMTB/fullsizeoutput_21ea6.jpeg Blog - A final weekend in Punakha Ahh, high school and penis paintings. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1549255970626-HSDV3G40MLUQN5YOXR6H/FullSizeRender.jpg Blog - A final weekend in Punakha Reflecting on life. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1549256653841-WN5EWH4JTCV8F9Q61H77/FullSizeRender.jpg Blog - A final weekend in Punakha Rice patties resting for the winter https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1549258556889-J7XYCKPB6SOSPYAVBM2B/FullSizeRender.jpg Blog - A final weekend in Punakha Best buds after and advture together in the boat. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1549339669592-B1WY0079838ZZU6WA6WP/fullsizeoutput_21ea4.jpeg Blog - A final weekend in Punakha In so much detail. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1549340593180-8LF9KKYCB6GDFYMM8BKS/fullsizeoutput_21edf.jpeg Blog - A final weekend in Punakha Headed back in... https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1549256042972-MFDGKMTSC7DCUVNJJZ57/FullSizeRender.jpg Blog - A final weekend in Punakha The kids pack started to rove on their own, this time in search of food. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1549285017850-RHI6Z5TU7RM9CK4JPGQU/FullSizeRender.jpg Blog - A final weekend in Punakha https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1549249258878-XLBQZR7017VIQ81ML7YZ/FullSizeRender.jpg Blog - A final weekend in Punakha Making more for the upcoming tourist season. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1549284644873-OWJDNAPRRW7ZO0F314L6/FullSizeRender.jpg Blog - A final weekend in Punakha Even the stairs were inspiring. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1549249090045-02H2QS689TN43738CB2K/FullSizeRender.jpg Blog - A final weekend in Punakha But instead each store these beautiful paintings were for sale. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1549256827566-Z82HDIN1H7XBCKNY65SX/FullSizeRender.jpg Blog - A final weekend in Punakha Love. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1549257064772-X88KSQFS08MBIMU42QPJ/FullSizeRender.jpg Blog - A final weekend in Punakha Locals watching us from a bridge. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1549284267906-1L26UGL6O70T54L9ZUMM/FullSizeRender.jpg Blog - A final weekend in Punakha Security helping the snake find a new home as a guide and monks look on. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1549340221803-GYJ63PUUHQ3SB69J8AAL/fullsizeoutput_21ebf.jpeg Blog - A final weekend in Punakha While Punakha clearly has more tourist than most places, it was lovely to see there was still space for those who live here. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1549340511116-SGL1GMZO6LSQ8AS8F006/fullsizeoutput_21eda.jpeg Blog - A final weekend in Punakha Selling dried yak cheese- a cross between salt gum, mold and a rock. She was busting with smiles as we tried to figure out the cost. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1549284439861-3QL5E05ZMD0V839VGPVF/FullSizeRender.jpg Blog - A final weekend in Punakha The beautiful, frightening, inspiring wheels of Bhutan’s Buddhism. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1549257815441-72WSOCONI5VMCPKGLP5K/FullSizeRender.jpg Blog - A final weekend in Punakha Monks running to the swimming hole. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1549255753012-8LB5CNNV9O8N9LBZI57I/FullSizeRender.jpg Blog - A final weekend in Punakha All smiles all weekend. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1549258894571-44P3XZFMOD5N4JU5VZEU/FullSizeRender.jpg Blog - A final weekend in Punakha The kids took the phone and we saw the way back though their eyes. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1549269433191-XW9VXYUMYH3Y8M5P9VV4/FullSizeRender.jpg Blog - A final weekend in Punakha No fear! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1549258482245-F0R2K26AW7OQT2IPKEVS/FullSizeRender.jpg Blog - A final weekend in Punakha Rafters and swimming monks. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1549248722690-3GR54W1IADI995F8AXMZ/FullSizeRender.jpg Blog - A final weekend in Punakha Ok I think I just love potted plants https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1549248472788-LKX94CE0XYY1F6FJXKBB/FullSizeRender.jpg Blog - A final weekend in Punakha Lily’s little foot fitting like a glass slipper into this gold foot print in the rock. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1549340059481-RWIR8R61BQISWQBYFMI1/fullsizeoutput_21eba.jpeg Blog - A final weekend in Punakha The party van. This huge beast of Melanie and Shankar’s got some major use during our adventure. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1549255872563-G5B227LJQFU0Q2ALKU6D/FullSizeRender.jpg Blog - A final weekend in Punakha I so love these little ones. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1549256988070-1BTWS1IKA1E2AVTMWG0Z/FullSizeRender.jpg Blog - A final weekend in Punakha Pure will these two! So much fun. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1549340367609-4GZIFW15PS6CUQWPR4SD/fullsizeoutput_21ed3.jpeg Blog - A final weekend in Punakha Headed back to work. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1549255652368-B6LUGCDRRJSJ4F56N1TS/FullSizeRender.jpg Blog - A final weekend in Punakha In middle school in Alaksa they have to carry a large object determined by the teacher if they get a hall pass for the bathroom. Isabelle didn’t think this would fly at her school for a hall pass. https://www.fouralaskans.com/news/2019/1/6/life-around-thimphu monthly 0.5 2019-03-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1549242448479-PA5C32QD1F2IHPWBI30O/FullSizeRender.jpg Blog - Life around Thimphu At ambaint cafe talking over life with the owner’s son and good friend by the time we left. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1549242544715-516C0WHYWVCQT3VK2EY4/FullSizeRender.jpg Blog - Life around Thimphu I saw my mom looking down from the gym at us as she finished off running on New Years eve - 2018 miles in 2018 with her friend back home. Yah! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1549241034785-W8GETEEOR4DF5N82WOFW/FullSizeRender.jpg Blog - Life around Thimphu Traditional arrows. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1548229843189-T5QDKHFD4WDRA1S6N0QU/fullsizeoutput_21e5b.jpeg Blog - Life around Thimphu I love this picture Traverse took of a new park in Thimphu. There was never really anything that was rushed while we were here, always moving slowly, “oh la”, always with respect and reflection. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1549241431183-48ZQUC5OHVNVPZFP87HU/FullSizeRender.jpg Blog - Life around Thimphu Trying to fit in, by wearing our Kira’s and tagos. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1547514529926-VO2QW8DHNQB9821RY2KW/fullsizeoutput_21ca7.jpeg Blog - Life around Thimphu Headed up the hill under more prayer flags. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1549240709084-EB2UWVUPDC0W2UT1ERJG/FullSizeRender.jpg Blog - Life around Thimphu Payer built in everywhere we look. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1547646918162-Z9UO0G760FUJPQYIBMO6/FullSizeRender.jpg Blog - Life around Thimphu Lily in her happy place. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1547686997308-ENB9POP4WRG0R1QOWZRA/mrWHc4IBRteHCXnS71g%25HA.jpg Blog - Life around Thimphu Washing our laundry like the locals. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1549285705214-TT7D9UWGKCRR4IL754H8/FullSizeRender.jpg Blog - Life around Thimphu We put out a tip jar, and it looked like quite a lot, but when we counted it out it was only 56 cents each. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1547686002794-ZJD9N054NS8Y2DODEGE9/fullsizeoutput_21d7f.jpeg Blog - Life around Thimphu More puppy time with friends. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1547514648703-45A61FAKRNNRD5QBOVUH/fullsizeoutput_21caa.jpeg Blog - Life around Thimphu Getting out and about. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1549285754843-70ID2GQMLDCLG1ZC1NT2/FullSizeRender.jpg Blog - Life around Thimphu We did a cafe with our friends. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1547686626609-RF872W03FLN2EA2YBCOX/fullsizeoutput_21d80.jpeg Blog - Life around Thimphu I love this picture, they asked this women if she wanted to hold a puppy and she picked up this big dog. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1549242348720-Q6WQ5TXLAY2YASR84GZ1/FullSizeRender.jpg Blog - Life around Thimphu Local chorten where people walked daily in clockwise playful circles. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1549243829751-ET3AJIJNYSSJPOPFKI6M/FullSizeRender.jpg Blog - Life around Thimphu A jungle of wires!! This is what living in Bhutan felt like, it worked, it was just not your conventional way of doing things and sometime sparked. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1549242044161-VUNPZ50ZYKUWQJ65PYQQ/FullSizeRender.jpg Blog - Life around Thimphu A beautiful 5 mile run from the house: to the Buddha and home. Too bad it didn’t happen more often. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1547686900835-I017NRBVWSTHUJNWGCHP/fullsizeoutput_21d82.jpeg Blog - Life around Thimphu Making dog food. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1549240481716-359RI570HDCAMXPGTJ2S/FullSizeRender.jpg Blog - Life around Thimphu Big smiles and big hikes. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1549241101553-QPCKIB4KG7JH7OR0THI7/FullSizeRender.jpg Blog - Life around Thimphu Layers of history. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1549241508667-M8ZCCECK4LR6DF7P8LR6/FullSizeRender.jpg Blog - Life around Thimphu Getting produce from the local market. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1547513985123-5A4DI09UN1HQKKTJ296S/fullsizeoutput_21ca2.jpeg Blog - Life around Thimphu Lily helped capture this photo, as this was her happy place. These dogs live by our apartment. The one to the far right is named Scuffles. The one next closest to Scuffles, is Ranger, Ranger always wants to come in the house, but we never let him. The black dog casting a shadow next to Ranger, is Luka. Luka is very shy and is very skinny. The dog behind Luka, who is black and white, that dogs name is Missy. (We named it Missy because it looks like our neighbors dog who’s name is Missy.) Missy always comes up to you to get attention, but she has hair loss so we never want to pet her. The gold dog next to Missy is named Charlie. Charlie is nice, but never eats the food you give him. The fluffy back and orange dog in the back is named Peter. Peter is lazy, and never wants to get up from where is laying, so when you walk up to him all he does is lift up his leg and waits for you to scratch his belly. Last but not least, the dog laying down on the box, who is brown and white, is Max. The reason its Max is because we thought she was a boy, but when we found out it was a girl, the name had stuck. Max is also the dog we let in the house at night. I try to give him dog food but she is to picky, she only drinks milk and eats dog food with warm grease on it. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1549240883331-FWV5JPAWL317ZPQP98ZW/FullSizeRender.jpg Blog - Life around Thimphu Not sure what this all means, but I kept thinking it was ancient emojis. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1549240276793-IIMG1ZFZSHJQMNKFOBGC/FullSizeRender.jpg Blog - Life around Thimphu From Lily - “Look at this picture, look at it again. Do you see how many layers we have on in our bed!!’ This was our average clothing in the apartment most evenings. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1549241904512-PUDPGHT1ON0C58DJAPBK/FullSizeRender.jpg Blog - Life around Thimphu Yak cheese!! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1547685519738-5NONA3SV7KE5IDYPJ974/fullsizeoutput_21d7b.jpeg Blog - Life around Thimphu Volunteering with friends at the animal shelter https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1547685363650-C6D0M771QWC033ZIEZEZ/fullsizeoutput_21d7a.jpeg Blog - Life around Thimphu Volunteering at the Animal Shelter as the girls could not get enough of the dog and there were always more than you could imagine. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1549240391851-IC86XXMB5CYFLKG8S2K8/FullSizeRender.jpg Blog - Life around Thimphu Was the trail up here? Over there? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1549240642713-EMDY5TPYRUB6YXQP9ZE3/FullSizeRender.jpg Blog - Life around Thimphu Ancient prayer wheels https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1549240570261-LUFN1OQS3BICPTEQ9OYX/FullSizeRender.jpg Blog - Life around Thimphu Love what these two bring to every adventure. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1549242273355-8R357ZSW79VEZE3DHIFR/FullSizeRender.jpg Blog - Life around Thimphu This is the cat kali that lives in ambient cafe. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1547647236844-T7KHPWYWVMVIDY8ZCO5L/FullSizeRender.jpg Blog - Life around Thimphu Local Market and shopping with the locals. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1547514101345-SDLAF6FISEKUI52LVG4J/fullsizeoutput_21ca4.jpeg Blog - Life around Thimphu The Buddha above town where many hikes start. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1546826844507-PDAOF13XDGDM0F7WG5R8/FullSizeRender.jpg Blog - Life around Thimphu A local trail overlooking Thimphu and Isabelle taking it all in. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1547646818634-V6Y6C66ZMS4S39PZ7F3Q/FullSizeRender.jpg Blog - Life around Thimphu Dzong in Thimphu. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1549241191204-Y1FBTILQQ6LKGCELQI23/FullSizeRender.jpg Blog - Life around Thimphu Off in their own world, talking about who knows what, always making me smile. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1547514382455-8JYX9BFG75O6QHMQQ7TP/fullsizeoutput_21ca5.jpeg Blog - Life around Thimphu Overlooking Thimphu. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1549265523450-3CVKTIDMU0JDZNRP2M54/fullsizeoutput_21fd1.jpeg Blog - Life around Thimphu People drying meet outside our house. https://www.fouralaskans.com/news/2019/1/22/haa-valley-with-dawa monthly 0.5 2019-03-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1549159645445-CL5P7DGZNHXRQXH9JTFH/fullsizeoutput_21e6d.jpeg Blog - Haa Valley with Dawa And at last, the meditation hut, well above 14,000 with the mountains falling away in all directions in the yellow glow of the setting sun. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1549250453156-L2ON1S0GH09RL8VP6LSQ/FullSizeRender.jpg Blog - Haa Valley with Dawa Dawa, in his infinite kindness brought to the top warm sweet tea and crackers, fruit, nuts and cracked rice. I am not sure a cup of tea ever tasted so good. Dawa went above and beyond and saved the day. The kids inhaled the food. Isabelle like a wilted flower burst back to life jumping most of the way back down. I took it all in, the tea, the setting sun, the lessons we learn by pushing ourselves a little further outside of our comfort zone. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1549249611708-67HAPE8N2GLMQFNGW7ZT/FullSizeRender.jpg Blog - Haa Valley with Dawa We were going to stop by the nunnery on the way up the pass, but the road was covered in snow, so we walked the rest of the way. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1549251005493-ITQ793WOEY25L1J3FNNX/FullSizeRender.jpg Blog - Haa Valley with Dawa I think if she had her way, she would have liked to be picked up in a week and just sit in the sun and knit. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1549250274215-M6L89A4RXA1XHL2N36EH/FullSizeRender.jpg Blog - Haa Valley with Dawa These two off again, leading the way into the clouds. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1549250183814-HTOQAW4ZLMAETHZS6W3P/FullSizeRender.jpg Blog - Haa Valley with Dawa And as we climbed he put on layers and it got colder. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1549251718724-XB4TTDYM6S09I8JML0YL/FullSizeRender.jpg Blog - Haa Valley with Dawa On final stop on the way out of town - another beautiful monastery, full of dragons, prayer wheels and inside the fattest cat I have ever seen. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1549252817200-GJBFV92KQOEC22SMHH2A/FullSizeRender.jpg Blog - Haa Valley with Dawa Sun touching the prayer wheels. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1549251090057-EQ2L6OHSRVZ8AYWH3NG0/FullSizeRender.jpg Blog - Haa Valley with Dawa The fifth king stayed here about three years ago. He is known as the king of the people and traveled all around the country. This was his room, now locked and decorated. Again, the hand painted walls everywhere were wonderful. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1549251529566-J1BDR38GLHS9I0W3RR01/FullSizeRender.jpg Blog - Haa Valley with Dawa On our way up. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1549250949556-9TEORFY8FV0HFFK9I9J5/FullSizeRender.jpg Blog - Haa Valley with Dawa The girls were so happy, warm, feed, time to knit. The little beautiful details of this quiet valley and home were a welcome treat. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1549159589700-IEXRMTF6DXWDGPELVNEY/fullsizeoutput_21e6c.jpeg Blog - Haa Valley with Dawa The final push to the summit in the final rays of light. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1549250516812-FPY45URRNQ73XNIOOHZE/FullSizeRender.jpg Blog - Haa Valley with Dawa All smiles again with tea in her hand, food in her belly. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1549249745208-THJ8CCIOMVX5GZ1AZBJZ/FullSizeRender.jpg Blog - Haa Valley with Dawa As Lily and I came down the road we found this - you never know with these two. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1549250599304-7QDW6J10F64BGNT6U2AN/FullSizeRender.jpg Blog - Haa Valley with Dawa The back side of the mediation hut. A quick look an we all decided we were not ready for meditating in this cold hut for any amount of time, especially not the 3 years, 3 months and 3 days the Bhutanese monks mediate as the communication of their training. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1549251188710-8J6VNFA0XFW5JA1PWIPT/FullSizeRender.jpg Blog - Haa Valley with Dawa On our way into breakfast, all of the beautiful additions at this home. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1549264206097-VC5HX1ZRHU8VASLISGM2/fullsizeoutput_21e89.jpeg Blog - Haa Valley with Dawa This monastery along the road was once a prison. When the death penalty was in place in the country, they would simply tie people up and push them off the cliff on the back side of the monastery. After Bhutan was untied and Buddhism became the predominate region, lethal punishment ended and this stunning location was turned into a monastery. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1549160852297-8GTGGPZVBV8C7LH30XN9/fullsizeoutput_21e75.jpeg Blog - Haa Valley with Dawa Dawa letting us know we missed the trail and me showing the girls where we took a wrong turn. Again, grateful for our guide. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1549288666511-O2KW963D3TD2FG1BHIAU/FullSizeRender.jpg Blog - Haa Valley with Dawa I love how small the world is - Suzanna is the daughter of my uncle and aunt’s good friend. She is in Bhutan for three years teaching at a school started by the King and it was a wonderful having lunch with her, leaning of all her stories. I felt like I was woven to the rest of my life while I was here. I was at a small advisory board meeting and 2 of the doctors there knew Melanie and Shankar who are here for 2 years. In our apartment we found a note from John and Ellien. Turns out it is the same Elline who was my pediatrician growing up, and John is my aunt’s good friend. One day while working in the ED, I find out “a guy from Utah is coming”. Turns out Scott Macintosh who runs the wildness medicine fellowship and was a fellow when I was resident in Utah was coming in town for a few days and Charlie who started the helicopter program is doing research with Ken Zafren who I have worked with back in Alaska. It was funny to be so far away, yet so connected all at the same time. One more way Bhutan quickly became home. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1548230098922-J3HT15931ORJPQFT2B0X/fullsizeoutput_21e5d.jpeg Blog - Haa Valley with Dawa At the first chorten with Dawa. Dawa came recommended to us a diver with mad skills, good english an always willing to hep. This trip took us from acquaintances to fast friends. He drove with caution and skill. He knew us foreigners believe in seatbelts and want to use them. He both shared stories of Bhutans’s past and we discussed the hopes for its future. We learned words of dzongkha from him and saw sights we never would have seen on our own. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1549160762561-JB5BD8TL0Z282BQNK7R9/fullsizeoutput_21e71.jpeg Blog - Haa Valley with Dawa Headed back down. These pictures never do the mountains justice, how each layer changes colors as the sun slowly slides lower reacting the light and brining each layer into focus before it slips below the horizon. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1549265148508-DRL5PHPFYXBXBA01960X/fullsizeoutput_21fdb.jpeg Blog - Haa Valley with Dawa The simplicity of Haa was a welcome change and stunningly beautiful mountains. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1549253583604-1PLEHF9TL6DZ1J9EV8C2/IMG_1631.JPG Blog - Haa Valley with Dawa Once again, despite our fears of the darkness, the moon was full ocean again, the sunset lated longer than expected and I have decided getting stuck high in the mountains in Bhutan at sunset is my favorite things. The oxygen requirement declining at altitude, the full tummies, the immense beauty of it all made the way down a breeze, full of warmth, light and love. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1549252927161-76UM3X45IQEWV0R1IA0H/FullSizeRender.jpg Blog - Haa Valley with Dawa The whole monastery was in amazing shape and one of my favorite. Calm, beautiful, no one else really around tucked in the mountains it was peaceful and beautiful. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1549249486708-BN735SDI0OHHI7MKJ3AA/FullSizeRender.jpg Blog - Haa Valley with Dawa Following the girls. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1549250695177-YQNF5YOHC7DA39FHASA1/FullSizeRender.jpg Blog - Haa Valley with Dawa At then end of our hike was a curvy two hour drive down to the Haa Valley in the dark. Given the lack of tourism, the main places to stay in the Haa Valley were guest houses. The way down as I was trying to keep my stomach in I was envisioning a cold, dark home where we would be curdled around the fire and would try to make the bed work (much like our apartment at home) but what we walked into was pure luxury. A warm fire, hot water, beautiful warm beds and delcious food. The Soednam Zingkha Heritage with its handprinted walls in this forth generation home they clearly took amazing care of was pure luxury and a wonderful end to our day. Lily the next morning enjoying her tea after a warm shower the the handprinted walls behind her. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1548230290641-W4HV2QG2O3OKVG4EU5FH/fullsizeoutput_21e5f.jpeg Blog - Haa Valley with Dawa Making the way to Nunnery. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1549159059847-LIW8FLWK208P1J4MEC5G/fullsizeoutput_21e65.jpeg Blog - Haa Valley with Dawa Once we got to the top of Chele La Pass we ventured up towards a mediation hut. The wind was cold and blowing and the girls had not understood we were going for a hike, and I had not realized how late it would be but we finally had made it here, so we ventured up. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1549159710056-90ZV1DSOX64DI01VWR58/fullsizeoutput_21e70.jpeg Blog - Haa Valley with Dawa Pulling her arms out of her jacket to balance her self on the rocks on the way down as we scrambled to make it to the car without totally getting lost in the dark. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1549251349619-U286JY5GN6UD84KMFORE/FullSizeRender.jpg Blog - Haa Valley with Dawa As we waited for the girls to go for a hike, this pack came down the road, full of goods. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1548230439311-J5O1157Y7T48GDVUQRP0/fullsizeoutput_21e63.jpeg Blog - Haa Valley with Dawa Come on little one. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1549249885146-IMEBEKKH1MPZXS00ERJD/FullSizeRender.jpg Blog - Haa Valley with Dawa I could have put together a whole blog of pictures of these two. Traverse and Dawa quickly hit it off and often the two of them would be out front hiking, talking about who knows what I am sure enjoying the quiet and adult conversations. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1549252775154-8ZOAXBIEXY5UFRSAO4QX/FullSizeRender.jpg Blog - Haa Valley with Dawa On our way home we got to see a lot more of traditional life in Bhutan. Indian workers making the road, wood being collected or hay for the cows. This women said we could take her picture but kept laughing and we told her she was so strong, she broke out into a huge smile. She seems the fitting end to a great weekend, one we wish we had more time to enjoy. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1549264833614-L7IES00JR5K8FZEWE3YI/fullsizeoutput_21e7d.jpeg Blog - Haa Valley with Dawa Isabelle in the mean time found a friend. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1549264942906-7XZFS594VEHWEQ42OUYJ/fullsizeoutput_21e81.jpeg Blog - Haa Valley with Dawa We explored the valley. Both India and Bhutan have military bases in the valley and this is basically where the road ends. Two passes over by foot and you are in Tibet. The tension between China and India and this little mountain country between the two is palpable. On our way home we walked though another 108 white prayer flags left to remember someone who has gone before. These flags have begun to feel like home, always present, always a reminder of the close dance between life and death. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1549159322818-8W1PPNMPCOLBTOAZI9KJ/fullsizeoutput_21e67.jpeg Blog - Haa Valley with Dawa Our fearless leader looking at the setting sun wondering if we would make it before dark. https://www.fouralaskans.com/news/2019/1/6/going-to-work monthly 0.5 2019-03-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1549246357446-MSC4PFZA79BUNUX4C9DE/FullSizeRender.jpg Blog - Going to Work Every day I would walk out of the ED and past this sign. Turns out, the psychiatric ward was mainly an alcohol detox area where we could usually get patients a bed, but the proximity between the ED and this outpatient center was well planned. It was a good reminder to me of how every safety net will involve the vises of our society and that mental health, that like physical health can fail us all at some point in our lives. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1549247120211-TGZIPRI27XXTPH4X8IRA/IMAGE.JPG Blog - Going to Work This is the front of the new hospital, directly behind this sign is the emergency department - you can see the ambulances in the background. The adorable little guy on this sign is the 6th King (K6 for those of you in the know). On either side of him are K4 and K5. The fact Bhutan provides free, universal health care to its people is a significant source of pride for the country, and in general I was struck by the gratitude people had for the health care. My patients did not have any expectations for perfection, endless patients and gratitude for their Bhutanese doctors and for volunteers willing to come to spend time. I was asked a few times near the time I was leaving what I thought of the care in Bhutan - if I would trust the ED for my family and friends. It is an interesting question and made me reflect on what is the same and what is different and what we all want in our health care. In the end, people are people, they don’t want to be sick or die in any culture or community. People don’t understand how healthcare works anywhere in the world, and often we distrust what we don’t understand. We have never understood medicine and probably never fully will, just before it was one doctor or healer telling you what they knew. As humans, we are programmed to rely on relationships so we could trust this relationship for our health. But now our health care is made up for systems of care, systems that try to bring forth data and expertise to the problem at hand and systems are inherently flawed and harder as humans to trust. This is true in any community and your ability to trust the system, and therefore the care of your health depends on if you have a navigator of that system you trust, be it a primary care doctor, nurse, family member, friend or specialist who has gone the extra mile. The system of care in Bhutan’s emergency department has a lot less fancy toys and less clean protocols than in the US. But in that space of less, the art of healing is no less. There are a lot more smiles, less blame for deviation and more conversations about care and what patients want. In a world of little to no malpractice less harmful and costly modalities like ultrasound have been allowed to grow and flourish in a way I could only dream of in the US. Appendicitis rarely got a CT, trauma cases that are stable, even with a positive FAST are allowed to heal without the CT as they likely will not need intervention anyway. We titrated peripheral pressors for a few days with a bedside look at the IVC without a central line. We femoral blocked hip fractures and let them get back in the car with family if they chose to drive back to India to have the surgery closer to home instead of opioids and an ambulance ride. The arrow in the aorta, the NSTEMI, metastatic cancer all got on a commercial flight to India instead of a $100,000 air medical transport who's risks again struck too close to home when we lost a crew back in Alaska just a few days ago. But just like from the patients perspective of care being so reliant on the relationship, the care delivered in Bhutan comes from an intensely caring group of doctors and nurses. The care is remarkable because of the nurse who calmly, on her own, bagged a patient that just arrived intubated as she troubleshoots the suction that is not working, the monitor who’s battery died and the donated vent machine which is different from the other three in the room without ever looking flustered or frustrated. Nurses who balance not only the needs of the usual demands of doctors in their department, or other departments and of the patients, but also the first responder students and a never-ending string of volunteer doctors like me who write medications the wrong way, never know the antibiotics at hand and need to be explained that “giddiness” means “dizziness.” The care is remarkable because doctors who come in after a night shift or on their day off to hear a lecture and learn something new. Doctors who work with half staff to give each other breaks when their staffing is cut or let their female colleges go home one hour early to keep breastfeeding. Doctors who will come in and help on busy shift out of the kindness of their heart, and maybe the bribe of a beer or a dinner. Doctors who make a life-saving diagnosis by hearing an S3 gallop in triage or can diagnose and treat without labs or imaging available for hours. So would I trust my loved ones with the care in this developing country? Absolutely. They had the necessary tools like gloves and clean needles and what they lacked they more than made up for in skill, dedication, and compassion. K5 is known as the King of the People and the care I witness in the ED was really truly the care of the people and an honor to be a part of. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1549246500672-Z556B9JEOLHWA08S3D1Q/FullSizeRender.jpg Blog - Going to Work This was looking towards the emergency department every day. Ambulances ready to go, family and workers enjoying the sun. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1549246769381-7ZZR9PXHJ22CA9RG2S08/FullSizeRender.jpg Blog - Going to Work The final day in the emergency department I had the best meal I have had in Bhutan. One of the nurses organized the party and everyone chipped in for a whole feast (note the large bottle of hot sauce). Homemade momos, chilies, lentils - I could have kept eating all day. I found a favorite part of every day in the department was lunch. The staff makes a great effort in breaking with each other, so everyone, nurses, doctors, techs all take the time to sit and eat together. There were two “shifts” so half of the department would eat for 15-20 min and then the other half would. You sometimes got called out for a code, or some other emergency, but really the in 45 minutes everyone had eaten and the sanity and comradely it brought to the ED was tangible. I never break to eat at home, just putting food in my mouth between reviewing charts and never with the rest of the staff, we think it will impact the flow of the department too much. But my experience here has made me question all of that, the chance to pause, to care for ourselves made me feel like I had so much more for others. I loved hearing the nurses stories about home, tips for cooking, mutual challenges and joys over raising kids, good days and bad days at work. Every day the department would make a huge thing of rice, and sweet milk tea and everyone would bring a dish to share. By doing this, every day everyone got to share a bit from everyone else. If you forgot food, no worries, the team would feed you and when you walked out that door, back to the crazy of work full of death, sickness and life, you knew you were surrounded by a team that was feed and who would have your back. Sitting there amongst friends at this final farewell was bittersweet. It was a touching goodbye, but I felt as though I had gained so much more from them than I had given, it felt as though I should be the one making the lunch, but I also knew if I had, it wouldn’t have tasted so good. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1549246936613-PQS2661GLTFXZDXG0JSW/IMAGE.JPG Blog - Going to Work The education is a big part of the job of the doctors rotating through the emergency department. We also taught them what Jeopardy is - which I think was about as exciting as anything else. Much like practicing medicine in Alaksa, it was a fun challenge to take what you have learned or know and figure out how you would do the same things without the same resources. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1549249669624-EIAY3CQGBRUFDLHDET4K/fullsizeoutput_6e1f.jpeg Blog - Going to Work When I think on back on what I want to take from this experience, I think of this mandala. The blue medicine Buddha in the middle - calm with a hand in the position of the future and holding the medicine of the present. It reminds me of my wise attending who in the middle of chaos would say, “Anne do what is right for the patient and remember the rest is noise.” This Buddha is focused on the patient, on healing, surrounded by the beauty and chaos and noise of sickness, emotion, systems of care and all that we bring to illness and health. I also love the clear space around the head, like a protective shield to think with clarity when it is needed most. May I always strive for the clarity and compassion I have seen and experienced this past 6 weeks. May I continue to learn from layers of our past and from those who understand and experience the world differently than I do. May I continue to accept death as a part of life, but never lose hope in the power the body and mind to heal. May I always continue to be amazed by the journey of medicine May I be grateful for and learn from the honor of caring of another life. May I always strive to give more than I take from my team that stands at my side. May I find calm and clarity among the noise. May I always do what is right for my patient. May I always carry a piece of Bhutan with me. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1549246675024-ULDF29G2EQNED59JTNQH/IMAGE.JPG Blog - Going to Work I took this picture the last day we were in Thimphu. Fairly early on I began to realize that Bhutan and Alaska have a lot in common. Both have about 700,000 people, one major referral area and great challenging transports for patients. Both places have learned they have to learn from others, but ultimately figure out how to care for their unique patient populations. There is no stable EMS system - EMR as they call it (Emergency Medical Responders). Just over a year ago BEAR was established, a helicopter service connecting the country in ways it had never been connected medically before through the passion and sheer willpower of a US doctor who spent over a year here. He is a "larger than life" character whose stories deserve a book of their own, one I hopes he writes soon. But you can’t have a helicopter service and hospital without having medical ground transportation as well. This was recognized and EMR training class is well underway, but there were no protocols to go off of, no scope of practice. What would they carry on the ambulances? What should be taught? What was sustainable? How do you help without harming? How to do you make it culturally appropriate and functional? These questions were being talked about by the Bhutanese nurses and doctors but also by the ICU doctor from Hawaii and the Melanie and Shankar, two US trained doctors now in Bhutan for 2 years working in the emergency department. As the challenges in Bhutan came up, the more and more it seemed like the Alaska EMS protocols might fit this community better than more urban ones. I emailed the EMS director back at home who kindly shared the work of the Mat-Su Brough EMS with us, and so began my odyssey to create a draft set of protocols and procedures for Bhutan’s new EMR program. This work was challenging, fun, and took way more time than I realized. How do you do ALCS if you can’t see the rhythm strip as you might only have an AED on board? How do you draft protocols that help and minimize the risk of hurting? How do you take this lifetime of learning and knowledge that still does not answer all of the questions and put them on a piece of paper for a protocol? As I frantically ran to print off 3 final drafts to leave in the department before we left town, it was gratifying to leave a tangible piece of me here, with a hope and a prayer that it is a seed from which the EMR system, and therefore more united emergency health care system can gown in Bhutan. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1549248083370-10DRZQEUSQNMCSNNJKUR/FullSizeRender.jpg Blog - Going to Work The pathology, oh the crazy pathology. They really don’t have HIPPA so I could probably actually share a lot, but a few of the cases and images are being written up for publication, and I don’t want to spoil the show. This one was in the papers, so I figured it was public - I love how they even have the patients face to help identify him. It seemed like every week there was a different case that was good enough for the NEJM clinical images section. This guy got shot right through the arch of his aorta into his spine, after landing at multiple wrong “archery fires” to try and find him, the helicopter found him and brought him to us. He was amazingly stable, but the type of surgery he would need was only done in India, so a commercial air flight was arranged the following day- with him in the back. One of our doctors found this “follow” up in the Indian paper, and we were all relieved to see he was doing well. There were so many like this, the women in VT who’s bedside echo showed a hydatid cyst the size of a grapefruit in her septum. The three-hour code of aconite (monkshood) poisoning. The rheumatic fever, the TB, the autoimmune diseases. The stokes were often hemorrhagic, and extensive and would wait in the ED for 2-3 days until a medicine bed was available. Sats in the 80’s were good, sats in the 40’s were sometimes the best you had before intubating. I was saved by the buggie for the first time in my career and now really know how good the tracheal rings can feel. But when I think of all of my patients, there is one that comes to mind. This amazingly sweet 82-year-old woman in with pneumonia and hypoxia. She ended up staying 4 days in the ED waiting for a bed, and on the first day, she smiled this huge broken tooth grin. She, like all the patents in the department, was never in gowns (we don’t have them) so she sat in her traditional clothing, necklaces, and beads for the four days she was with us. Later that day I want to check on her, and she grabbed my white coat and just started talking. She smiled and nodded and kept talking, without me understanding a word. But I smiled back and bowed and held her hand until she was done and she gave me one more squeeze and off I went to the other patients. This same thing continued to happen for the next 4 days, always telling me some elaborate something, me never knowing what she was really saying and she was steadily improving. The team started to tease me about my favorite patent, and they were right, she made my day. On my last day before she went upstairs, she did something different, she kept holding her belly. I was worried. What had we missed? I pressed, and she was soft, did not seem tender, I could feel her aorta as she was very thin, but she looked good. So I did what we always do in the ED and don’t understand - got more data. I went and got the ultrasounds machine and looked all over - what was bothering her? I could find nothing wrong. Her liver, spleen, heart, gallbladder, aorta all seemed fine. I finally asked one of the students to help translate for me, what was I missing? Turns out that she was saying I am like one of her children to her (which would result in her holding her abdomen and smiling) and thanking me for listening. I laughed and thanked her for sharing her care and stories with me. She reminded me of how much more healing we sometimes do with holding a hand or sharing a smile. I then mentioned she was a little dry and keep drinking lots of water and she asked “so more alcohol, more tobacco, and more Doma?” I smiled and said, no just water and maybe tea and was glad I this time I had the translator and wondered what else I had nodded yes to before. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1549243672968-BIDKJ0Q8T9DSOKU6OM86/FullSizeRender.jpg Blog - Going to Work I was asked to sit in on this ED redesign meeting. They are expanding the emergency department. This is the architecture and head of the department discussing issues such as emergency OR suits, the role of triage, ways to address boarding and flow issues. Many of the same challenges as when we looked at redoing ours emergency department. Some were different. TB patient needing UV light and fresh air, changes to VIP care, and unsure how far out we can build because they are still looking for the original building designs. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1549246304714-6RLBILM16KLR3S4BJC5P/FullSizeRender.jpg Blog - Going to Work There is a gift in caring for those in need. A desire to see what is truly wrong and try to make it better and clarity that comes in stepping back in time. This old ECG machine reminded me of just that. These perfectly balanced little suction electrodes trying so carefully listen to the heart of the patient and translate that into something meaningful in the form of lines on a paper. It seemed a perfect metaphor for my time in Bhutan. https://www.fouralaskans.com/news/2019/1/6/and-like-that-she-is-14 monthly 0.5 2019-03-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1549243473064-OS9EFH04KV59QK48IYS8/FullSizeRender.jpg Blog - And Like That She is 14 Cinnamon roles have been a traditional birthday breakfast for the girls. Lily did an amazing job helping find the ingredients, making them with few baking supplies and bake them in the toaster oven. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1546854663083-N64JZ7HKRFAOOPGDMSWJ/fullsizeoutput_219e0.jpeg Blog - And Like That She is 14 Traverse found all of these fun birthday treats. This one was great, you light the top which melts wax and as the flame gets lower the whole lotus burst open, lighting the additional candles. The heat then spins the whole flower while a small battery inside, now connected to the circuit plays happy birthday. Not only did it provide a fun musical birthday, but was a fun science experiment as we took the thing apart trying to figure out how it works and to make it stop playing the music, and spinning. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1549243950876-RNKMTWZAB8IMUMV7L5NU/FullSizeRender.jpg Blog - And Like That She is 14 Doing her best to blow out the trick candles. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1549243594238-1HOKXC348ENKVJ3XC6TN/FullSizeRender.jpg Blog - And Like That She is 14 This. We could do a whole blog about just this cake. The Erbele girls are amazing cooks / bakers and dear friends to our girls. They made this amazing cake for Isabelle’s birthday. Double layered chocolate (the bottom brownie, the top chocolate cake) with starwberry filling covered in this amazing frosting. They put 14 trees around the outside for her birthday and made our two dogs on the top. They even made Luna in the snow and Nalu in the sun. For me, so much was summarized in this cake about this year. We left so much to go, but what we found is that we truly loved is still with us and our new friends, adventures and perspective only added light and love to those things we treasure the most. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1546826672402-3FEIQJBMJAX8O1HIXAKL/FullSizeRender.jpg Blog - And Like That She is 14 Enjoying the fruits of her labor https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1546853946654-L2X2CWXELMS7GJVI8IFW/fullsizeoutput_21c99.jpeg Blog - And Like That She is 14 Morning breakfast selfie wishing this amazing kiddo a happy 14! Where did the time go?!? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1546854352459-3U8QPYSGXV4OP55DW4IG/fullsizeoutput_21d37.jpeg Blog - And Like That She is 14 While the morning was our family, the evening was a fun New Years bash filled with 2 birthdays, more food than we could eat and wonderful friends. It turns out that Krista, a wonderful woman from the US who has been living in Bhutan on and off for the last 10 years with her sweet family, also has a birthday on the same day as Isabelle. In her eternal generosity, they offered to have a birthday party / new years party at their house for all of us and other friends. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1546854486464-OU5D5XDUJ1852G0P0L8T/fullsizeoutput_21d3d.jpeg Blog - And Like That She is 14 Here is the cake again after the we lit the amazing sparkler candles. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1549243549544-YWABQ984SNC1EPYKN9MV/FullSizeRender.jpg Blog - And Like That She is 14 Lots of light - candles for Isabelle and Krista. https://www.fouralaskans.com/news/2019/1/7/paro-pics monthly 0.5 2019-03-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1546992372553-C7AOKG81ZA4GUQ159JA4/FullSizeRender.jpg Blog - Paro and the Girls One of the bucket list items the girls wanted to do this year was to ride a horse, so when the opportunity came to ride part way to Tiger’s nest they got their wish. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1547079799556-63AN7JYEHC8DGRZ71PR6/fullsizeoutput_21c55.jpeg Blog - Paro and the Girls Oh the little ones. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1547029702804-C0PHVEU659K4JICE911U/fullsizeoutput_21c8e.jpeg Blog - Paro and the Girls Dad and girl adventure. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1547080221412-CT0KN6UN8BQDOOCW3WKI/fullsizeoutput_21c45.jpeg Blog - Paro and the Girls Resting rice patties, crystal clear water, stunning mountains, this is Bhutan for us. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1547080312652-TLSMSQI2YB1G1MTJM3A5/fullsizeoutput_21c4c.jpeg Blog - Paro and the Girls Birds about the Dzong https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1547168261775-DPXSEY89O44G69QW60H8/fullsizeoutput_21c46.jpeg Blog - Paro and the Girls clay and wood to the sky. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1546909859637-OABVUOVPXK9KV83OSDN2/fullsizeoutput_21c3a.jpeg Blog - Paro and the Girls Exploring the Paro bridge, where Buddha’s bowl is left in the “The Little Buddha” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1547079608204-4PU52VGKBFCX04YEWAR0/fullsizeoutput_21c85.jpeg Blog - Paro and the Girls Little monasteries along the way. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1547029171144-KK942D0GKJA8BUHF50BJ/fullsizeoutput_21d78.jpeg Blog - Paro and the Girls They made it back up the hill to Taktsang. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1547029454793-FUFSE02K6WNXTPSM5IEL/fullsizeoutput_21c7c.jpeg Blog - Paro and the Girls A beautiful place on the outside, stunning and enchanting on the inside. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1546992127323-K4EX1GR0OPHX4I5YQLUA/FullSizeRender.jpg Blog - Paro and the Girls https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1547080853236-BJZ4Z9164P0V5NTTE7RT/fullsizeoutput_21c49.jpeg Blog - Paro and the Girls Such details. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1546857715619-KXKD7ZT7T9RD23TIBDP2/fullsizeoutput_21c34.jpeg Blog - Paro and the Girls Classic construction, everywhere around the country. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1546992688808-8NDGQKAKON3BM4K0SI7K/FullSizeRender.jpg Blog - Paro and the Girls Making the way up the hill a whole new way. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1546910026120-O90KOD6URLZACZS5G654/fullsizeoutput_21c40.jpeg Blog - Paro and the Girls stairs to hevan. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1546993160806-4TJN09NN2SOXDGK2TPFK/FullSizeRender.jpg Blog - Paro and the Girls The girls loved the horses, braiding the hair every chance they got. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1547168466861-WWPB27CSX3XUL42SU49Q/fullsizeoutput_21c41.jpeg Blog - Paro and the Girls Thousands of years of climbing. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1546910376517-2PPVV1N05DX1U9QSCKDC/fullsizeoutput_21c50.jpeg Blog - Paro and the Girls all the details. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1547079979784-205ES8K8C6O4X6Y4M0O1/fullsizeoutput_21c53.jpeg Blog - Paro and the Girls Winter beauty at the Paro Dzong. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1546993760730-VRC3TCZ6FH6YN9B96PA0/FullSizeRender.jpg Blog - Paro and the Girls This pony / horse she made into her own unicorn. Seemed fitting to ride a unicorn to a flying tigers nest. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1546857596798-32E9N2VFUZMOEMEX29IX/fullsizeoutput_21c31.jpeg Blog - Paro and the Girls The large Paro Dzong. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1546910180340-AUZUCGGK1T35VOR2OJRM/fullsizeoutput_21c47.jpeg Blog - Paro and the Girls They will never tire of prayer wheels. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1546991954731-9BPB0PGWDQKSVRCE6YU9/FullSizeRender.jpg Blog - Paro and the Girls embracing the old and the new. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1546991795972-PBD3JNZPW66YIURO6DG1/FullSizeRender.jpg Blog - Paro and the Girls another view of the Dzong. https://www.fouralaskans.com/news/2018/12/25/christmas-at-the-sanctuary monthly 0.5 2019-03-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1546826187450-BS9Y8ME9A50AU6C9G25J/FullSizeRender.jpg Blog - Christmas at the Sanctuary Our beautiful little tree that lit up this winter season. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1546826020762-I13ZEQKMGOPG4U2665WS/FullSizeRender.jpg Blog - Christmas at the Sanctuary Learning the art of pottery at the Sanctuary. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1546825818894-RZDGLYNAGMEKYTW2125W/FullSizeRender.jpg Blog - Christmas at the Sanctuary A little note in our rooms on the final day and good reminder for days to come. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1546852081246-T71CORYPGVJ5CWNWGCQK/fullsizeoutput_21c04.jpeg Blog - Christmas at the Sanctuary Welcome to Spirit Sanctuary. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1546826409239-RSZ5DCROIDELX6EWNMQL/FullSizeRender.jpg Blog - Christmas at the Sanctuary Total luxury. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1546852245036-BMP4S4CDZU35Q3E5NBL7/fullsizeoutput_21c0a.jpeg Blog - Christmas at the Sanctuary Lily made the most of her time. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1546852754624-LKYJ3RGT3GCYSZT503V3/fullsizeoutput_21c21.jpeg Blog - Christmas at the Sanctuary Local Paro beer. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1546824253768-MKRJ7LPG6NKPT1FIK8CB/FullSizeRender.jpg Blog - Christmas at the Sanctuary We were lucky enough to share the holiday with Robin, another volunteer at the hospital who the girls took in as a member of the family. It was a treat to spend the time with him hear his stories of the Congo, kids and running. His kindness and generosity made the holiday even more special. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1546825013120-AYP7VMJ7MZN9S75Z9AHT/FullSizeRender.jpg Blog - Christmas at the Sanctuary Lighting a butter lap as we entered and setting our intentions for our time there. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1546825568936-E61GWSQV38LPMV4KVJ9Z/FullSizeRender.jpg Blog - Christmas at the Sanctuary The girls learning to play a traditional Bhutannes dart game that is really hard. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1546852908827-HYMH4HH1XVKTHRVFGOHB/fullsizeoutput_21c2c.jpeg Blog - Christmas at the Sanctuary Mom wanted in on the fun too. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1546825115276-35UI5I18ABRMZTN5AQY0/FullSizeRender.jpg Blog - Christmas at the Sanctuary Every evening we would find these beautiful treats in our room. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1546825363853-348LOVH7V220HQY85MJE/IMG_0247.JPG Blog - Christmas at the Sanctuary The best morning together as a family. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1546852412287-MX3U47Y4E0XLY62MTEHA/fullsizeoutput_21c0c.jpeg Blog - Christmas at the Sanctuary https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1546825186734-6GX09D7BCT9IZF4W70OZ/FullSizeRender.jpg Blog - Christmas at the Sanctuary After more fried rice than I have ever had, the artful and delicious food was welcomed by all. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1546853190482-MHG2DTVIOCGH3XDG1WRY/fullsizeoutput_21c30.jpeg Blog - Christmas at the Sanctuary Yet again, getting help getting my evening Kira on. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1546825291243-JC27F22503F1UBEFOFS5/FullSizeRender.jpg Blog - Christmas at the Sanctuary Christmas eve in our Bhutanese finest. https://www.fouralaskans.com/news/2018/12/25/headed-to-the-hills-bumbrek-to-tigers-nest monthly 0.5 2019-03-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1545821389728-EFWNF9SMPVTT76PNYDRP/FullSizeRender.jpg Blog - Life as a circle - Bumdrek to Tigers Nest Visiting every monastery on our way. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1545821337313-O5YJGXNT083OOZ3I3VO2/FullSizeRender.jpg Blog - Life as a circle - Bumdrek to Tigers Nest Children like prayer flags, take your hopes and dreams into the future. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1545821870303-ZXSKHLVLFD7E3HO9BH98/FullSizeRender.jpg Blog - Life as a circle - Bumdrek to Tigers Nest If I were to build a holy place it would be like this. Breathtakingly peached in this rock ledge - balanced with the world. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1545816851406-K2P2I7IP6PJTUAB878UA/FullSizeRender.jpg Blog - Life as a circle - Bumdrek to Tigers Nest With our tents for the night in the background, we followed the prayer flags up the mountain to an active monastery in the rocks. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1545817447839-APRFQ7G2Z10LIZ4F1M7W/IMAGE.JPG Blog - Life as a circle - Bumdrek to Tigers Nest Looking towards Tibet and marveling at how they got these larger prayer flags up here and keep them up through the changing seasons. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1545817407559-2U0WF6SOC4IT77ZJ6KH8/FullSizeRender.jpg Blog - Life as a circle - Bumdrek to Tigers Nest The sun slowly dipping behind the peaks lighting everything with a warm fiery red glow. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1545824740324-66H2LAPPIAR0XQ6EMNAS/IMAGE.JPG Blog - Life as a circle - Bumdrek to Tigers Nest A journey I will never forget as dreams came to life and prayers answered. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1545821286501-Q0LICRPRW3IYAOE3PUZH/FullSizeRender.jpg Blog - Life as a circle - Bumdrek to Tigers Nest When morning came, we woke up before dawn and watched the sunrise. (I will post the video next) and came back to camp for an outside breakfast to take in the day. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1545821566299-WV3T7OK9PB4EJKTJZ4DD/FullSizeRender.jpg Blog - Life as a circle - Bumdrek to Tigers Nest As we descended down down we started to see Tiger’s Nest Monastery, the most famous monastery in Bhutan peached on this rock cliff. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1545818073220-14UD7JE6M2XGY4L2ITTR/FullSizeRender.jpg Blog - Life as a circle - Bumdrek to Tigers Nest Looking towards Tibet at the rising moon. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1545815650003-TYT2LKF8SG6U421O9IHJ/FullSizeRender.jpg Blog - Life as a circle - Bumdrek to Tigers Nest Goodnight moon. Goodnight stars. Goodnight tent. Goodnight bed. Goodnight world. Thankful for today. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1545817645652-SBHSDPL0SSVT8OZFPIU3/IMAGE.JPG Blog - Life as a circle - Bumdrek to Tigers Nest As the sun dipped below the mountains, I said goodby again to my sister Mary and to all those who left the world too soon. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1545817008659-MF6BPXR9PGM40BQ6QPCH/FullSizeRender.jpg Blog - Life as a circle - Bumdrek to Tigers Nest Taking in the view. It was if the mountains, the air, and the monastery all held us there between earth and sky. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1545817780062-MQZV0BFZT2F3DN311TDQ/IMG_0246.JPG Blog - Life as a circle - Bumdrek to Tigers Nest The moon is always hard to capture on a phone camera, but this one was so big she was able to embrace it like the sun. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1545818171978-W1L5I8VR8T9CVPALDVBD/IMAGE.JPG Blog - Life as a circle - Bumdrek to Tigers Nest And I kept taking pictures. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1545821629900-4INN6LGR847XRUJMXYEQ/FullSizeRender.jpg Blog - Life as a circle - Bumdrek to Tigers Nest High above - taking it all in. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1545814926074-NHJ246UBJGRZ8G8C2J7G/FullSizeRender.jpg Blog - Life as a circle - Bumdrek to Tigers Nest As we came into camp, the sun was long gone and the full moon yet again transformed this landscape. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1545821699100-VZ08G3DJFGY2FQM67XF6/FullSizeRender.jpg Blog - Life as a circle - Bumdrek to Tigers Nest And more smiles. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1545817133473-KFH6TZ2KSYXLI448UXMQ/IMAGE.JPG Blog - Life as a circle - Bumdrek to Tigers Nest This is in the center of a ring of prayer flags at the sky burial atop the highest mountain around. Each passing moment the light hit the flags differently as the world turned, the sun set and the full moon rose. The place was alive with wonder. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1545818119498-9P4V284RI7S53Z2A7SPE/FullSizeRender.jpg Blog - Life as a circle - Bumdrek to Tigers Nest Full of life. Full of wonder. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1545821467151-2Z1HKF62MSMG9ZPHF143/FullSizeRender.jpg Blog - Life as a circle - Bumdrek to Tigers Nest Head in to another holy site. The attention to detail on these doors and entrances is lovely. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1545824535134-IWH8JUE4WRTTL7NORLO3/FullSizeRender.jpg Blog - Life as a circle - Bumdrek to Tigers Nest More prayer wheels and flags on the way down. These prayer wheels, filled with flags are made out of plastic painted bottles. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1545817964178-O0H9CMFYSAE52YREE8KI/IMG_9725.JPG Blog - Life as a circle - Bumdrek to Tigers Nest This child has found her wings and I love watching her fly. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1545816770904-JGHPKSYDPOG3HA4UWYZF/FullSizeRender.jpg Blog - Life as a circle - Bumdrek to Tigers Nest The beautiful “old man’s beard” growing on giant Rhododendron at 12,000 feet were incredible. I kept imaging what this place would look like in the spring when they were all in bloom. I turned around to find her embracing them moss and the moment. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1545817563972-TNGJWRPLVCLB27BA2P5P/IMAGE.JPG Blog - Life as a circle - Bumdrek to Tigers Nest She was all smiles. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1545814831207-EVDBGXGL8PE4UWRBITG9/FullSizeRender.jpg Blog - Life as a circle - Bumdrek to Tigers Nest And wonder… https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1545817694277-T5VNNIPNOSSQWL4IZABX/FullSizeRender.jpg Blog - Life as a circle - Bumdrek to Tigers Nest And I kept taking pictures as a way to hold onto this moment forever. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1545816651762-3U47ID9C9092IYQHDB17/FullSizeRender.jpg Blog - Life as a circle - Bumdrek to Tigers Nest I was truly surprised to see a bear in monastery at the start of our trail. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1545818327114-BZXPQN5CSVAKBC7VEVTB/FullSizeRender.jpg Blog - Life as a circle - Bumdrek to Tigers Nest Even when the sun was down, and it was all blurry, there was magic… https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1545816963341-EU0D590I7OX67K1RW704/FullSizeRender.jpg Blog - Life as a circle - Bumdrek to Tigers Nest The dance between nature and humans is something I have always loved about so many ancient cultures. Many of these monasteries are built into rock face, this one was built in this spot because reportedly a deity walked and left 10,000 foot prints in the rock. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1545821770481-FK9T2URU3B6FEKZMWUJJ/IMAGE.JPG Blog - Life as a circle - Bumdrek to Tigers Nest As we came down into the Tiger’s Nest monastery, we started to come across all the people who had come from the bottom. This is probably the most visited site in all of Bhutan, and even during this “off season” there were an impressive number of people. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1545817049261-6N8J7BLS3YMM7QZR5PNL/FullSizeRender.jpg Blog - Life as a circle - Bumdrek to Tigers Nest Making our way up from the monastery to the sky burial we were loving the sun, the view and the prayers left to be silently heard. Seeing this through her eyes (and hands) made the whole place brighter. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1545817724058-9WUI5GCOWHRIEOZS55HB/FullSizeRender.jpg Blog - Life as a circle - Bumdrek to Tigers Nest And as I said goodbye to one life, I embraced the life before me sending love to those not with us. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1545814673330-MI1N0R6DML6DHBH06RG4/FullSizeRender.jpg Blog - Life as a circle - Bumdrek to Tigers Nest And the fading light reminded me of what is really important in this world. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1545824597954-CQC1XBLAGTW9PDRTULBE/FullSizeRender.jpg Blog - Life as a circle - Bumdrek to Tigers Nest At the end of the trail with the main monastery on the upper right in the cliff and the other smaller one on the left. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1545814724510-GJFG54PDOHLAFBOO6L4Q/FullSizeRender.jpg Blog - Life as a circle - Bumdrek to Tigers Nest It was as if this world and the next were tied together by these prayer flags- sending hopes and dreams to the sky with each passing gust of wind. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1545817862651-0IBQ5J18JQYK55CNY8US/IMAGE.JPG Blog - Life as a circle - Bumdrek to Tigers Nest Headed down in the rapidly fading light surrounded by stones, set on end to remember the dead. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1545818022600-4DZPJS2HRJ72ULKMKI9H/IMAGE.JPG Blog - Life as a circle - Bumdrek to Tigers Nest “Mom, we have to stop and get another picture, the rock is amazing, this place is amazing” We later learned it was holy rock, in the shape of a lotus and a place of special worship on the mountain side. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1545814598682-W8F3BRNBLQNGE86ZEGTI/FullSizeRender.jpg Blog - Life as a circle - Bumdrek to Tigers Nest This, all this. The love and the joy of an amazing world shared with those I love. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1545824456736-8CDS5ZAR9HAIR4E39U31/IMG_0307.JPG Blog - Life as a circle - Bumdrek to Tigers Nest No pictures were aloud inside - which is probably good or this blog post would never get done. It is actually 8 different and stunning temples inside. We spent about 2 hrs touring the inside and I could have spent a week. One of highlights for me however was the “tigress nest” on the inside. You climb down a series of ladders into a crack in the rock from one of the temples. It is there that the tigress reportedly slept and you can go out on a ledge where she would take off - the world a thousand feet below the cliff face. Probably 75% of the people in the temple where Bhutanese paying respect. Kids clambered though the temples, people prostrated them selfs in front of deities, monks mediated as small groups of tours were told the intricate stories of how the second coming of Buddha flew here on a Tigress and meditated for 3 years, 3 months and 3 days. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1545818249095-SJOKGFWK95HF491E8TWN/IMG_9802.JPG Blog - Life as a circle - Bumdrek to Tigers Nest And more pictures. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1545816605008-IU1ARCCIKSWCEO743H5W/FullSizeRender.jpg Blog - Life as a circle - Bumdrek to Tigers Nest She enjoyed the ride up ;-). 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These metal signs are all around Penang and a fun way to share the cultural history. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1544742100293-1ILXOT9NQ19885PWJTRK/IMG_8332.jpg Blog - Bursting Bubbles in Penang Malaysia Getting our first rabies shots in preparation for Bhutan https://www.fouralaskans.com/news/2018/12/13/getting-ready-for-the-king monthly 0.5 2018-12-15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1544839834526-N2CFA9W5BGA9583HIWK4/IMG_0748.jpg Blog - Getting Ready for the King https://www.fouralaskans.com/news/2018/12/13/oh-the-food monthly 0.5 2018-12-15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1544746685094-MFS0AS829VZIP6AMZ1EA/FullSizeRender.jpg Blog - Oh the Food The theme of our last few days for sure. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1544746299921-3CMFFXTTTCXGSEHC928X/FullSizeRender.jpg Blog - Oh the Food This fun collection of veggies, tofu, eggs, rice and peanut sauce was a great cool dish to balance the heat of the day. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1544796160950-0755KD6SHPURA04SIV2D/IMAGE.JPG Blog - Oh the Food Checking out the daily options. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1544747133390-Y1IE9FLZPLR0QW42HADS/IMG_7036.jpg Blog - Oh the Food Coffee, Water and Orange Juice have been our drinks for months now, so landing in Singapore and getting to choose from this sort of collection was overwhelming and wonderful. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1544796253311-RWG9AKPE0QNTW06CJUXG/FullSizeRender.jpg Blog - Oh the Food The Hot pot stand where you get to choose your food, cook it there and be on your way. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1544746863863-SIYV3527P1IO81RMSGMG/IMG_8591.jpg Blog - Oh the Food Loving both the food and presentation of this Thai dish. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1544747514020-BTCUIF3BX7J0EGRX78FY/IMG_8305.jpg Blog - Oh the Food One of the hundreds of cooks in a Singapore Hawker stand. Each specializing in their own food, selling 3-4 items each. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1544748276817-YDN538DVMD9B7LFZG7NT/IMG_4225.jpg Blog - Oh the Food Any one need a banana. You always can tell when you are getting close to one of these stands because of the strong durian fruit smell. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1544796370128-AM31E3M32V39IARJT1LR/FullSizeRender.jpg Blog - Oh the Food The propane stove, the fry pan, the one dish: Granny’s oyster omelette: this is Penang food - at every conner (these were super good by the way). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1544829453565-DPPFEPK79PGCTQMF0619/fullsizeoutput_2186c.jpeg Blog - Oh the Food Huge vats of spices ready to go. If you have not watched Trevor Noah’s Son of Patricia show (https://www.netflix.com/title/80239932) you should. I keep thinking about it with all the spices. There is a line where he talks about how much we gain form the diversity. He says “don’t ever forget, a life without spice was so hard, so hard that it made white people sail around the world to find it. This wasn’t regular sailing. It wasn’t a Disney cruise. These people lived at a time when they believed that if you went that way you would fall off the edge of the earth and die. And still, some man was eating some white lady’s cooking and was like, “I can’t do this %!# anymore!”. Here in the land of where these spices came from and passed through, I keep thinking about that human need for spice, both literally and figuratively. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1544747422497-P8HR641RMO5GXOSUPTUP/IMG_8304.jpg Blog - Oh the Food Little one loving dinner at a Singapore Hawker stand. This famous one near downtown was a blast. It is like a food court on steroids and all independent little local shops. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1544748210174-8XI13UT4PK42N39LYZKK/IMG_4230.jpg Blog - Oh the Food Little India’s version of “to go” food. Motorbikes would pull up, stay on the bike and ride away, Samosas in hand, freshly fried. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1544747026805-WXBBM8U5AWJMWP7HKC0C/fullsizeoutput_65d3.jpeg Blog - Oh the Food An instant favorite - fresh fruit on top of a bowel of fresh smoothie. https://www.fouralaskans.com/news/2018/12/11/finding-balance-museums-in-penang monthly 0.5 2018-12-15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1544739871872-M4Z7C5682JVN0ALCIYMA/IMG_1196.JPG Blog - Finding Balance - Museums in Penang https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1544745966288-KLQ6LT7223KJRGFUTN4Q/IMG_8539.jpg Blog - Finding Balance - Museums in Penang https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1544829874728-ZTUI647G4D8QUFO844FC/fullsizeoutput_216f0.jpeg Blog - Finding Balance - Museums in Penang https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1544746227414-3W3XJNB5B3TU6VCH55EL/IMG_8396.jpg Blog - Finding Balance - Museums in Penang https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1544739783874-FKHLGUA2IVUQQY0LAVJX/IMG_1181.JPG Blog - Finding Balance - Museums in Penang https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1544739736388-4VTV19X84LVVBBF6JHKJ/IMG_1179.JPG Blog - Finding Balance - Museums in Penang https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1544741310601-Z4RTJ7ES2CDS0DVJM05G/IMG_1266.JPG Blog - Finding Balance - Museums in Penang https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1544741247686-LGXHOE7WQLT9G8YLRG0W/IMG_1252.JPG Blog - Finding Balance - Museums in Penang https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1544829969649-YQMRHW965NS24Q6ROC9C/fullsizeoutput_216f8.jpeg Blog - Finding Balance - Museums in Penang https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1544745869910-LBF068GCZVOJMFZB3I3D/IMG_8598.jpg Blog - Finding Balance - Museums in Penang https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1544746040446-GKCCW63OX3F8B37OCBUK/IMG_8551.jpg Blog - Finding Balance - Museums in Penang https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1544746151574-58CQDHDLQH3J6KI2UUFP/IMG_8498.jpg Blog - Finding Balance - Museums in Penang https://www.fouralaskans.com/news/2018/12/14/creating-a-garden monthly 0.5 2019-03-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1544841530678-L5CPYP3MTYHJ9FS36OC2/IMG_8920.jpg Blog - Creating a garden Loving the green https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1544841656867-TQZDQ7ME8GW2N4AG9ZHO/IMG_8898.jpg Blog - Creating a garden Taking a new fun way to the gardens https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1544855509956-Z87QMGIRFM9341K48MXR/fullsizeoutput_2188d.jpeg Blog - Creating a garden https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1544855346281-NHA00TFM8UQ0GJI6H5YT/fullsizeoutput_21886.jpeg Blog - Creating a garden https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1544855603186-KD3M3MBVL2CXG99TUAL4/fullsizeoutput_21890.jpeg Blog - Creating a garden https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1544855425374-8TRN4X11UUMH1LE5WFRQ/fullsizeoutput_2188a.jpeg Blog - Creating a garden https://www.fouralaskans.com/news/2018/12/11/high-ropes-and-different-robes-escape-malaysia monthly 0.5 2018-12-15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1544745216175-NLYJU0HWHAQ88SGLUWPJ/IMG_8807.jpg Blog - High Ropes and different Robes - Escape Malaysia The place was full of these interesting contradictions and commentary. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1544744571245-Z02TF6Z14HO25YLO8VTX/fullsizeoutput_6612.jpeg Blog - High Ropes and different Robes - Escape Malaysia Making her way down the lazy river surrounding by the Malaysian jungle. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1544744485448-TI4Z01G0E3OIVMWVA2GJ/IMG_8770.jpg Blog - High Ropes and different Robes - Escape Malaysia Never ending fun running in the water. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1544744954161-2CVGRX38CVF7BHHRBE6P/%2BKERIBmgQMuiDzFh1rhAdg.jpg Blog - High Ropes and different Robes - Escape Malaysia I am always game for an adventure with these two! https://www.fouralaskans.com/news/2018/12/11/coffee monthly 0.5 2018-12-15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1544597135211-VOKL0OL2A143EZYXG2ZR/IMG_8659.jpg Blog - Coffee This fun sign in Penang summarized about how I feel after finding a good cup of joe! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1544762004242-XD24ENYKERO1LO092ZJQ/IMAGE.JPG Blog - Coffee https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1544596693999-M4NWLP9DV6VFAEI5DRMG/IMG_5422.jpg Blog - Coffee I asked for a “coffee with cream” and learned the magic of Croatia: cream = whipped cream! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1544762065658-1RH9QE2AVIJZYQY7MOPF/IMAGE.JPG Blog - Coffee https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1544699497154-RBQRL2ITYE450G3V7NQY/IMG_6573.jpg Blog - Coffee Someone had a hard time getting used to coffee size in Croatia. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1544699669034-LG1Q3N4JBFR3PKI8IG3D/fullsizeoutput_6544.jpeg Blog - Coffee Checking out the #Selfie Coffee stand in Singapore https://www.fouralaskans.com/news/2018/12/11/green-spaces-and-green-living-in-singapore monthly 0.5 2018-12-15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1544743793509-U6F4T1Z8NYCDMPDF2Q5I/IMG_7896.jpg Blog - Green Spaces and Green Living in Singapore Just look at this life. This was in the flower dome where they had plants from around the world including an amazing collection of Olive Trees (which is saying something after spending 3 months with Olive tress) It must be a botanist dream job to work here. The textures and shades of green were mesmerizing. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1544743902895-1X3SSCCOTI4BVQ1VLTK6/IMG_8314.JPG Blog - Green Spaces and Green Living in Singapore We have hundreds of pictures of these https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1544770299809-JHW8Q5BGGHTDPFY2ZRXK/fullsizeoutput_216e8.jpeg Blog - Green Spaces and Green Living in Singapore https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1544749604328-5LU5G38HSKBDQM5I9YQV/IMG_7867.jpg Blog - Green Spaces and Green Living in Singapore From inside the greenhouse, the afternoon storms came with their full force. The dome of glass what a spectacular place to watch the sheets of water cleanse the city. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1544700375592-WAW95LBIQNO8NP9HSGYD/fullsizeoutput_65a4.jpeg Blog - Green Spaces and Green Living in Singapore Here again you can see the architecture of this mall dance with the palm trees, beautifully lit from below. This mall even contained a rain collecting system that drained into a waterfall in the mall, that created a river through the center creating a river like those in Italy with boats that took shoppers along the length of the mall. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1544743715458-II8N3H4NU6CR9LPOQZGK/IMG_7858.jpg Blog - Green Spaces and Green Living in Singapore The pond was the top of the waterfall in the Cloud Forest, a collection of art, history and science. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1544829689575-PT9V68O5WJD97AR2A19C/fullsizeoutput_216e9.jpeg Blog - Green Spaces and Green Living in Singapore https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1544744013875-L21HUDXY5DVJWEPYHGIN/fullsizeoutput_641d.jpeg Blog - Green Spaces and Green Living in Singapore https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1544769701659-DLF1E3FF1I972WEJRCWE/fullsizeoutput_216e3.jpeg Blog - Green Spaces and Green Living in Singapore The worlds largest indoor waterfall was a sight to behold. Inside a massive greenhouse the different ecosystems in a cloud forest were maintained and you could explore the different levels going in and out of the waterfall itself. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1544748143162-1DWMD4RIE69FQM1PNZH6/fullsizeoutput_214de.jpeg Blog - Green Spaces and Green Living in Singapore Cruising along the bay on a scooter. To the left in this picture you can see the edge of the solar street fans / shades / rain protection / night light instillation they had along the path. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1544756244787-Y77JPUO3HMCM8M01UL02/fullsizeoutput_217ad.jpeg Blog - Green Spaces and Green Living in Singapore Solar powered street fans make walking in the heat more enjoyable. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1544744075346-FDB6LI03792ZAGXMOCV2/IMG_7863.jpg Blog - Green Spaces and Green Living in Singapore https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1544770140138-BUE5JEM1N5SRRHR8AEAT/fullsizeoutput_216e6.jpeg Blog - Green Spaces and Green Living in Singapore https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1544699987735-MZGU4X8XYP6NBI7LUJDU/fullsizeoutput_64af.jpeg Blog - Green Spaces and Green Living in Singapore As a chemistry major and fine arts minor, this museum was my happy place. The lotus flower shaped building that appeared to defy gravity was filled with inspiring exhibits and beautiful quotes about the integration of science and art. The whole museum is surrounded by this lily pad pong, again blending nature, art and science. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1544749658331-V01PMTIBPB9C6BBRXL6P/IMG_7803.jpg Blog - Green Spaces and Green Living in Singapore The whole city is set up for the rain. The bus and subway systems were clean, efficient and ran on time and also made the commute dry and comfortable. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1544700706088-SNSCRUH9ZXJFJOIHF6DU/fullsizeoutput_6592.jpeg Blog - Green Spaces and Green Living in Singapore Again these lines, I am no architect - but I love how the building, the usable space and nature dance together in this city, each complementing eachother. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1544744018201-DVOWA8V8ESFPOUOOO7MG/IMG_7920.jpg Blog - Green Spaces and Green Living in Singapore This is art. This piece profoundly spoke to me. This is a sculpture in the flower dome, and a part of a collection with a husband and a child. If I could artistically represent how I feel this year, it this sculpture. She is fluid and soft, yet made of bronze. It appears to defy gravity as the pieces appear disconnected yet are all one. She is open to the world around her, yet strong and stable in who she is. You can fill the sculpture with so many meanings depending on what you bring to the conversation. It inspires thought, questions, examination and emotion. I can’t think of another piece that has been of art I have ever been so inspired by. https://www.fouralaskans.com/news/2018/12/13/homeschool-writing-assignment-the-heart-of-croatia monthly 0.5 2019-04-29 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1544757051486-ARZSKKTP2RN456FPLSTM/fullsizeoutput_217af.jpeg Blog - Homeschool Writing Assignment: The Heart of Croatia https://www.fouralaskans.com/news/2018/12/11/what-home-schooling-looks-like-taking-a-geography-test monthly 0.5 2018-12-15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1544750762981-EZX4L1MYFL6UJ06DBYVA/IMG_7757.jpg Blog - What Home Schooling Looks Like....... Much of what we hope to learn on this year is just seeing an other ways that people live and learn and help them find their own personal inner callings. Like the old and the new in this picture we have tried to blend traditional and non-traditional learning to give them wings to fly. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1544744683821-TB1RU8AA8WPJ0PO1DY9O/IMG_8473.jpg Blog - What Home Schooling Looks Like....... The street art in Penang has also been a fun addition to art part of our year. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1544744155083-HDZQLSTIIJ2JBMB26SZC/IMG_8620.jpg Blog - What Home Schooling Looks Like....... Art is meant to be played with, lived with and interacted with. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1544793053320-ESYJD1VF36S3EEEXPCFY/IMG_4265.jpg Blog - What Home Schooling Looks Like....... This teacher is grateful to have had this year to really dive into the girls education and to have so many helping hands that made this year possible! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1544743869381-KM2MPIA53Z0VDA04QMFN/IMG_8345.jpg Blog - What Home Schooling Looks Like....... The art in Penang is everywhere and adds to the already overwhelming beautiful visual stimulation. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1544747736045-QUGO4K3FI0PL8HHFORGR/IMAGE.JPG Blog - What Home Schooling Looks Like....... more fun https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1544747600778-0S0ORU9B0OVC8290MIRS/FullSizeRender.jpg Blog - What Home Schooling Looks Like....... This was a beautiful and highly interactive exhibit on Richard Feynman and his incredible work in Singapore. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1544751029041-41H6KIIPKOL2HBS8KZE0/IMG_8234.jpg Blog - What Home Schooling Looks Like....... i love the way light and angles can change everything. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1544744027896-JCZ96SW9P5H64PU52SG1/IMG_8310.jpg Blog - What Home Schooling Looks Like....... We spent hours at this beautiful interactive exhibit at the Science and Art Museum. The girls created their own cities and played and danced with a highly engaging displays. If we were not so busy at the museums, I might have actually written more about them. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1544744541558-Y83FEGG6XPOF8ZRGGCUT/IMG_8236.jpg Blog - What Home Schooling Looks Like....... We took so many pictures in this “meditation” room in the Art and Science museum. It was beautiful interaction between light and texture. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1544744266974-ITCTVSFBAD6M55B3FS2B/fullsizeoutput_216ea.jpeg Blog - What Home Schooling Looks Like....... More fun at the Art and Science Museum. Particle physics, building atoms and computer boards. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1544745315393-8B78TNB50D4JS1ZR2BX6/IMG_8857.jpg Blog - What Home Schooling Looks Like....... And you get to interact with the art. https://www.fouralaskans.com/news/2018/12/9/book-report-chasing-a-croatian-girl monthly 0.5 2019-04-29 https://www.fouralaskans.com/news/2018/12/3/singapore monthly 0.5 2018-12-14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1543891379935-G8RXEWJL72ZNGR3LTM8T/fullsizeoutput_21413.jpeg Blog - Singapore (updated Pics & Video) CREEPY!!! It’s definitely a boy. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1543890593180-IT1TPZ50IQ3IL0WIE89O/fullsizeoutput_213f2.jpeg Blog - Singapore (updated Pics & Video) Looking down at the modern Singapore, on our ferries weel carts. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1544315824310-X0JEF5VMYWKT40XFQ97C/IMG_7016.jpg Blog - Singapore (updated Pics & Video) Eating local foods. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1543891781224-L97Y66BLRFYJ94I1TJSF/fullsizeoutput_2140f.jpeg Blog - Singapore (updated Pics & Video) One hundred Buddha’s. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1543891192976-6Z2K6OOXIRDM19X2EY7B/fullsizeoutput_2140d.jpeg Blog - Singapore (updated Pics & Video) They have these everywhere!! Fresh orange juice to go. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1543890743625-73RZ5EQWBFXQUTSE9NBS/fullsizeoutput_21403.jpeg Blog - Singapore (updated Pics & Video) At the Zoo. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1543891311205-MN1IZV2NCGL5J2RHC96F/fullsizeoutput_21412.jpeg Blog - Singapore (updated Pics & Video) These giant trees, perform a light show two times a day. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1543890947508-ZGMUVV62WJGL0SDR9HLN/fullsizeoutput_21405.jpeg Blog - Singapore (updated Pics & Video) Watch out!!! Don’t want to go swimming here. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1543891638727-O7GD9HTDYAAXQG1ZJ92E/fullsizeoutput_21411.jpeg Blog - Singapore (updated Pics & Video) You had to wear a bunch of shawls to enter here. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1544445986559-WK2VZJ23K0ZZ2WB2RJMC/FullSizeRender.jpg Blog - Singapore (updated Pics & Video) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1544315566802-8EACEW2GSAYEJQ2KM6P1/IMG_7382.jpg Blog - Singapore (updated Pics & Video) Singapore Zoo https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1543890851448-5H5QH7DTIP456SY40320/fullsizeoutput_21404.jpeg Blog - Singapore (updated Pics & Video) Practicing our meditation at a loud Zoo at night. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1544316877028-ZXS6B4ATTNI18FBLXUUY/IMG_7152.jpg Blog - Singapore (updated Pics & Video) Shop until you drop, just don’t stop!!! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1544315692568-I83V5LJ8C7O4HH4GQLL3/IMG_7230.jpg Blog - Singapore (updated Pics & Video) River Safari https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1543890466611-4P2GI199CM4U2GEBSL7W/fullsizeoutput_213f3.jpeg Blog - Singapore (updated Pics & Video) Biggest ferries wear in the world!!! They call it the Singapore Flyer. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1544316721089-QH9XPR0JP86D6UMRGNCO/IMG_7128.jpg Blog - Singapore (updated Pics & Video) Still reading at 1:00 am https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1543891057508-VC6LI8U6YR10DXFY5V1Y/fullsizeoutput_21406.jpeg Blog - Singapore (updated Pics & Video) In the Zoo, the monkeys get to run free. https://www.fouralaskans.com/news/2018/11/26/undr8ipfu9xbmwic2aiw01xy7pk4xc monthly 0.5 2019-04-29 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1543245859520-T8X7WGW86Y768WG0XX88/IMG_6850.jpg Blog - Plitvice Lakes I loved the drops of water on the trees, hanging like little pearls reflecting the light in this white white wet world. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1543247104987-OFDY8YZRDHXDTG2P7JFR/IMG_6781.jpg Blog - Plitvice Lakes After stones and beach for so long, I was completely in love with the trees as far as they eye could see. A fun end to our time in Croatia. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1543245597485-ZEI0MJCFMNLY3GUIL75A/IMG_6824.jpg Blog - Plitvice Lakes The water was temptingly blue green. Not from glacier silt and not from hot springs, but from moss and algae and the clear limestone rocks. Fish packed the rivers and every turn was a new surprise. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1543246917663-E3O944YWVI0D3EPRDRYF/IMG_3849.jpg Blog - Plitvice Lakes The development of the park was impressive with caves and walk ways connecting the lakes, rivers and caves. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1543246741196-P08Q9UA3IOT0KA34TV2Q/IMG_6940.jpg Blog - Plitvice Lakes Playing around under the “big waterfall.” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1543245801990-IH1D0Q5ERKD54FX533E2/IMG_6831.jpg Blog - Plitvice Lakes A few last leaves were holding on, snow could be found in the shade of the trees. Very different than the blue waters where people bathe in the summer, but great to have the park almost to ourselves and time to explore. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1543245739752-EYTW64BJZ0T5J2YCYLTL/IMG_6816.jpg Blog - Plitvice Lakes The park itself was impressive in the way they build boardwalks and bridges to let you drift between sections, both close to the water, yet perfectly dry. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1543245661372-2I1DDIOOOYCYW6GXUK1F/IMG_3834.jpg Blog - Plitvice Lakes I loved the details that came through. The moss, leaves, stone stairs, it was like a painting made of a million dots. Here the girls make their way down the trail, through a cave to the edge of one of the lakes. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1543458072098-OLIM2AS6BPBT7Q3Y3A8A/fullsizeoutput_213f0.jpeg Blog - Plitvice Lakes https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1543246981871-KVTG0EHJ3CMW5W3HSJKC/IMG_6944.jpg Blog - Plitvice Lakes The limestone hills give way to cascading waterfalls and deep blue pools as the water walks its way though its timeless journey to the ocean. https://www.fouralaskans.com/news/2018/11/23/little-ones-thanksgiving monthly 0.5 2019-04-29 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1542973062648-AXUDZJV1ZUPB7MBDVW2Z/IMG_6736.JPG Blog - Little one’s Thanksgiving https://www.fouralaskans.com/news/2018/11/20/dubrovnik monthly 0.5 2019-04-29 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1542729535992-08NPFQ7FH3IJB0VSVABD/fullsizeoutput_212c3.jpeg Blog - Dubrovnik It is no wonder Game if Throns was filled here. This beach is Kings Landing. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1542729449296-YQOT5AX19WWIXTFA2O7V/fullsizeoutput_212c1.jpeg Blog - Dubrovnik Exploring the walls around the city. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1542971190316-G9J0RHRCARM65EECCHCN/IMG_6565.JPG Blog - Dubrovnik https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1542971466272-PGIKHLRDYTFD4OKPR1FN/IMG_6566.JPG Blog - Dubrovnik https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1542729704932-JY0ZLPM849AB4501IATF/fullsizeoutput_212c7.jpeg Blog - Dubrovnik When you only have a few cloths, you make new combinations. She said she wanted to try lots if different styles this year to figure out which one is really hers. Makes sense. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1542967115988-R9RA3NL9L7X1RM3BUNDO/FullSizeRender.jpg Blog - Dubrovnik https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1542971660174-87JAFG0NB8TFSQEETPVU/FullSizeRender.jpg Blog - Dubrovnik Little one stole the phone again. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1542971950451-H5CQETTUK4HAZF1KDNLO/FullSizeRender.jpg Blog - Dubrovnik https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1542972067286-90W9ZJMH8POD2ZJSVRXG/IMG_1035.JPG Blog - Dubrovnik https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1542966812728-056JZCSGOZX2OOO5JNZ2/FullSizeRender.jpg Blog - Dubrovnik If only this picture captured a fraction of the light and colors of this amazing sunset. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1542966776043-3FJZBHCUFJCZF7HTHDQO/FullSizeRender.jpg Blog - Dubrovnik https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1542729633848-MVNOV0A9V9C4IIJBRPUL/fullsizeoutput_212c5.jpeg Blog - Dubrovnik Headed to the old fort https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1542971380029-V775RJTUNCXQNI6YDBK6/FullSizeRender.jpg Blog - Dubrovnik https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1542729310576-RXZKNRBCPTS1RIB6UGZN/fullsizeoutput_212b7.jpeg Blog - Dubrovnik Living in old town. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1542966998886-2UVA6F5EXB8X82X6BAFJ/FullSizeRender.jpg Blog - Dubrovnik https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1542729374135-0ZXQDGA3WXMC2XR3AYAU/fullsizeoutput_212b8.jpeg Blog - Dubrovnik These walls are amazingly intact. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1542971843343-XSQ7PFKB8CVKQ2UZU7FK/FullSizeRender.jpg Blog - Dubrovnik https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1542972187796-CQM2M52JSMDVP8DYLN1L/FullSizeRender.jpg Blog - Dubrovnik This sleepy city along the Adriatic bearing witness to the ever changing moods of humanity. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1542967207307-W66H4U32JAQ9P39ON8A9/FullSizeRender.jpg Blog - Dubrovnik https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1542729882166-JEAD51ERSSQQ32UMWR2P/fullsizeoutput_212bf.jpeg Blog - Dubrovnik https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1542970786697-KK2FRSCT1Y3J19JNISYA/IMG_6567.JPG Blog - Dubrovnik https://www.fouralaskans.com/news/2018/11/22/happy-thanksgiving monthly 0.5 2019-04-29 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1542963192170-JOYMHHO9AIG2XQ4ZFZIA/E0DUxllSR%2BycC54KoRVWNQ.jpg Blog - Happy Thanksgiving! Cheers friends! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1542962589385-G7F5O2OI74MKGPDFDL6K/IMG_6728.jpg Blog - Happy Thanksgiving! Orange juice to go with the oranges! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1542962703031-5JUXMCYIBX54TFXOGJDL/fullsizeoutput_624e.jpeg Blog - Happy Thanksgiving! Two of the three: Dogs on portrait mode - she reminded us of our sweet Luna who we miss a ton. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1542962187820-YC6NBYT83OHRLWYA2K9B/IMG_3809.jpg Blog - Happy Thanksgiving! Our little crew for the year. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1542962270971-CD5A6JCOUXJL3X1GQCKQ/IMG_6705.jpg Blog - Happy Thanksgiving! Braided bread - accidentally baked on broil mode https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1542962437244-CTBZXNH6JFKNH9O6431Z/IMG_6732.jpg Blog - Happy Thanksgiving! Face-timing family https://www.fouralaskans.com/news/2018/11/19/croatia-national-news monthly 0.5 2019-04-29 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1542731336555-2L7OJ8GGN7G9DWNG7HV6/IMG_5775.jpg Blog - Croatia National News https://www.fouralaskans.com/news/2018/11/16/bursting-bubbles-back-in-the-states monthly 0.5 2019-04-29 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1542383238458-Y2F76GJ29MGW9927NSRT/IMAGE.JPG Blog - Bursting Bubbles - back in the States. https://www.fouralaskans.com/news/2018/11/9/humac monthly 0.5 2019-04-29 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1541839440433-HJTX7X6IVB0MOT8XA68H/fullsizeoutput_211a9.jpeg Blog - Humac The only neighbors. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1541839552756-N6MFTKWPB8MHTYJFKNDY/fullsizeoutput_211ac.jpeg Blog - Humac We picked olives off the 5 trees near the house so Jakov could pick them up. We were treated to a nice delivery of tangerines and olive oil in exchange. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1542126674603-FZYLZJS8J7P8ZYYBQNMY/FullSizeRender.jpg Blog - Humac Mint steamer to keep motivated for homework https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1541839174043-205D66XV8CKSBF32VJE5/1MSKoipTT2S0p8Dz8k%25jnA.jpg Blog - Humac Fields of Lavander near the house after they have been harvested for the season. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1541839934118-1B8BY8AX7539CZR0J373/fullsizeoutput_211ba.jpeg Blog - Humac kitty https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1541839273880-G18ONRXRUTH63C6ILSJR/fullsizeoutput_21198.jpeg Blog - Humac Off grid, but the house has a mobile router so we were able to keep up with the online homeschool program. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1541839763447-7CVINB2Q0ULPVVQGG6I6/fullsizeoutput_211b6.jpeg Blog - Humac giving the kitty milk https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1542132773384-NAG5W65C3BPPQO40ECUV/IMG_6322.jpg Blog - Humac Part of the old town center where most of the wine was made https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1541838200241-NQQY51PC4O0TILF3VISJ/fullsizeoutput_20fe1.jpeg Blog - Humac We spent a day picking olives in Svirče with Jakov and his family. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1542132856397-Y168233VWTAPADLRETBB/IMG_6297.jpg Blog - Humac Jakov taking us down to the caves. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1542126648149-WPHM3N45XP74426HUEAI/FullSizeRender.jpg Blog - Humac More school work inside the house https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1542132889281-JEGUNEY4ETXF1DERXP6N/IMG_6283.jpg Blog - Humac Ancient caves https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1541839695892-HLCUFZOJYAQFOC7W71ZQ/fullsizeoutput_211bf.jpeg Blog - Humac One of the cats had three kitties while we were staying here and the girls loved it. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1542126712738-8MRX5791YFGWT73K2YB8/FullSizeRender.jpg Blog - Humac The primary form of entertainment when not doing school work https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1541838093416-WY7PV6ZZ2MQJSW6FLRYC/6k8eQ3wpRpirVgPzgWtndQ.jpg Blog - Humac Many of our meals were cooked over the open fire. Stuffed red peppers were the girls favorite. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1542132985723-36FCBWOSYT5QTBA36DFH/IMG_6233.jpg Blog - Humac walking back to the house during rush hour https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1541839090256-WZFR7JOLIPXEZW4Y6IQM/eNd%2BM4wBQMWUc7aYLFVCxQ.jpg Blog - Humac Our afternoon napping spot at our off-gird house in Human. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1542133121843-KTUCHBB7R0E30NLW1LU2/r91WNQ6MTmGHZkggfr0cdw.jpg Blog - Humac Jakov gave us a tour of the ancient caves and the village church. The girls were excited to finally be able to ring church bells. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1542132952139-GY3DLT8R5KYK1AM9PFPR/IMG_6277.jpg Blog - Humac sleeping bat in the cave https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1541839878959-COI3B95BY06CNFWD7Z35/fullsizeoutput_211b8.jpeg Blog - Humac kitty kisses https://www.fouralaskans.com/news/2018/10/31/happy-halloween monthly 0.5 2019-04-29 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1541008003084-KHLK8DAWVR8AIGU1B9IL/fullsizeoutput_20ed2.jpeg Blog - Happy Halloween The fort in the background of this beautiful cemetery. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1541008333262-MHH5TWPL14VIITVV1UHN/IMG_6041.jpg Blog - Happy Halloween Flowers, candles, the setting sun; the cemetery was stunning. https://www.fouralaskans.com/news/2018/10/31/the-sweetest-corner-in-jesla monthly 0.5 2019-04-29 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1540997709753-6USTC062J26H5GAJU6JF/IMG_5774.jpg Blog - The sweetest corner in Jesla These were super fun, local liquors that everyone in Croatia makes on their decks with the added sweetness of drinking them out of chocolate cups, eaten in one big bite after the shot. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1540997639349-K2EVVO59QE20DFZN7WEM/IMG_3344.jpg Blog - The sweetest corner in Jesla Fun making and eating chocolates! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1541000139815-964EGI2VXEQOCQ9K5X01/IMG_5863.jpg Blog - The sweetest corner in Jesla Little one happy as a kid in a candy store. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1540998153430-1RHZJDKCUQLGR6FL9WY8/IMG_5814.jpg Blog - The sweetest corner in Jesla Can’t you just feel how much she loves this place she created? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1541000064438-QZW382C60XZ2YM4KPVCK/IMG_5889.jpg Blog - The sweetest corner in Jesla Sugar, chocolate, a break in the rain. I just want to bottle up all these memories! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1540998080595-XORUBYG9LXBK8UONHZA5/IMG_5855.jpg Blog - The sweetest corner in Jesla yum! https://www.fouralaskans.com/news/2018/10/31/lights-camera-action-our-days-with-croatian-nation monthly 0.5 2019-04-29 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1541004458419-9JZBKG8Z8Z92NL03LXJU/IMG_5917.jpg Blog - Lights, camera, action - our days with Croatian national TV crew Making funny faces at dad while he is on camera. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1541005363331-ROGJJ4FMCXIWVGE2TVTL/IMG_5826.jpg Blog - Lights, camera, action - our days with Croatian national TV crew Getting the mics ready. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1541006654156-MGUBFCQNLQUYD9J5TL54/fullsizeoutput_603a.jpeg Blog - Lights, camera, action - our days with Croatian national TV crew Getting behind the behind scene. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1541008059954-5MPE8AJH1RKPSV010SIT/IMG_3387.jpg Blog - Lights, camera, action - our days with Croatian national TV crew Sharing the difference between “Norwegian space bubbles” and “Croatian expressions” as we jumped between these very different cultures. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1541003458177-BVVSGF6HCY5EMF24HP25/IMG_3332.jpg Blog - Lights, camera, action - our days with Croatian national TV crew Isabelle being interviewed at the chocolate shop. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1541005712838-O9QWJ0OAJ2EMP6YFYEY1/IMG_3361.jpg Blog - Lights, camera, action - our days with Croatian national TV crew Getting ready to tell our story. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1541005394799-78MQO80MJHKQOY9OU2SZ/IMG_5891.jpg Blog - Lights, camera, action - our days with Croatian national TV crew They told us they would like to get some footage of us making breakfast for the girls, but the deal is we rotate on who makes food, and they often make is, so we had little one make breakfast for the camera crew. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1541004304326-0EW0LJEA8HV1OL0YOZ62/IMG_5775.jpg Blog - Lights, camera, action - our days with Croatian national TV crew Cheers to a great few days! You all are the best! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1541004151296-QDXA6SYSL0KR0NHWD2DV/IMG_5754.jpg Blog - Lights, camera, action - our days with Croatian national TV crew Franka and her magic. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1541004180101-PGH2FQ050URPHC75S433/IMG_3358.jpg Blog - Lights, camera, action - our days with Croatian national TV crew Getting on film what many of our days really look like. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1541006448096-5UAQU0RL74P56ZWK7AWP/fullsizeoutput_6027.jpeg Blog - Lights, camera, action - our days with Croatian national TV crew Getting the story behind Gamulin’s chocolates. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1541006767908-XDCLHGHVLFSUVQCDXX4J/fullsizeoutput_6052.jpeg Blog - Lights, camera, action - our days with Croatian national TV crew Funny to see your life from this angle. https://www.fouralaskans.com/news/2018/10/30/the-art-of-wine-and-the-importance-of-a-story monthly 0.5 2019-04-29 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1540993767460-025QK0LXZDWU731EXNMU/fullsizeoutput_6041.jpeg Blog - The art of wine and the importance of a story After hours of wine, and talking and sharing little one transformed the half eaten chocolate board into her own canvas for expression. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1540993186926-X3NT4T2KHFV043WCFQAP/fullsizeoutput_6039.jpeg Blog - The art of wine and the importance of a story https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1540993474192-KKU0D9FC430VENFECE3H/fullsizeoutput_6043.jpeg Blog - The art of wine and the importance of a story The girls loved the chocolates. Each chocolate was filled with a different Mediterranean herb and paired with a different wine. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1540993528851-EKW2MA5I07RVTUAB9TDW/fullsizeoutput_606a.jpeg Blog - The art of wine and the importance of a story Savoring the last sips of this beautiful wine. https://www.fouralaskans.com/news/2018/10/28/jugo-and-other-opportunities-of-chance-nbsp monthly 0.5 2019-04-29 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1540886521222-F4TVR3CW5D0D0J8LM677/fullsizeoutput_5ff0.jpeg Blog - "Jugo" and other opportunities of chance   The girls were loving the power of the storm. It has been interesting how close these towns were built to the water and how these storm surges flood the whole town. I wonder how much of this has been affected by rising seas. It is scary to think about on going global warming and what this would mean to these communities right along the sea front. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1540887152333-4Y6P7VMNQMBQ32PAOZ5T/IMG_5770.jpg Blog - "Jugo" and other opportunities of chance   The Jugo had its way with the abandoned tourist stalls. https://www.fouralaskans.com/news/2018/10/27/hvar-a-new-island-a-new-adventure monthly 0.5 2019-04-29 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1540718220601-GC3PWYSMLM2CICIATI5A/FullSizeRender.jpg Blog - Hvar - a new island, a new adventure Looking out at the setting sun, you can see the fortress in the background. At night this fortress is lit up and laying in the girls bed you look directly at it. I love when history can be learned and preserved by tourism rather than distroyed by it. That has been once of the other great things about local rentals rather than hotels, we are in a neighbor with other Croatians, our money goes to preserving this historic sit and we have a local contact always willing to help. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1540718316616-2ABW8FLN2SEEXAKQVSO7/FullSizeRender.jpg Blog - Hvar - a new island, a new adventure Exploring the fort on the hill. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1540716253812-HSLIBKINMCDC664IKD0I/FullSizeRender.jpg Blog - Hvar - a new island, a new adventure The girls have loved knitting and made this bag to carry her things. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1540718069546-6IQ7EWSGGI21EYWHI1YP/FullSizeRender.jpg Blog - Hvar - a new island, a new adventure Home sweet home. Living in a windmill. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1540718125022-TIB98FMEJ9MVK2FH7FE1/FullSizeRender.jpg Blog - Hvar - a new island, a new adventure Beautiful architecture everywhere. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1540718269865-AP8WVLJMFO3Y78DLHO1K/FullSizeRender.jpg Blog - Hvar - a new island, a new adventure View from town. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1540716155989-K7UL8Z43Y74CB600BTD3/FullSizeRender.jpg Blog - Hvar - a new island, a new adventure I learned that “coffee with cream” takes on a totally new meaning in this town. A will have to do a whole other post on coffee in Croatia, it is a way of life. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1540716398399-D9RXKX9G8PY9G6C1W4MB/FullSizeRender.jpg Blog - Hvar - a new island, a new adventure Dinner at a wonderful restaurant overlooking the town. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1540716212661-U1EKDF4A652N06NJ7P61/FullSizeRender.jpg Blog - Hvar - a new island, a new adventure A canon from the early 1800’s used to protect the inhabitants from invasions. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1540716104283-B3QQHOZXPALEDD9KQFMI/FullSizeRender.jpg Blog - Hvar - a new island, a new adventure The girls were given a treasure hut around town to learn about this history on their own. Big one acting like a prisoner in the prison in the fort. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1540716322317-Q65P4N0QKGF6SMBMF0R7/FullSizeRender.jpg Blog - Hvar - a new island, a new adventure The never ending “entry” challenge. This medieval door proved stronger than our key. Our new key requires a series of climbing moves little one must preform to get the needed leverage. Always an adventure. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1540716071268-5TH3T869OB0OD4QLHH5P/FullSizeRender.jpg Blog - Hvar - a new island, a new adventure Again, this water. This is completely unedited. I could have watched forever. https://www.fouralaskans.com/news/2018/10/27/saying-good-by-in-split monthly 0.5 2019-04-29 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1540716665910-OLRA5CIZWVGQR7QI6899/FullSizeRender.jpg Blog - Saying goodbye in Split Green market nuts and seeds. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1540736964139-G7TQEIX3HXKTEN7K8U5K/FullSizeRender.jpg Blog - Saying goodbye in Split Traveling light even with a full body float for the next island - you know, we only carry essential. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1540717566265-ELVA9R66U4MPDM5RX44M/FullSizeRender.jpg Blog - Saying goodbye in Split These little guys are everywhere. You can see them in the ocean, order them baked, salted or friend in every restaurant or pick them up here in the market to make at home. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1540717428489-5E8VZ11YQS3E5F31FAOF/FullSizeRender.jpg Blog - Saying goodbye in Split World travelers getting ready to see the city on their own after we leave. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1540716623514-H46TCJRTR783ZL2NNKI6/FullSizeRender.jpg Blog - Saying goodbye in Split Under the Diocletian Palace in Split reflecting on history. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1540717298676-KKQVKP22XWJMDVUHTGT6/FullSizeRender.jpg Blog - Saying goodbye in Split Split Mesnica - one of the many things that lead to the girls temporarily declaring they were going to be vegetarians. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1540717209701-GOO26KIL0K4ISHQUTGHR/FullSizeRender.jpg Blog - Saying goodbye in Split Fish after fish in this ancient market. Reportedly there is a sulfur springs near the market which helps to keep the flies to a minimum. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1540716721984-TVQTECP1N3ZI04VUBZZX/FullSizeRender.jpg Blog - Saying goodbye in Split The green market full of the fall harvest. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1540737024788-8MHHRGGOWN9J372FG2VT/FullSizeRender.jpg Blog - Saying goodbye in Split A final drink and goodbye after a great month. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1540716444999-MFK7HZBZA61W9SH7F1D8/FullSizeRender.jpg Blog - Saying goodbye in Split Swordfish and Yellowfin tuna were impressive to see. Lets just say, it didn’t encourage the kids to swim more. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1540717372705-SK23OIGVEGOX32CWP3J4/FullSizeRender.jpg Blog - Saying goodbye in Split Our family on the move with everything we need (and then some)! https://www.fouralaskans.com/news/2018/10/27/cutting-for-stone monthly 0.5 2019-04-29 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1540716850054-YF2QG2KAU4NH50YC44K3/FullSizeRender.jpg Blog - Cutting for Stone The outside of the school was surrounded by hand cut sculptures like this one. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1540717054677-N9S0C4PWWDRRDDJUVN0B/FullSizeRender.jpg Blog - Cutting for Stone We all had to give it a shot. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1540717096366-902ZEB9JQFPQIVD9EQIZ/FullSizeRender.jpg Blog - Cutting for Stone Little one can hit hard when she wants to. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1540716900789-SMAP9YDLECYCG0MTUWSH/FullSizeRender.jpg Blog - Cutting for Stone Learning about the work of a stone mason. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1540716820690-1XAKGD7G9D5YBUONNBCJ/FullSizeRender.jpg Blog - Cutting for Stone I really enjoyed this sculpture in the center of town. A teacher? A conversation? The minority and the majority talking through an issue? https://www.fouralaskans.com/news/2018/10/27/exploring-bra monthly 0.5 2019-04-29 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1540716690296-K1AF1ZD3XDTWKDN51BX3/FullSizeRender.jpg Blog - Exploring Brać- #saturatedlife Deep in conversation, these two have found a closer friendship. Here they are exploring Sutivan, olive bags full of supplies for the days’ adventure. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1540717045784-0KZRUKJDFBK9457Q4463/FullSizeRender.jpg Blog - Exploring Brać- #saturatedlife Even driving the car I was able to say hello up close and personally. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1540717914359-1O3F3LLK56UW0Y89PDMH/FullSizeRender.jpg Blog - Exploring Brać- #saturatedlife Ever turn we took on Brac, a new town, always out of stone had its charm, it church, an a beautiful history. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1540717782786-GWVZJJSS9633Y84WAGKQ/IMG_0911.JPG Blog - Exploring Brać- #saturatedlife The girls had wanted to paddle board since we arrived. This is them on Zlatni Rat “Golden Horn” beach in Bol. It was one of the few shops open as the man renting the boards said “everyone else will close, but if there is sun, I will be here all year. I like the sun, and you might rent my board, so why not, this is a good life.” It was hard to disagree. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1540716454719-057ZXE6BT6XWLQN4ECS3/FullSizeRender.jpg Blog - Exploring Brać- #saturatedlife Sunset from Vida Gora - the highest peak of all the Adriatic Islands. It was a beautiful sight to see; the endless shades for orange, pink, yellow and purple in the setting sun, our next island, Hvar, and other islands dotted the landscape. The girls played among ancient ruins. We ate a dinner of cheese, wine, bread and olive oil in the crisp climate above the ocean breezes. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1540716756089-FFYYKHK3ZR4RBZ1QHAIN/FullSizeRender.jpg Blog - Exploring Brać- #saturatedlife On our way back from the Hermitage, a donkey roadblock kept us from moving forward until we spent some quality time with our new hungery friends. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1540731118519-30127HSIYTXDHEITXJPO/FullSizeRender.jpg Blog - Exploring Brać- #saturatedlife Enjoying the small surprises with the grand landscapes. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1540717022845-F8FM1RHME0VN02QRH24U/FullSizeRender.jpg Blog - Exploring Brać- #saturatedlife Beach time. The clear water in the Adriatic is like nothing I had experienced before. I would put my hand in for a sea urchin and find what looked like a few inches was feet away in this crystal clear water. The whole family got better at open water swimming the sun and downtime were appreciated by all. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1540716858483-3JIC2WV0LTZZYRRJQ4TA/FullSizeRender.jpg Blog - Exploring Brać- #saturatedlife And then you turn, with no filter and there are even more colors. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1540717135424-NO9WSGJK7UZFT5UFQ932/FullSizeRender.jpg Blog - Exploring Brać- #saturatedlife It became fun ordering new drinks for MorMor. This is her, finding out how great a Mojito can be on a warm day at Zlatni Rat. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1540732862102-BS8V0PVEHAZM5AHZOLTC/FullSizeRender.jpg Blog - Exploring Brać- #saturatedlife There in an old hermitage on Brac the Blaca Hermitage. There is no road here, but three different paths leading to site on a cliff. We had wanted to see the area, but also were not sure how to get there. Some online comments talked about trying for two or three days to find the place. A few wrong roads, crazy google directions and a series of hand painted signs we found our way to one path that lead us 1.5 miles down a beautiful valley to the Hermitage. Unfortunately, they closed earlier than the sign had said so we never got to see inside, but the walk, the history and the valley were well worth the adventure. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1540717135873-P9ZLGZ7EIUJHP5Q1PV0P/FullSizeRender.jpg Blog - Exploring Brać- #saturatedlife The girls did a lot of the picture taking and editing during this phase our our trip. At one point they said we should call this #saturatedlife. I couldn’t think of a better name. They really like the “saturate” option on the phone, and like this picture, it has been in the reflections and editing of the events, as much as the event themselves that we have found color and meaning. https://www.fouralaskans.com/news/2018/10/27/friendship-video monthly 0.5 2019-04-29 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1540633964536-S1TC856BYVD2R3YJLR23/fullsizeoutput_5eff.jpeg Blog - Friendship - a video https://www.fouralaskans.com/news/2018/10/17/time-with-the-world monthly 0.5 2019-04-29 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1539845505495-DUV0GANXEAS5UJ636NFF/IMG_3027.jpg Blog - Time with the world (and video of Olive Picking Events) Our team captain watching the official olive weighing of our teams olives. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1539845725034-OMX7U5ZZ601F94RKC0QX/IMG_4949.jpg Blog - Time with the world (and video of Olive Picking Events) I loved this: little one learning how to warm, smell and taste olive oils. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1539846147788-IBAG4OL3YHZ1AX4R4ZJ5/prvenstvo+maslina+preview120.jpg Blog - Time with the world (and video of Olive Picking Events) Ok so this is totally our family. Big one walking ahead making her own path, the two of us walking along and little one dancing to her own drum in the back. Thank you for capturing our this moment. (picture curtesy of the Postira tourism board) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1539845856073-SYNFP167YPQYPUEZUZGO/IMG_3039.jpg Blog - Time with the world (and video of Olive Picking Events) Little one on a sun dial by the museum during our adventures. The link below is one of 5 TV broadcast of the weekend events. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1539846359851-KDMOG571QFGSLIRZ9YWA/prvenstvo+maslina+preview137.jpg Blog - Time with the world (and video of Olive Picking Events) I love how this picture was taken by photographer and we were no where in sight. They know this area like the back of their hand now. Postira is such a peaceful, friendly place we have loved letting them just be free around here. (picture curtesy of the Postira tourism board) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1539846769041-TQXTC7MTO3GLVCP1OHR1/WCOP_Domagoj_Blazevic_award+%2819%29.jpg Blog - Time with the world (and video of Olive Picking Events) Awards ceremony time! Team Solvania who rocked the competition taking third making sure their medal was real Brac stone. (picture curtesy of the Postira tourism board) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1539846022978-L2Q4QRX6425HW8Z390EF/prvenstvo+maslina+preview074.jpg Blog - Time with the world (and video of Olive Picking Events) This moment happens all the time and I loved how their photographer caught it outside the museum. (picture curtesy of the Postira tourism board) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1539846189619-QCMDG878ISUKIEFWGXBW/prvenstvo+maslina+preview123.jpg Blog - Time with the world (and video of Olive Picking Events) Walking down from Skrpit to Dol and the ancient agriculture still alive today. (picture curtesy of the Postira tourism board) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1539845656637-K4SOZ60UU41RNLT3LTCM/IMG_4922.jpg Blog - Time with the world (and video of Olive Picking Events) These girls can find friends with animals anywhere. This was an old castle where we had lunch after olive picking. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1539846256975-OKKKVOB4RML7CVQBZ1ZP/prvenstvo+maslina+preview132.jpg Blog - Time with the world (and video of Olive Picking Events) These two have become our friends on the way to Dol and they love any snacks they can get. (picture curtesy of the Postira tourism board) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1539846434369-SZW3S21TQ8B9LBM6YS7Q/prvenstvo+maslina+preview143.jpg Blog - Time with the world (and video of Olive Picking Events) Homemade liquor tasting with fresh oranges off the trees and homemade breads. (picture curtesy of the Postira tourism board) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1539846980800-F4P8BL2G1V8XAIOZARFG/IMG_4958.jpg Blog - Time with the world (and video of Olive Picking Events) What an event! So much fun. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1539846551477-JAXFAKTWSX0DPB03ZPCF/WCOP_Domagoj_Blazevic_award+%287%29.jpg Blog - Time with the world (and video of Olive Picking Events) Team USA taking 5th! (picture curtesy of the Postira tourism board) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1539845660651-IC1D182XXV0CHWUXL3OB/IMG_4924.jpg Blog - Time with the world (and video of Olive Picking Events) Enjoying the shade, company and days events. https://www.fouralaskans.com/news/2018/10/15/game-on monthly 0.5 2019-04-29 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1539806966285-XKFT4BTR2CTUEEPJRV11/IMG_4909.jpg Blog - Game on.... The kids helping move our olives after the fun of picking. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1539805990216-IW83YS544VH9MRW6TCUY/IMG_2982.jpg Blog - Game on.... Here is our load. It doesn’t look like much compared to the amazing home team - Croatia but we were pretty proud! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1539807136115-9LAMX7Y9XBKMXWQM80G4/WCOP_Domagoj_Blazevic+%2810%29.jpg Blog - Game on.... Hard at work with my coach cheering me on in the background. (picture curtesy of the Postira tourism board) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1539807078948-C1P1XPLBZRBD7J61SO5W/WCOP_Domagoj_Blazevic+%282%29.jpg Blog - Game on.... Getting a demonstration of the correct way to wear our aprons by the amazing head of truism in Postira. (picture curtesy of the Postira tourism board) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1539807705489-01LJ9MWK0Z151CC9ITMX/prvenstvo+maslina+preview051.jpg Blog - Game on.... All of the teams at the end of a great race! (picture curtesy of the Postira tourism board) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1539807661794-78LI2770IN1IXQWR6TD3/prvenstvo+maslina+preview035.jpg Blog - Game on.... Our team of four working on our first tree. It looks so slow and peaceful in the picture, it felt so different in real life. (picture curtesy of the Postira tourism board) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1539807273457-8GD5M8ZJ2G5WGQDLNAEV/WCOP_Domagoj_Blazevic+%2818%29.jpg Blog - Game on.... This was the amazing Spanish team (and their amazing team photo). They run an olive oil certification lab in Spain and know a tremendous amount about oils. It was a pure joy hanging out with them and hopefully our paths cross again soon. (picture curtesy of the Postira tourism board) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1539807586089-TH39487ZIEVTB6V1ATO8/prvenstvo+maslina+preview031.jpg Blog - Game on.... Far-Far hard at work filling up his bag! (picture curtesy of the Postira tourism board) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1539807549409-00UCLF0GDBPXASH6DHM1/prvenstvo+maslina+preview019.jpg Blog - Game on.... This is one of my favorite pictures form the day. Everyone is lined up to run for the first tree. Little one is not deterred by the four big guys on her heals! (picture curtesy of the Postira tourism board) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1539847889935-DWSLGET8F2DCXW7T8FC4/IMG_4939.jpg Blog - Game on.... This was as soon as we got back to the hotel - I think it was as much emotional exhaustion as physical as they had been so excited. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1539807233846-J0PAZR3PD61323ACD43U/WCOP_Domagoj_Blazevic+%281%29.jpg Blog - Game on.... This is the view from the olive grove we picked at with the town of Postira bellow on the Adriatic sea and our home for the last month. (picture curtesy of the Postira tourism board) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1539806897585-Y6U1PTF8TEJG9GR4XAJ3/IMG_4866.jpg Blog - Game on.... Our coach getting the last minute details before the race started. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1539807058465-HBM6Y4SF35NIU7P91K47/IMG_4920.jpg Blog - Game on.... After picking and fun the two of us had found a place in the shade under a tree. Such a great time with these kids. One of my favorite quotes from her while we were picking was “mom: olive picking should really be a school sport, this is awesome!” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1539807441352-89CLJBF5YSXFKT9T4QGD/USA.jpg Blog - Game on.... Team USA! (picture curtesy of the Postira tourism board) https://www.fouralaskans.com/news/2018/10/11/olive-picking-world-championships-2018 monthly 0.5 2019-04-29 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1539509368184-KAYH44QHMWST8IC9IJNV/IMAGE.JPG Blog - Olive Picking World Championships 2018 Here we are with the AMAZING shirts that little one basically designed and made herself. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1539806215955-QQ2FVKPOD4W2CY3GABXP/IMG_2967.jpg Blog - Olive Picking World Championships 2018 Love these two. Matching hair, shirts and scarfs, what fun. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1539252446435-RRGYINOZNZHOSJ0DFLAV/Attachment-1.png Blog - Olive Picking World Championships 2018 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1539806159534-6YV0IW5SUXR2PVWUKVRM/IMG_4789.jpg Blog - Olive Picking World Championships 2018 Walking 6 miles to a town that might sell tee shirts in an effort to come up with a uniform two days before the competition. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1539848058302-JV4XK3LIPDWBL7UQPRO3/prvenstvo+maslina+preview007.jpg Blog - Olive Picking World Championships 2018 Sharing our story with the other teams. (picture curtesy of the Postira tourism board) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1539806095107-3YQ7LIFMV5AEM99AFBRE/IMG_4821.jpg Blog - Olive Picking World Championships 2018 This one has become a baker this year. Her best batch of cookies yet! At the of the day, these were a hit! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1539509462174-3FCY9Y9LCSX7BQ0JL4Y4/IMAGE.JPG Blog - Olive Picking World Championships 2018 Everyone has their role on this team! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1539806133858-LAHBCZYZFR3LOOFGXUXH/IMG_4823.jpg Blog - Olive Picking World Championships 2018 Everyone working hard to prepare for team USA’s table of good to share. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1539806697302-JOCPDFVODCJJ9KENQ5KC/tMBwNrtqT6%2B480DnZDhk%25g.jpg Blog - Olive Picking World Championships 2018 Production time! https://www.fouralaskans.com/news/2018/10/11/beauty-all-around monthly 0.5 2019-04-29 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1539253917579-GXRNWZ48TF3RSOZN7N94/export+-+3.jpg Blog - Beauty All Around https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1539254663531-R1MHZW12J7QMOY2RU1NN/export+-+4.jpg Blog - Beauty All Around https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1539255708477-RRPZHOQM0YQLDR4FRHKJ/fullsizeoutput_209f8.jpeg Blog - Beauty All Around https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1539253745360-NIRXZOPB7UNTLLPE1JSI/export+-+2.jpg Blog - Beauty All Around https://www.fouralaskans.com/news/2018/10/6/what-we-do monthly 0.5 2019-04-29 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1538835214219-SEY21HA0DMQUE73QVY0B/IMG_4711.jpg Blog - What we do... Redefining work: I have probably spent too much time in this position, but it has been a gift to read, think, explore and reflect. I am not sure what this will all mean, but being able to relax with my family has been an amazing opportunity. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1538835149699-K7227U53OI5YQ9ETBSK1/IMG_2856.jpg Blog - What we do... New Skills: we have all been trying new things and working on goals. One of hers was to float comfortable. They have both become much better open water swimmers as Traverse takes them on a daily ‘swim challenge’. One of my daughters goals for this quarter was to touch her toes and be able to float on her back comfortably. It has been great to watch them grow. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1538835232851-19Q5X30JAZMNCO4T0H6Y/IMG_4673.jpg Blog - What we do... Time together: Whether it is warming in the sun, seeing new sights, or just being together in this crazy wonderful world, we have treasured our time. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1538835058351-URM14498I63RDWMRX5RP/IMG_2844.jpg Blog - What we do... Friendship: The friendship between these two is something I always knew was there but has grown and blossomed this year. Sharing a room, having only each other at times for company, they are growing into amazing girls. The other day they were having tension, so they set up a meeting, with an agenda and a time frame, for the morning so they would be in a better mood to resolve their issues. They woke up, worked through their differences and signed an agreement. I have loved watching their friendship grow. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1538835096668-RJZAZYZ9BE85APB49UWY/IMG_4677.jpg Blog - What we do... Food: of course we have cheese with Mor Mor and Far Far in town. It has been fun getting to know what all the local like to eat. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1538835346340-TJHIPHPZ8LWNV1IRP4VA/IMG_4689.jpg Blog - What we do... Appreciating each day. Not a day has gone by where there has not been something that has amazed me. Our days have been ours and we get the privilege of choosing how we want to spend them. Every night I have gone to bed knowing we have done our best to make each day count, and for that I am eternally grateful. https://www.fouralaskans.com/news/2018/10/6/walking-into-history monthly 0.5 2019-04-29 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1538833671251-GV51PGX7HQ9A9F6R9BMN/IMG_4649.jpg Blog - Walking into history Stone everywhere on this island. This amazing stone roof. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1538833922583-XUOEXULKALT48CRI5UZ0/IMG_4624.jpg Blog - Walking into history This was a Roman “signature” of the the creator of the this mausoleum. I love how these small details transcend time. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1538833466236-Y47PVOP50TGXJK2N9Z1A/IMG_2835.jpg Blog - Walking into history The girls learning what happens next to the olives. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1538834396583-D4OCDTCRNO9AIGOLK86K/IMG_4653.jpg Blog - Walking into history Oil tasting at the olive oil museum before heading home. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1538833609693-OZ0SO88QNDT9KKQI5JT0/IMG_4640.jpg Blog - Walking into history Our “tour guide” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1538834258221-98IPKJDUKB2G4KJ0OXUE/IMG_4618.jpg Blog - Walking into history Exploring the ancient architecture. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1538833518538-8DM503BNF5AA9EZBM5V2/IMG_4611.jpg Blog - Walking into history Making our way up the steep hillside to Skrip. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1538833565467-Z71BPCF2GRZ6A6SU71ZU/IMG_4638.jpg Blog - Walking into history The old and the new - layers upon layers of history. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1538833755170-IHTSCK1CAIZCOGPSAXQF/IMG_2837.jpg Blog - Walking into history https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1538833781053-0L11JKHWQAOJEM05MUEA/IMG_2815.jpg Blog - Walking into history https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1538833834079-VJZJ6JEVF9GX2U3EN0HE/IMG_2825.jpg Blog - Walking into history Leaving castles with wine. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1538833709839-4XSNU3I8P7U0VZ5SOV7N/IMG_4642.jpg Blog - Walking into history Figuring out how the whole thing works. https://www.fouralaskans.com/news/2018/10/6/planning-or-a-lack-thereof-and-exploring-split monthly 0.5 2019-04-29 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1538830740185-4E5JJI5KE22F0RFKSHCU/IMG_4552.jpg Blog - Planning or a lack thereof... and exploring Split Listening to Dalmatian traditional singing in the old Roman castle. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1538830147776-CCA1W7Z6F5XJFBD4Z91T/IMG_2730.jpg Blog - Planning or a lack thereof... and exploring Split Looking down at the town of Split from the bell tower. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1538830392063-6N8LROOF8AC0GWYQODC1/IMG_2725.jpg Blog - Planning or a lack thereof... and exploring Split The central court yard from the bell tower. We have been grateful for the very reasonable bustle this time of year. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1538830776718-VSYXV5A3R40QOOI3VQPK/IMG_4556.jpg Blog - Planning or a lack thereof... and exploring Split https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1538830821050-3U5HJN0ROQR1OG46ZHBH/IMG_4548.jpg Blog - Planning or a lack thereof... and exploring Split https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1538830905145-08DCHODR482RQTIE7Y6E/IMG_4549.jpg Blog - Planning or a lack thereof... and exploring Split https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1538833017749-HX8PM9DP3T1GHGQ9ZRXW/IMG_4506.jpg Blog - Planning or a lack thereof... and exploring Split https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1538833047355-QDTUYI91OIO2KPADNFXG/IMG_4547.jpg Blog - Planning or a lack thereof... and exploring Split https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1538833071375-BGPVL4GPCAL7CX7DND51/IMG_2778.jpg Blog - Planning or a lack thereof... and exploring Split https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1538833097827-QDN2O1CCUC46585QHYW9/IMG_4507.jpg Blog - Planning or a lack thereof... and exploring Split https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1538831741353-RNWEKN9D6HARI0CEYSGQ/IMG_2740.jpg Blog - Planning or a lack thereof... and exploring Split https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1538831759939-T96VFIAMJCUY9BRLJB5G/IMG_2731.jpg Blog - Planning or a lack thereof... and exploring Split https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1538831196191-R9TXL8D3865T5TZZYALM/IMG_2785.jpg Blog - Planning or a lack thereof... and exploring Split https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1538831273472-BCQPTYB6DHLH6AZXPN05/IMG_2795.jpg Blog - Planning or a lack thereof... and exploring Split https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1538831389007-HVTO36EB7VZOFQFK8EUW/IMG_2806.jpg Blog - Planning or a lack thereof... and exploring Split https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1538831429918-GZRFF5HNO05GORFDDP74/IMG_2799.jpg Blog - Planning or a lack thereof... and exploring Split https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1538831695248-EFL6YY8EJ2LPCD5ZX80X/IMG_2782.jpg Blog - Planning or a lack thereof... and exploring Split Mom = the bag holder. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1538831887904-TZYS0GB5JPXRE9ESEDIT/IMG_4600.jpg Blog - Planning or a lack thereof... and exploring Split This little one said this was the best ice-cream of her life. It was pretty darn amazing! little one and I found it earlier in the day, but walking in circles for sometime with the whole group trying to find it again. I was worth the long expedition. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1538830154117-GFDEPCMY7VTVJ0SA322O/IMG_2714.jpg Blog - Planning or a lack thereof... and exploring Split Our well researched planners - Mor Mor and Far Far exploring Split. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1538831108844-RMZFLC3ERPPCPODTOAJK/IMG_4595.jpg Blog - Planning or a lack thereof... and exploring Split Smiles all around. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1538830027744-NQ7AWAJA0C1HP5GOYJI6/IMG_4542.jpg Blog - Planning or a lack thereof... and exploring Split Enjoying the time with this amazing growing girl. This was a big part of the reason we went on this year. These girls are growing so quickly and will be gone so soon. It has been such a privilege to have quality time with them. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1538831574749-IGYBHL7HLIPIO4BTBV8J/IMG_2754.jpg Blog - Planning or a lack thereof... and exploring Split https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1538831590328-VV66NWP8JYU8SHLFTUNU/IMG_2757.jpg Blog - Planning or a lack thereof... and exploring Split https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1538830428795-DA9OTF86X894223TS1LX/IMG_2728.jpg Blog - Planning or a lack thereof... and exploring Split Around and around up the bell tower. https://www.fouralaskans.com/news/2018/10/6/picking-olives monthly 0.5 2019-04-29 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1538828408917-VU0932AQ8IFJX1IRFQCX/IMG_2690.jpg Blog - Picking Olives Mor Mor and Far Far hard at work… and they thought they were coming on vacation. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1538829896675-5WBKZWWGVS95G42696EW/IMG_2820.jpg Blog - Picking Olives Looking down at hundreds of years of agriculture. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1538829531620-4YI1BM4QX9Q76JAV5R76/IMG_4488.jpg Blog - Picking Olives Far Far tasting local homemade brandies at the local town restaurant before our 2.5 miles walk home in the dark. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1538827977245-ID9TJ1FZ7PARZ1WD4KFM/IMG_2707.jpg Blog - Picking Olives Little one in a sea of olives. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1538828487811-MOEXVZRJRDFSWINIA4UG/IMG_2710.jpg Blog - Picking Olives Fruits of our labor. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1538829120508-V3Z07WX0I2HM05O72P97/IMG_2658.jpg Blog - Picking Olives We meet this man our way to the olive grove. While it sounds as though this country gets over run with tourist during the summer, it has felt as though the country has settled back into its old ways. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1538828289320-1M8DOSJB62Q9OMPZHFTM/IMG_2653.jpg Blog - Picking Olives On our way up to the olives we passed a group of men harvesting grapes for wine. They stopped and gave us bunches to try. Sticky, sweet and full of bees! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1538828441437-3W9UJXPZSAP4EX5KNTH8/IMG_2687.jpg Blog - Picking Olives These little ones were great at climbing the tress to pick the top olives and not injury the plants. This was an old grove that had not been trimmed rencently. We learned that a good grove is trimmed so that you can reach the top olives but the goats and sheep can not eat the olives but can walk under the tress to fertilize the trees. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1538828190825-PDPTJJPGHCS4UGG8CJ8S/IMG_4464.jpg Blog - Picking Olives These aprons were key for the picking and quickly became full and heavy. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1538828164879-M52PH07NHE5PX0A06OYV/IMG_4462.jpg Blog - Picking Olives Lunch gathering in the shade before the real work began. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1538828540366-0BT61T4LT022F8QME47W/IMG_2711.jpg Blog - Picking Olives The last rays of light hitting the vineyard at the end of our day of work. https://www.fouralaskans.com/news/2018/9/29/mor-mor-and-far-far-come-to-visit monthly 0.5 2019-04-29 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1538211579395-DZKLE3TDFRCIVC4M1OKF/IMG_2544.jpg Blog - Mor Mor and Far Far come to visit!!! Mor Mor and Far Far! World travelers here to join us for a few weeks on our adventures! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1538212084728-WWOCEO8DCRH1O05529UB/IMG_2522.jpg Blog - Mor Mor and Far Far come to visit!!! Girls checking out the old homes that then were used for shelter from storms and storage in the fields. The stones are soft here and the area is know for its masonry where the stones are cut and you never use any mortar to hold it together. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1538212182955-VG179AQ650M09SF5F6AR/IMG_2515.jpg Blog - Mor Mor and Far Far come to visit!!! Checking out the gape vines ready for harvest. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1538213146418-FK5ZQCZ7T233ARSMR652/IMG_4428.jpg Blog - Mor Mor and Far Far come to visit!!! Never too big for mom’s lap! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1538212488438-KSGRB7WXGCSVD1U0CKOT/IMG_4371.jpg Blog - Mor Mor and Far Far come to visit!!! More amazing history exploring this old town built on, in, with and next to the stones. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1538211025630-WLQN2AKS2CSFA4A4JWIV/IMG_2417.jpg Blog - Mor Mor and Far Far come to visit!!! A beautiful night headed back to our home as the moon rises again. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1538211149985-GDNCKMO0ZH78QZH2326E/IMG_4293.jpg Blog - Mor Mor and Far Far come to visit!!! As we waited, every car, every sound, they would open the door to see if it was really them! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1538213224075-DLO8UL66XR08NNEWLW0B/IMG_4441.jpg Blog - Mor Mor and Far Far come to visit!!! Dinner number two. At this place they literally picked the veggies from the garden and took the meat and put it on this grill. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1538211934080-WJRQEQJUAGPTZ96CNJAH/IMG_4361.jpg Blog - Mor Mor and Far Far come to visit!!! Drinking from the heart of the city - the source of the water for this dry island. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1538213231740-320LBKP1P62Z8X2T4P9L/IMG_2631.jpg Blog - Mor Mor and Far Far come to visit!!! Walking to dinner - little one was into getting family pictures. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1538212720983-6AQR9XDDQARI9ZJGU6UG/IMG_4418.jpg Blog - Mor Mor and Far Far come to visit!!! Taking a break getting ready for dinner. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1538213421078-MVK6YUDH31NPK5JBSGJZ/IMG_2567.jpg Blog - Mor Mor and Far Far come to visit!!! Mor Mor and Far Far enjoying the sea. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1538211776824-4FVOW8ROBW20H3QB3TYJ/IMG_2500.jpg Blog - Mor Mor and Far Far come to visit!!! In the town of Dol looking back at the sea. This is a place of a huge underground spring that supported this and surrounding islands for centuries and the center of agriculture on the island. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1538213209899-Z9U3X9RZQGXQYZSMDF1I/IMG_2624.jpg Blog - Mor Mor and Far Far come to visit!!! Fun at the sea! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1538212354672-Q69DKAA0YINZKA537MYJ/IMG_2511.jpg Blog - Mor Mor and Far Far come to visit!!! Grapes everywhere! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1538212877125-WYM3LQBR1KF1BK0DLRUT/IMG_4433.jpg Blog - Mor Mor and Far Far come to visit!!! Having fun at dinner! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1538211214153-IK4XLXAXO8S3OTH4XDKM/IMG_4408.jpg Blog - Mor Mor and Far Far come to visit!!! Getting homework done before Mor Mor and Far Far get in town. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1538211463961-KA7DUR8NACMEVRDNAGHS/IMG_2451.jpg Blog - Mor Mor and Far Far come to visit!!! Last of the storm before that we were hoping would quickly pass before their arrival. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1538213214169-MM07PBA5RBKYTXPZNHP1/IMG_2599.jpg Blog - Mor Mor and Far Far come to visit!!! Having fun in the sun and sea with the grandparents. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1538211995875-O2ZTW9PWLFH2R4SNNNLK/IMG_2502.jpg Blog - Mor Mor and Far Far come to visit!!! Mor Mor enjoying the cool refreshing springs. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1538212600520-Q77G697L6RAG2IQWIIOM/IMG_4393.jpg Blog - Mor Mor and Far Far come to visit!!! Headed home after a full, fun day eating fresh pomegranates. https://www.fouralaskans.com/news/2018/9/25/the-day-we-got-flooded monthly 0.5 2019-04-29 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1537870400989-WGSEX5HGMS6YMUPY2LYF/IMG_4274.jpg Blog - The day we got flooded Right before we closed the storm door to seas were growing and starting to gain in height. This is from our kitchen. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1537874349675-YRGAMFRAFP2USWOHFYMB/IMG_4277.jpg Blog - The day we got flooded The seas have started to settled back down here the following morning, but still a long way from the crystal blue of the day before. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1537874377695-AWD0HJWM3VOWBOQWVNLP/IMG_4284.jpg Blog - The day we got flooded A break in the storm, she went outside to feel the power of the storm. The sun is misleading, the wind gust reportedly were 50-90 mph. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1537874371003-A34YYOEC2OIGLLILY1FQ/IMG_4282.jpg Blog - The day we got flooded During the storm the door screws came out from slamming back and forth as waves pounded the door. https://www.fouralaskans.com/news/2018/9/25/where-wine-runs-in-the-streets-finding-our-new-home monthly 0.5 2019-04-29 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1537862149768-NBJK8LQ158JZTEQT6A31/IMG_2399.jpg Blog - Where wine runs in the streets - finding our new home Our ferry to Brac. More of what I think of when I think “ferry” than the Hurtengrutin. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1537862376986-UFUNMQ94MIEUGR19Y0XB/IMG_4219.jpg Blog - Where wine runs in the streets - finding our new home Little one made me dinner - fresh tomatoes with feta and flax seeds. She took a picture of it and it only added to its greatness. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1537862918117-X8MPI0RKXP1271ZVOPG2/IMG_4158.jpg Blog - Where wine runs in the streets - finding our new home More beauty at the end of the day. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1537862112758-50UAXR4C2QL0IJ7OKOLH/IMG_2400.jpg Blog - Where wine runs in the streets - finding our new home Enjoying our front “deck” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1537862836804-EIZ9T24YCW1FKM0323SF/IMG_4164.jpg Blog - Where wine runs in the streets - finding our new home Beach after beach along the coast each with their own beauty. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1537863156751-NY8V80DLJHP90ELV5NSX/IMG_4203.jpg Blog - Where wine runs in the streets - finding our new home Oh sweet girls, where will the future take you? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1537863096850-BLAAC7M58Q3RFP7VMC3N/IMG_4170.jpg Blog - Where wine runs in the streets - finding our new home Traverse going for a swim from our deck. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1537862292315-XY3KRUFIHZI8RBR08TRP/IMG_4136.jpg Blog - Where wine runs in the streets - finding our new home Loving the small old streets in town. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1537862025741-XJECX5DVSB5DABA9S3A3/IMG_4190.jpg Blog - Where wine runs in the streets - finding our new home I can’t get enough of the view out of the upstairs bathroom. I clearly did not grow up around the ocean as I can’t believe the colors! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1537862511489-GEF522SDFMA7U377S3LB/IMG_4232.jpg Blog - Where wine runs in the streets - finding our new home Grapes getting ready to go in - at the beach later that day we saw a guy wash about 50 of these bags in the sea. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1537862493461-YQOV3Z13DJGRXITB0PII/IMG_4231.jpg Blog - Where wine runs in the streets - finding our new home Everyone is getting ready for the harvest. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1537862780121-ECTAATXC8QYQ5TJF7GY7/IMG_4148.jpg Blog - Where wine runs in the streets - finding our new home On a run out of town I came across this other small town. It reminded me of Nepal with the open cooking flames. Here a women was twisting meat on a stick and you could hear people singing in the hillside vineyards. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1537862318930-XPOW7T5TMBP4A21T57GZ/IMG_4206.jpg Blog - Where wine runs in the streets - finding our new home I have a feeling I will be taking a lot of pictures of these birds on our deck. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1537862474259-XL8TM5X7CY7NRWRRKO0Q/IMG_4229.jpg Blog - Where wine runs in the streets - finding our new home Ripe grapes in the setting sun. https://www.fouralaskans.com/news/2018/9/24/donughts-and-beaches monthly 0.5 2019-04-29 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1537861225703-60120UV9VL4NDUFU6UI8/IMG_2394.jpg Blog - Donuts and beaches Oh our way out to Brac. All packed up, with a full length float and a bottle of sunscreen added to the packs. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1537860804890-70OS1CC1ZA9IZYLGAHDO/IMG_3892.jpg Blog - Donuts and beaches The cat enjoying his last day on the garden wall before the whole place was taken down. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1537860702690-6AR0G02HKGTECWFB6GL5/IMG_4042.jpg Blog - Donuts and beaches The bell town in the center of old town https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1537859904440-6NXO3AMYWIS7CPF3ZWMW/IMG_2383.jpg Blog - Donuts and beaches Exploring old town https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1537860922004-8MJMQFGIR7MXXLVIR3PR/IMG_2385.jpg Blog - Donuts and beaches The layers of history. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1537860748712-0N8I412ICGMR22YEVW27/IMG_2369.jpg Blog - Donuts and beaches Out along the peninsula are these amazing cave building and the church of “seven griefs”. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1537859874119-2DV1ZQ52EHZT1YOZVJVD/IMG_4088.jpg Blog - Donuts and beaches Water engineering class. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1537860459674-JY5594PW1X6TMMDL4EQM/fullsizeoutput_5b97.jpeg Blog - Donuts and beaches https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1537860488371-6UH4LM3FUNETY28ILO6S/IMG_2386.jpg Blog - Donuts and beaches https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1537859659982-IEKGO0TN1UMF8R8K9JH9/IMG_3941.jpg Blog - Donuts and beaches Enjoying the beach, all….. day…. long https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1537860850811-VJ7JWF0GHYJ5OX7Y04PD/IMG_4074.jpg Blog - Donuts and beaches Headed home. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1537859750832-BL9PKCPZIUB7TM0XC7D0/IMG_3879.jpg Blog - Donuts and beaches Welcome to Croatia! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1537859835621-6SU97U697QKR5EVEAHNJ/IMG_3907.jpg Blog - Donuts and beaches Once you got tired of the water, time for chess. Look at the tans on those guys, that is some serious water time. We are not in Alaska any more! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1537860833061-NRTIZCW1ZYRQU7H0O7JC/IMG_4059.jpg Blog - Donuts and beaches Checking out the town on two wheels. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1537860967144-O9NT63SGLE0TP3N650GL/IMG_4067.jpg Blog - Donuts and beaches Traverse needed a hair cut and we stopped by this old barber shop in town. It reminded me of my grandfathers place. The girls watched in amazement as his neck was trimmed with an open razor. The place was filled with guys catching up and the girls definitely picked up on the calendar on the wall. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1537861044136-LO5TL47BODR6X5TBIFB3/IMG_4072.jpg Blog - Donuts and beaches https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1537861092350-OMOLUS220SJVE5RJALA7/IMG_4091.jpg Blog - Donuts and beaches https://www.fouralaskans.com/news/2018/9/24/passing-through-finland monthly 0.5 2019-04-29 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1537854872490-0WN5INB5LATAVRNU0OK9/IMG_3869.jpg Blog - Passing through Finland The map on our wall. As the year moves on I have loved maps more and more. Just a beautiful ways to share what a place is, and so many different ways to do it. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1537854909810-Q6P6CFKP0A5J98UM53TR/IMG_3867.jpg Blog - Passing through Finland Little great traveling, making her way to our home for the night. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1537854890740-E75Q512XZ0H0ZEW3DQ9W/IMG_3873.jpg Blog - Passing through Finland Ahh, the bubble bath! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1537854901927-IATHBJB8F4IH9AWEG90Q/IMG_3866.jpg Blog - Passing through Finland The end of the train line, I thought I walked into Atlas Shrugged. https://www.fouralaskans.com/news/2018/9/22/living-large-on-the-hurtigruten monthly 0.5 2019-06-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1537682655597-E6MQ4AAOOT4KKUME2V3M/IMG_3796.jpg Blog - Living large on the Hurtigruten As we were waiting for the ferry, Traverse was checking out the awesome Norwegian boats. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1537682606787-6GCZACE1MBIAGTIRINDK/IMG_2349.jpg Blog - Living large on the Hurtigruten We thought this would be packed, but we often had it to ourselves. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1537683304393-XD00TZB0Q3146NQFPHGR/IMG_3811.jpg Blog - Living large on the Hurtigruten Again amazing engineering as we loaded on the ship. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1537682733366-HCNQSIDTNMY0HDNKWWTA/IMG_2358.jpg Blog - Living large on the Hurtigruten Ridding past the Senja island where we had spent a month. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1537682797978-LI63MLU1TMSHUB64744F/IMG_3807.jpg Blog - Living large on the Hurtigruten More fun waiting on the dock. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1537682604213-2S3LTZMQZ35WA1KVE9Z9/IMG_2331.jpg Blog - Living large on the Hurtigruten It did not take us long to find the best place to enjoy the sunset on the ship. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1537682625573-AUK8LX990ZULPDPI8EFP/IMG_2325.jpg Blog - Living large on the Hurtigruten Ahh these two and this lovely time with them as they grow into amazing adults. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1537683446366-Q1WLGO1IR8GGX9TAIB6H/IMG_3821.jpg Blog - Living large on the Hurtigruten Not sure I can ever get enough of the light and this land. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1537683470723-XKHPBV5J7O7XM773COY1/IMG_3841.jpg Blog - Living large on the Hurtigruten Having fun with the Viking beard. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1537682826220-YNLHFW39CRGOYCM3FB6Z/IMG_2363.jpg Blog - Living large on the Hurtigruten Our massive home as we made our way back North to fly out of Norway. https://www.fouralaskans.com/news/2018/9/22/taco-tuesday-or-friday monthly 0.5 2019-06-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1537682107816-J89Y079FCTC7DXDJDXY0/IMG_3357.jpg Blog - Taco Tuesday (or Friday) No matter the size store, they always had this shelf, you always knew what would be in people’s carts on Friday. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1537682127075-ZNU8NOTK6AKZLFR639KM/IMG_3732.jpg Blog - Taco Tuesday (or Friday) While Mexican was big, the other two things we loved was the yarn in every store and Traverse and his black licorice. Every kind and variety you could think of. One last bag for the road. https://www.fouralaskans.com/news/2018/9/22/final-days-in-norway monthly 0.5 2019-06-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1537679789125-IGMNP0DCR2CUFVTQU0YL/IMG_3725.jpg Blog - Final days in Norway A final salmon lunch after a great hike - sitting on the water with these mountains in the background and the kids playing at the swing set right behind this picture. Also Traverse sporting his “viking” beard. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1537681320714-1L4TAIEHVBCVIBAXXGWX/IMG_3678.jpg Blog - Final days in Norway And this is the view the other direction! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1537681360296-Z3693OAQUYDN4H0ITWUY/IMG_3658.jpg Blog - Final days in Norway Here is the sculpture we found. The Lofoten island are dotted with these different “natural” sculptures from around the world. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1537680748311-68K2JJ1RRP4910Z1CYL0/IMG_2302.jpg Blog - Final days in Norway https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1537680851374-TH3JVFP6ZAOAIV1RFBSB/IMG_2277.jpg Blog - Final days in Norway https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1537680880024-5ZJRQG2PR4MPB118G5PN/IMG_2315.jpg Blog - Final days in Norway https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1537680201627-39XK6IFWNRX3Y89LQTWS/IMG_3664.jpg Blog - Final days in Norway Finding hidden sculptures on a near by beach on a day full of rain. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1537681525310-FKQ4A7Z5M7CDNV5W8YQU/IMG_2257.jpg Blog - Final days in Norway Just checking out the view. Above you can see all the dried fish we saw and bird eggs - I really loved the dried fish light fixutre. Below are the kids being kids while we headed up the near by mountain. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1537683708415-KNJBLUXHM1YKESLTRSCG/IMG_3773.jpg Blog - Final days in Norway Our last breakfast on the Lofoten island, I had to get a picture of what we saw everyone morning from our kitchen table: all hours of the day people taking pictures of the cabin we stayed in and the massive wall behind us. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1537680250310-GCNL87VVM9F2F30ZMMA9/IMG_3699.jpg Blog - Final days in Norway “Lets see what is up this hill” Each hike was like this, offering more rewards for getting out and seeing what is around the next corner. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1537680281507-RPRKW96M67I61H67US3O/IMG_3715.jpg Blog - Final days in Norway https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1537680298662-WTQ13JJ0PWG8VTLJIT1E/IMG_3716.jpg Blog - Final days in Norway https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1537680343914-JJ09F5N39YGVEDG23SOK/IMG_3717.jpg Blog - Final days in Norway https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1537681736116-3UWV7B0TZNMQ7QKP4LEY/IMG_3729.jpg Blog - Final days in Norway https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1537681284190-OD8BK9KOH8U1NLOTR7KZ/IMG_2318.jpg Blog - Final days in Norway On our way to the ferry we took a lunch break and headed up this hill, again taking in the view of this amazing part of the country. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1537681530029-28HBST09X1XDEG0Z0JX4/IMG_3679.jpg Blog - Final days in Norway One last shot looking back. Thank you Norway. I can’t wait to come back. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1537683739174-PZB3YR6NA5UM1APWTY07/IMG_3792.jpg Blog - Final days in Norway King of the mountain! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1537679832786-ENAY11EFB9OC9N1DP6IC/IMG_3676.jpg Blog - Final days in Norway I had a fantastic final long run: rain, sun, rainbows, beautiful fjords. It was also the first time in 6 weeks that I was able to run on mostly flat ground because there was no huge hill to climb to get out of our town - so I felt fast and free. I sprinted at the end and then I looked up and this is what I saw. It was just breathtaking (ok maybe I had already lost my breath or was hypoxic) but it was one of those moments you know you will always remember. The light in Norway just appears to dance though the day, coming and going through mountains, clouds and then it is reflected back through the water. https://www.fouralaskans.com/news/2018/9/10/we-landed-in-a-postcard monthly 0.5 2019-06-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1536648218803-VVAVKSPLB92ALKYG7X5T/IMG_3597.jpg Blog - We landed in a postcard The little red cabin in the front is our home for the next 4 days. This is taken from the bridge connecting these impossible islands together and one of many cabins modeled after the traditional fishing cabins. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1536653155644-GO0RPDBY8VZPBD2AUBZT/IMG_3541.jpg Blog - We landed in a postcard The ferry boat that takes you to the back fo the fjord to explore the western beaches and hikes in the setting sun. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1536650954725-XS10WP7BN8R6KN8YU4R0/IMG_3610.jpg Blog - We landed in a postcard Another set of cabins and an activity center, but the water is so blue. The worlds largest deep water coral reef is off the Lofoten island and you can see even with the storm brewing, the crystal clear water and fish swimming. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1536647463756-JY87V84SKHUS3DQ9LP9M/IMG_3612.jpg Blog - We landed in a postcard A view on our morning walk into Reine. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1536652407109-PAJ6REOJTULHXG2IC8GG/IMG_3561.jpg Blog - We landed in a postcard Me: Can you girls go back so I can get a picture of you coming towards me? Girls: Only if we can do it the way we feel Me: (a little worried what was going to happen) Ok? This picture as they were skipping and singing towards me. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1536651855550-875I075DFG6OI8IG1VLI/IMG_2239.jpg Blog - We landed in a postcard Another little place with the traditional insulating grass roofs. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1536651587531-OCLZ6I8HWYH8TJ148QHO/IMG_3587.jpg Blog - We landed in a postcard This is the back side of our little red cabin - or “Rorbuer” as they are known. You can see one of the series of bridges and how this area connects island to island to form a road that goes the length of island chain. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1536653411278-4XFNJ1KZ3Y4SLHRUDQMV/IMG_2219.jpg Blog - We landed in a postcard Little one taking in the sights. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1536652947694-07POVBVZU5GJ8OO1D17U/IMG_3584.jpg Blog - We landed in a postcard It was so stunning, I had to have my coffee on the rocks and the world slowly turned towards the sun. https://www.fouralaskans.com/news/2018/9/10/seeing-new-sights monthly 0.5 2019-06-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1536645511267-OLTWIO3INF9ZDT2WJ0OC/IMG_3411.jpg Blog - Seeing new sights https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1536645692164-7RRQ82Q31OSY9ZGAOM5P/IMG_3428.jpg Blog - Seeing new sights https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1536645833477-ZKSJ28APVTDGS3WEERRI/IMG_3430.jpg Blog - Seeing new sights https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1536645912012-ALOGSCLJ03HO1ZTRUJZI/IMG_3423.jpg Blog - Seeing new sights https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1536647042273-UV65AUS1PF337B95EOMK/IMG_3447.jpg Blog - Seeing new sights A final morning run. You could hear the cheers from the local soccer game all the way up the hill the the joy of a whole town basking in the sun. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1536643715673-Y62BQWW34CR6F4UVZUER/IMG_3336.jpg Blog - Seeing new sights The girls wanted some time to play, and I wanted on top of the mountains that surrounded us, so Traverse and I walked from the house and found ourselves here - a breathtaking spot with the city below. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1536644806827-OM4K4FZW6GHWA3UU0B5W/IMG_2089.jpg Blog - Seeing new sights Fishing is everting to these towns and their history. This used fishing net decorated a house near the waters edge. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1536644109303-8XBWAI9ZWQ7HPAQCNEOQ/IMG_3441.jpg Blog - Seeing new sights Evening explorations took us along the beach and the setting sun. This quite out look was a 15 min walk from downtown and a great place to watch the boats come and go. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1536646257042-Z5KEW80SAPOMQ00JRRU8/IMG_2154.jpg Blog - Seeing new sights More fun in the sun! I am surprised we are still in summer cloths this time of year this far north. Granted many people in town had down jackets on, but with the direct sun, it was hard to not want to absorb every moment. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1536646456752-W0G14YAPOZRMW0LEE7LS/IMG_3325.jpg Blog - Seeing new sights Perfectly still water on our walk into town. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1536647064241-3EUNAQU4LKTRGE6CVBXB/IMG_3432.jpg Blog - Seeing new sights more fun with shadows! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1536645301459-ZV1UWS17GXLFW0X6B455/IMG_3365.jpg Blog - Seeing new sights “Devils Gate” on our way down from our explorations. It is hard to tell from the picture, but the thing had a pretty good drop off. Fun finding new places and new sights. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1536643736560-8BDGQ7DZYEMFVR5LON2G/IMG_3375.jpg Blog - Seeing new sights Making a wood and moss shelter. https://www.fouralaskans.com/news/2018/9/10/becoming-a-viking monthly 0.5 2019-06-21 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1536608989261-ZW15U7SOS38A05OKWSRT/IMG_3527.jpg Blog - Becoming a Viking We were too late in the season to get to row this boat, but we still could explore it. It was surprisingly small, and the thought of getting in here and sailing to Iceland was hard to comprehend. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1536600300523-B6DZVVJQ2JLPG98AC7UA/IMG_3502.jpg Blog - Becoming a Viking Fun playing Viking for a day. I kept laughing at these pictures all day. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1536608757046-MC65Y4LOLHB2KG7CH11Y/IMG_3475.jpg Blog - Becoming a Viking Grinding wheat into flour in costume. Part of the long house living museum which we basically had to ourselves for the afternoon. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1536608525965-IAW5QWJUXVNGFPH29P78/IMG_2200.jpg Blog - Becoming a Viking More fun in costume. The iron link jacket I am wearing had to weigh 30 pounds. Little One felt like she couldn't stand up when she had it on. It is hard to imagine fighting in that thing, let along wielding that sword. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1536608903920-AGRD5ZG0RMTTZEDPXAHB/IMG_3456.jpg Blog - Becoming a Viking Remembering how to spin yarn from wool. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1536653965671-55GXX886HS6F0P82IQ3W/IMG_2205.jpg Blog - Becoming a Viking King of the mountain! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1536609001344-PF254E4RK7NV54A8NVYC/IMG_3515.jpg Blog - Becoming a Viking The museum had a lot of information about the Norse Gods. It was fun to see the kids put together what they had read in the Magnus Chase Book Series and what they had learned at the Birchtree School with what they were really seeing in Norway. I know very little about Norse history, but it was interesting to see how the themes play out in modern-day stories, like the home tree in Avitar. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1536653959411-RN2D2XHYYL324KV8OAA1/IMG_2177.jpg Blog - Becoming a Viking Fun day all around. https://www.fouralaskans.com/news/2018/9/6/saying-goodbye monthly 0.5 2019-06-21 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1536245231874-QZC3STSE1AQMNVZZPI3J/IMG_3282.jpg Blog - Saying Goodbye On my way down from my final run up the "hill", the clouds broke and the rainbow appeared, a fitting end to our magical time. https://www.fouralaskans.com/news/2018/9/2/saying-no-to-say-yes monthly 0.5 2019-06-21 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1535883876350-2DCNEBFAAETKM5KRYFM2/IMG_3226.jpg Blog - Saying no to say yes Boardwalks for miles https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1535883698150-AB8PIL97ZFKGB67HD3D5/IMG_2074.jpg Blog - Saying no to say yes Making my way down a little rock face on our way down the mountain with Mt. Segla in the background as we enjoyed this break in the rain. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1535883652649-LQ7GMO3H9YYSPSGKMGOH/IMG_2068.jpg Blog - Saying no to say yes In and out they went for hours. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1535884019356-IU9JNXE5WI5XM2R2K2QP/IMG_3251.jpg Blog - Saying no to say yes The amount of mud and miles these shoes have seen over the past few weeks is impressive. It has become standard to have the flip-flops waiting in the car after each day's adventure. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1535883458033-PS37TRRG2G1CBDNQDDFK/IMG_3222-1.jpg Blog - Saying no to say yes Text pictures of a lovely day we experienced from a distance. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1535882702529-3O0SRG2DL6GCC44FSDKG/IMG_3217.jpg Blog - Saying no to say yes A favorite post-hike activity has been playing at the beach. How they get in that water and hang out in swimsuits is beyond me. Traverse and I were both in long pants and puffy jackets when this picture was taken. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1535883819466-V5S36APW1RERL3HLCF8F/IMG_3247.jpg Blog - Saying no to say yes A beautiful 9 mile hike through the National Park of Senja. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1535883944213-47PDNWNQ5PUM03KE85C5/IMG_3244.jpg Blog - Saying no to say yes Loving our time together as a family. https://www.fouralaskans.com/news/2018/8/26/close-up-with-norways-prime-minister-where-is-waldo-and-other-adventures-when-people-come-to-town monthly 0.5 2019-06-21 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1535287495212-KB2CBO137XJC0R1FQHNI/IMG_3060.jpg Blog - Close up with Norway's Prime Minister, "Where-is-Waldo" and other adventures when people come to town Eating Lefser - a sweet local bread with more games in the wearhouse in the background. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1535287439714-YPVQITH4MAOKJJZEU3KT/IMG_3051.jpg Blog - Close up with Norway's Prime Minister, "Where-is-Waldo" and other adventures when people come to town Buying ice cream, as the truck comes to town twice a year and everyone stocks up. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1535287140177-VOHOQU21H0A50MNGV3HJ/IMG_3055.jpg Blog - Close up with Norway's Prime Minister, "Where-is-Waldo" and other adventures when people come to town No big deal, just the Prime Minister walking past, almost asked for a selfie. I think the guy in the blue jeans is giving me the evil eye. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1535287078614-MWM3RDZQF31ZKDOCA5V8/IMG_3185.jpg Blog - Close up with Norway's Prime Minister, "Where-is-Waldo" and other adventures when people come to town More people watching the debates then even live in this town. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1535287246789-6BBDA15I4NJ45PO4ZYAO/IMG_3059.jpg Blog - Close up with Norway's Prime Minister, "Where-is-Waldo" and other adventures when people come to town Selling the amazing local salmon in town. You can see the fishing boat out the window and we now recongize most the people on the poster. https://www.fouralaskans.com/news/2018/8/25/days-like-these monthly 0.5 2019-06-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1535283975788-Z5LI0OC2QYDKXKDX4BB7/IMG_2831.jpg Blog - Days like these This is actually the same beach as above, but on a different day with a different perspective. I can't get over the color of the water. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1535280574719-VJ3K9S66D2FPMA2QLOYF/IMG_3038.jpg Blog - Days like these Another afternoon stroll took us up a breathtaking ridge to the mountain of Barden, the fourth highest peak on Senja. We debated on the way down; maybe this one was our absolute favorite. They are all just a perfect 4-6 miles, 800-1000 feet of elevation gain, views the whole way, with a little bit of challenge and exposure. It reminded me of road biking in Mallorca where every hill climb was a perfect 5K and 5%. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1535282500754-0UD9GB9GK3F86GJ2DLTO/fullsizeoutput_4cec.jpeg Blog - Days like these These two enjoying a break in the weather and work https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1535283232633-OCSRAJQ9YLI0S1QQ7UT1/IMG_1976.jpg Blog - Days like these Playing on the end of a boardwalk we had only driven past before. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1535283136109-PKX2CTMIJ3CY9BQBH2EN/IMG_2019.jpg Blog - Days like these Another adventure with the resort of Hamn in the background https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1535280102247-GNF9T2DWVBDF43B5ZZOU/IMG_2936.jpg Blog - Days like these Watching the waves crash and enjoying the sun as we venture a few fjords over. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1535282339805-ILB2EU6X1J20L1E92YGF/fullsizeoutput_4cd0.jpeg Blog - Days like these Looking out towards Greenland on the tip this amazing island in the artic Atlantic Ocean https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1535283333935-9TJK7UMPEDHHAMF0UDVX/IMG_2858.jpg Blog - Days like these Finding hearts along the way. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1535283440835-RR0EOSRJN0394Y8VHNBV/IMG_2005.jpg Blog - Days like these Another good day, another great adventure. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1535280252155-5ND19Z79X1Y9SUT9L2RN/fullsizeoutput_4cb4.jpeg Blog - Days like these "River" as bear as best known, has been a part of many of the adventures, and is starting to look a little more loved on every muddy trail we explore. This picture was taken after Little One summersaulted off a steep trail’s edge-both ending up a little dirtier after the roll. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1535279655162-54RSRLFTKY6FZXS1JCBQ/IMG_2865.jpg Blog - Days like these Afterschool breaks: exploring the tide on an empty white sand beach after a day of linear algebra https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1535284423275-VPNPZPXWRFPCW52BYWQW/IMG_2035.jpg Blog - Days like these You can see in this picture how you can connect ridge to ridge as they jet into the ocean. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1535284815056-VMDV848GK5P9ZD1RYAXA/IMG_2834.jpg Blog - Days like these Appreciating the small things. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1535281530223-VZYLO4F92XUPO66SDUI8/IMG_3004.jpg Blog - Days like these Just another part of the climb as we used these cables on Sukkertoppen outside of the "town" (really more just resort) of Hamn. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1535284122515-Z9LN6WLJGPTO5LMGLMR9/IMG_2963.jpg Blog - Days like these I love how the Norwegian government has added these little stops along beautiful streach of road, this modern boardwalk brings you down to a stunning rock outcropings seen above. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1535284285431-KML1P23G6XJ863XFWPEY/IMG_2052.jpg Blog - Days like these Scrambling down the mountain side. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1535284557518-J22HEYXF895TWA8SYAZ1/IMG_2575.jpg Blog - Days like these Best road side pit stop! Why not do everything in style?!? https://www.fouralaskans.com/news/2018/8/19/video monthly 0.5 2019-04-29 https://www.fouralaskans.com/news/2018/8/17/back-to-school-mt-husfjell-and-beach-fun monthly 0.5 2019-06-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1534506033848-C55VH6NG2EQJK0KPQI61/IMG_2612.jpg Blog - Back to school- Mt Husfjell and beach fun Walking the little one to "school" https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1534506470759-ZVQWM6N4U4I51RVVLVRD/IMG_2709.jpg Blog - Back to school- Mt Husfjell and beach fun I took so many pictures at the beach, I just could not get enough of the beauty. Soon after this, a large school of large fish (possibly salmon) came right up to the girls. The whole night felt magical. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1534506736781-BDO83GMM7YIO3TM1HAJA/IMG_2778.jpg Blog - Back to school- Mt Husfjell and beach fun Packing up to head home https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1534506238140-FIJXEOBPUGSX4PVR2W7X/IMG_2615.jpg Blog - Back to school- Mt Husfjell and beach fun Fun with the phone. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1534506359175-K3TRH0L8ZS9PKEUYO9QK/IMG_2660.jpg Blog - Back to school- Mt Husfjell and beach fun Practicing cartwheels and hand stands https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1534506721234-6TDL7AB7TP1Z4RL7YOD0/IMG_2710.jpg Blog - Back to school- Mt Husfjell and beach fun More setting sun pictures https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1534506435120-ATIS3H2VXHU3Z2HMJKA4/IMG_2688.jpg Blog - Back to school- Mt Husfjell and beach fun The kids' sand "city" https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1534506143290-BVS6XEP9CDZBMQ2DX3QP/IMG_2588.jpg Blog - Back to school- Mt Husfjell and beach fun It feels like you should just always be in panarmoa mode on this island. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1534506286028-IJSYKH23MB65KQOEIBE7/IMG_2619.jpg Blog - Back to school- Mt Husfjell and beach fun Dinner time. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1534506105643-9B70K3JRAKPWXTMS9JJ9/IMG_2584.jpg Blog - Back to school- Mt Husfjell and beach fun All smiles today https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1534506762134-AJKZO7CE20WVRE8JCUU9/IMG_2815.jpg Blog - Back to school- Mt Husfjell and beach fun A final view of the sun https://www.fouralaskans.com/news/2018/8/17/getting-a-different-perspective-mt-hesten monthly 0.5 2019-06-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1534499730983-O6QG82NYF4ZOXXKY67M7/IMG_1886.jpg Blog - Getting a different perspective - Mt Hesten Down the ridge that connect the two peaks. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1534499167925-HKTXGK6ZLP6ME5D9W2E8/IMG_2433.jpg Blog - Getting a different perspective - Mt Hesten Little one, singing to her self, making her way up on her own. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1534500040886-YNOGBMQUMSE5AVUTNKSP/IMG_2568.jpg Blog - Getting a different perspective - Mt Hesten A warming ski shack at the bottom also was filled with these reindeer hides and a fun end to a fun afternoon jaunt. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1534499661276-YLA19MPPQFU9XLLKBZKA/IMG_1899.jpg Blog - Getting a different perspective - Mt Hesten Little one getting a closer look https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1534499609133-LG0SB5UIZIV3RL5KYOKJ/DJI_0110.jpg Blog - Getting a different perspective - Mt Hesten Having fun with the drone on the top. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1534499871062-HDIUR1SUXJKEFOOK6JBR/IMG_2497.jpg Blog - Getting a different perspective - Mt Hesten Ahh, it reminds me of the mountains in Patagonia where we met. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1534499427582-U76VH144JAL22F8TL65E/IMG_2466.jpg Blog - Getting a different perspective - Mt Hesten These two! As you can see we are starting to use every piece of clothing, we brought. This hike was our coldest to date. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1534499380854-1TPOYPNK142NLJA2CN0N/IMG_2459.jpg Blog - Getting a different perspective - Mt Hesten Celebrating the exposure at the top as the clouds come and go around us. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1534499797390-TWV87VB5YU6ASR4L5UOJ/DJI_0125.jpg Blog - Getting a different perspective - Mt Hesten More views off the top https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1534499960421-1LPNOH7NWIIN895AA1LC/IMG_2546.jpg Blog - Getting a different perspective - Mt Hesten The blue berries bushes worked double duty holding up my phone and providing snacks! https://www.fouralaskans.com/news/2018/8/14/what-it-takes-to-be-a-community monthly 0.5 2019-06-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1534240655107-1QAPLME1H94TL36QWXMX/IMG_2413.jpg Blog - What it takes to be a community Looking out as the fog roles over the mountains. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1534240592640-9UH15G56KNCP5DZVUA4C/IMG_2422.jpg Blog - What it takes to be a community Little one, way underdressed, runs out to "bring tea" as I pick blueberries in the building storm. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1534240418742-OTXDT99OSGQ6UMZVVXXO/IMG_2405.jpg Blog - What it takes to be a community If you only have a few roads, maybe this one can have two names. It just changes half way through and is well marked. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1534240176207-HIKUY4P4C1UVE0MSC996/IMG_2401.jpg Blog - What it takes to be a community The local bar. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1534238841445-9FWLVDY4W5MFMQ5GCJQE/IMG_2400.jpg Blog - What it takes to be a community When you first come onto the island, the signs for the school and chapel come first. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1534240222683-SPSJABXLZ9T8MXKTRCKB/IMG_2403.jpg Blog - What it takes to be a community The school teaching the kids that while they may live on a small island, they live in a big world. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1534240277277-08MZQJM4EEUO5A04M8SI/IMG_2393.jpg Blog - What it takes to be a community This fish processing plant dominates one side of the island. We have gotten to know these boats by name as they come in and out bringing the bounty of the sea with them. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1534240482350-0X4GNQXI6K1X7606VV9O/IMG_2399.jpg Blog - What it takes to be a community Part of the past. The community looks to have stared on the mainland, but when the bridge went in and the fishing took off, the isaland became the heart of this community. https://www.fouralaskans.com/news/2018/8/10/is-this-for-real monthly 0.5 2019-06-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1533969089120-Q6NFIIDG0SNLCWHXUPD4/DSC00857.jpg Blog - Is this for real? Mt. Segla My stomach was in my throat getting these pictures; the exposure was phenomenal! I am not sure how the weather is worked out so well, since today was predicted to have clouds and rain. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1533971558113-SHIDEZP8KGA41FI3XQXQ/IMG_2379.jpg Blog - Is this for real? Mt. Segla Little One making her way down from the top with fjords on both sides. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1533994397869-CBH4YPRMRRC0LBZVLESZ/IMG_2335.jpg Blog - Is this for real? Mt. Segla https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1533994417167-A3RT6S40XO81VEQHDDZ1/IMG_2334.jpg Blog - Is this for real? Mt. Segla https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1533994437902-STQJ7XA90OH40KJT9YM3/IMG_2336.jpg Blog - Is this for real? Mt. Segla https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1533971773484-KU5TOHHEKS34I787T3GX/IMG_1821.jpg Blog - Is this for real? Mt. Segla Loving the sun and a chance to explore. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1533971697197-EYLVPY72R9BV7LUGIHUP/IMG_2354.jpg Blog - Is this for real? Mt. Segla "Mom this is scarier than Space Mountain at Disney World” she said, as she hung her head off the cliff you can see in the first picture. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1533971736319-MY9VGZ3P4HQB5HCDREP6/IMG_1843.jpg Blog - Is this for real? Mt. Segla Big One making her way down with the fjord by our house in the background. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1533971806788-8L31A43Z03HYVB80W11O/IMG_2366.jpg Blog - Is this for real? Mt. Segla Looking off towards the sea from the top of Mt. Selga. This wasn’t our group but I still needed to capture the view. https://www.fouralaskans.com/news/2018/8/11/husy monthly 0.5 2019-04-29 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1533992668760-FY6A6Q84L2138L3930UW/Attachment-1.png Blog - Husøy - Lily This is the little red boat that passes our window every morning to greet us. https://www.fouralaskans.com/news/2018/8/10/a-room-with-a-view monthly 0.5 2019-06-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1533894497596-JHJ57HKLK4A4Z6MPIT78/IMG_2321.jpg Blog - A Room with a View Our place in this moment in time. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1533893995182-VEJ90FK37WOHO18EY8D3/IMG_2318.jpg Blog - A Room with a View Filling out the book on the top. In the background you can see our little island and our home for the month. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1533893661923-QATUEXV7PVLH8ZL35DEB/IMG_2302.jpg Blog - A Room with a View The hike right up from the house is full of berries, steep cliffs on both sides with big drop-offs and a bright yellow bike almost at the top. This is an an impressively easily climb for the reward and has been a part of my morning runs. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1533894436073-Z6XRLKUQ95QKDQYURJJU/IMG_2277.jpg Blog - A Room with a View Big One working on her math with the world behind her. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1533893807177-SBSG6LU4IEDJ2ZWEB52O/IMG_2294.jpg Blog - A Room with a View Riding this bike was harder to do than it looked- there was no chain and flat tires didn't help. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1533894618640-CXZI7ZRYVDJ8FOTK99VB/IMG_2288.jpg Blog - A Room with a View We all had our chance to play on the bike! https://www.fouralaskans.com/news/2018/8/10/video monthly 0.5 2019-04-29 https://www.fouralaskans.com/news/2018/8/9/bergen-artwork monthly 0.5 2019-06-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1533825310341-81RD91N4U15DUS2OIXLX/Attachment-1.jpg Blog - Bergen Artwork - Isabelle https://www.fouralaskans.com/news/2018/8/7/moving-north monthly 0.5 2019-06-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1533637363623-66D8HXET6D66OI76YBBP/IMG_2239.jpg Blog - Moving North - Senja The libraries remind me of how much better off we are together. This free, warm, welcoming home, filled from top to bottom with stories, adventures, and knowledge for anyone to enjoy was a welcomed stop on this rainy day of travel. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1533638945702-7VIAF4WGTAJXZCPQHF87/IMG_2255.jpg Blog - Moving North - Senja My view as I type this blog: the family working on school work and bills while I look out over the fjord. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1533637244839-XMSFTO3K8ABYGTOJ4WWW/IMG_1746.jpg Blog - Moving North - Senja Traverse took this from the deck this morning while he was making coffee - "this is the Norway I had always imagined" he said. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1533637497345-HRGNG41I6VNKFNOQ9G0Q/IMG_2248.jpg Blog - Moving North - Senja On the ferry to our new home. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1533637314083-LAWIOKYCPVQLB46UA1QW/IMG_2229.jpg Blog - Moving North - Senja So excited by her find in books https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1533637532498-DXVXYBXTNX0KWIM7D9UV/IMG_2243.jpg Blog - Moving North - Senja Moving into a small rural village of 150 practical Norwegians, I was worried about standing out like a sore thumb. Well, a snafu in our rental car reservations resulted in us being the proud drivers of this "subtle" ride for the next month. I had to abandon any hope of blending in- which was probably obvious anyway. So here is to standing out, letting go and moving forward! https://www.fouralaskans.com/news/2018/8/7/home monthly 0.5 2019-06-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1533628806939-QXOSVKD69XGYQNTIVXA2/IMG_2100.jpg Blog - Home Anne pulling away in the final stretch. The rocks are slick, steep and uneven to the final flag above a glacier. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1533633891769-ON48KR49R0JZS2GP4Y2G/IMG_2169.jpg Blog - Home Kids really wanted to swim, so off we went and Anna threw on her wetsuit to get some laps in. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1533628725759-HWH3SR4K6HFFOU5EN971/IMG_2078.jpg Blog - Home The beauty of this race - much of the start was along the boardwalks up and down the hills as we made our way to the head wall. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1533633836606-ZZVXRYWYKWXZ5KMFW7B6/IMG_0260.JPG Blog - Home A walk in the woods has usually involved sheep in this country. This Sunday was no different. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1533634213617-JNJ8GEC91GI3O4SJTOKL/IMG_2075.jpg Blog - Home Just before the race I started thinking to myself, "what am I doing here?” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1533634102040-I92VDK2WRDB6USMT046V/IMG_2209.jpg Blog - Home All four kids finding berries for dinner. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1533633685986-WP8PS829OYXAHGZS4QRK/IMG_0261.JPG Blog - Home Not a bad way to travel https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1533634129553-JDW9UVEEZQ7GFGOTPVKF/IMG_2213.jpg Blog - Home These red currents were amazing and a perfect way to end a great weekend. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1533633781103-ZTEIWHW3QGRB5LXZV8G4/IMG_2166.jpg Blog - Home Anne at home with her running pack still on, whipping up more amazing food and telling a great story all at the same time. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1533633403670-1XIL1LCZ4BRFNGVQMRD4/IMG_2147.jpg Blog - Home All the racers headed down the headwall after the race. It is hard to appreciate this 45° slope here, but it was so great to be among this amazing mountain crowd, all full of smiles and laughs enjoying this challenge in the hills. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1533634000457-55R40LJ9TTWV7ZTOQ3M0/IMG_2175.jpg Blog - Home As soon as they got in the water a downpour started; you can actually see the rain on the lake here. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1533633538222-6E86JW6HEHLT8LRANLCR/IMG_0262.JPG Blog - Home The dads and the girls had their own amazing adventure on the water seeing all the highlights of the city on their own power. https://www.fouralaskans.com/news/2018/8/2/a-tale-of-two-valleys monthly 0.5 2019-06-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1533238075674-XVB5WP0N2R5HTHDA24OA/IMG_1979.jpg Blog - A tale of two valleys Big One’s favorite picture of the day. I think they are getting tired of us saying, "hey smile" so this is what we got this time. You can see the wind in their hair from the force of the nearby the falls. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1533238938283-IK9C51GFNA0AKSG52XD3/IMG_2042.jpg Blog - A tale of two valleys A welcome site: my family rowing back (with the car keys!). On the left you can see the large section of broken rock with no trees where the rock had fallen almost a hundred year ago. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1533238819333-MF6LHL3LJ0VE3K2C9763/IMG_2035.jpg Blog - A tale of two valleys The end of the road: a place with few people, incredible views and I think the best "turn around" point for a run ever. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1533238434824-HOHPK3LQQL8YBLNVDTVR/IMG_2058.jpg Blog - A tale of two valleys Little One helping to pull the boat in. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1533238713528-L4VXU035RU3LJKTK6JWK/IMG_2067.jpg Blog - A tale of two valleys Near the end of the road at Lovatnet Lake. You can see the glacier in the background, rent a bike or a boat or have a very bitter cup of coffee here. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1533237860591-2FKX0WMP4KTXLPD7VZJA/IMG_1647.jpg Blog - A tale of two valleys Kids headed up to the first glacier with waterfalls everywhere. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1533635558376-XY7BYKPGROFXFBLWDAIW/IMG_1696.jpg Blog - A tale of two valleys The girls and the boat https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1533238167411-HXL7LP3JLXLBI1SVRBP9/IMG_1937.jpg Blog - A tale of two valleys Once we got to the glacier and the lake - off went the shoes and on went the imagination. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1533238273296-Z845HIX3AMTWMDYRDGWA/IMG_1670.jpg Blog - A tale of two valleys One more waterfall (I am not even sure I the noticed the one in the picture when I took it) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1533237926258-JXLRO8THMNQDJJQ315LI/IMG_1924.jpg Blog - A tale of two valleys Here the girls are crossing the bridge under an amazing waterfall near the base of the glacier. The sign said it can produce 10,000 liters a minute and there was so much spray that the whole area and everyone who came near were drenched. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1533238017652-WHXF3W7V5LJR9LK7OXSH/IMG_1990.jpg Blog - A tale of two valleys Coming back through you can see the waterfall from a different angle and its eternal rainbow. https://www.fouralaskans.com/news/2018/7/31/uijs97u2zcuf53av99caeoeveuzbyl monthly 0.5 2019-06-25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1533042082540-1O45COAT93OWICZVRQEX/FIwd8JzMTpG5q10HzMXY6A.jpg Blog - Mt Skala Lily missed all of dinner and was out cold; you wouldn’t have known she was that tired! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1533041996444-9P9X8FWOELPL0R338JCJ/IMG_1812.JPG Blog - Mt Skala The cows were a hit, and very friendly. This one gave Lily’s arm a full bath when she reached out. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1533041517794-ZVXHSWJ3H5WRSAZX6M5H/IMG_1621.jpg Blog - Mt Skala The top, just above a glacier. The summit hut was built over a 120 years ago - a welcome shelter to many-especially this day. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1533041645978-X4EDDJHJFBEK1B7HVIJN/IMG_1625.jpg Blog - Mt Skala Time to brave to cold and get ready to head back down. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1533041452590-LFEWXXSQB1AHJ7HFKZEY/IMG_1610.jpg Blog - Mt Skala Lily climbing to the top. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1533041830057-92HSFC5LAOABHJR4C4Q0/bOjkldMVTMin394VkA7sOA.jpg Blog - Mt Skala Isabelle telling me how awesome these stairs are as we approached the summit. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1533042050424-XXPNL8AZC04AU3P0YPIK/xsivS7lsSdGfrXTcVrShtw.jpg Blog - Mt Skala One more waterfall on the way down https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1533041595119-Z1AMDO9AGQ6M9PPO2V28/IMG_1618.jpg Blog - Mt Skala Inside the shelter there was a wood stove, supplies and beds (if you chose to stay the night). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1533041719872-6AUGYB2CFMSHX3AFU8RZ/IMG_1633.jpg Blog - Mt Skala The sense it was cold didn't last for long; after a warm lunch the girls went swimming in a very cold lake! https://www.fouralaskans.com/news/2018/7/31/airbnb-a-different-way-to-travel monthly 0.5 2019-06-25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1533036319054-CXS0IV7M79NKEF7D25UF/IMG_1660.jpg Blog - Airbnb, a different way to travel Getting the most out of the local swimming hole. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1533042284909-ZGWKRDSHZJPRMLM34H38/fullsizeoutput_4697.jpeg Blog - Airbnb, a different way to travel Exploring a model ice cave, including frozen bodies. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1533036059166-JPO95TLONVFG1DBQK33G/IMG_1685.jpg Blog - Airbnb, a different way to travel One more bowl of raspberries! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1533036267575-S8QEYDJ5JBBDU5HVVWSN/IMG_1616.jpg Blog - Airbnb, a different way to travel Enjoying breakfast on the shared patio with our lovely family in Odda. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1533036102988-ERNVQOFJFQ0ENPSDK6FM/IMG_1688.jpg Blog - Airbnb, a different way to travel After an incredible thunderstorm that started a small fire near us, the sun came back and our whole family (now listening to the Alchymist as we drive) said the rainbow must be an good omen. You can see their "old" raspberry farm in the field. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1533042335919-GPDEQKDJL93WHJDREHTN/fullsizeoutput_4699.jpeg Blog - Airbnb, a different way to travel A haunting exhibit on the effects of global warming. It made me miss my grandfather Al's wisdom and say a prayer for the next generations. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1533036211157-SOCTHDGTPX64UST6DTFX/IMG_1704.jpg Blog - Airbnb, a different way to travel The old Stave church, one of 26 still standing, was constructed with no metal (including nails). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1533036446195-7UMAHQX8HFTW51C77D04/IMG_1752.jpg Blog - Airbnb, a different way to travel The many moods of Norway and the many moods of these two. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1533036375531-G1G40CC6FS89EZ66DX6E/IMG_1721.jpg Blog - Airbnb, a different way to travel Finding small treasures along the way. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1533042223899-ICL59B4H445P1BYIBY31/fullsizeoutput_4696.jpeg Blog - Airbnb, a different way to travel Glacial science experiments, hydroelectric modeling and climate change were the focus of this great kids museum on the way to central Europe's largest glacier. https://www.fouralaskans.com/news/2018/7/31/trolltunga-odda-and-other-adventures-with-people monthly 0.5 2019-06-25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1533030953820-BVEN67KY0LS7ACP63I5A/IMG_0170.JPG Blog - Trolltunga, Odda and other adventures with people The view most of the time hiking. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1533032162629-UN8MU4ILDZCJ3V0RUWJJ/IMG_0233.JPG Blog - Trolltunga, Odda and other adventures with people Lily with her shirt matching the incredible blue water. The pictures really did not capture the water and the sun. This was our version of the real Trolltunga which you can see in the video below. The real one is cleaner and a little longer but this area was filled with these harder layers of rock sticking out over the lake below. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1533030851662-KDWC5AWZSVN7H7I2UIC7/IMG_1598.jpg Blog - Trolltunga, Odda and other adventures with people Family selfie on our own version of the famous rock. https://www.fouralaskans.com/news/2018/7/31/other-skapet-adventures monthly 0.5 2019-06-25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1533028607608-0MZ1SY3ZHT4R9K74VTAL/IMG_0122.JPG Blog - Other Skapet adventures Not sure the kids think we can ever get enough pictures of these guys. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1533040061989-5TG4UOAV3YX9SGZH4MB9/IMG_1518.jpg Blog - Other Skapet adventures Time to leave and the weather fit our mood as we were sad to see these cabins go. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1533027839774-ZOWHTI78PISU3ZJGL0Z2/IMG_1464.jpg Blog - Other Skapet adventures Happy camper. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1533027610794-R6F948D9BHH08W2UE3EG/IMG_0157.JPG Blog - Other Skapet adventures Animals have always liked him. This one came back that night looking for him again and making a ton of noise wishing he would come play again. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1533027722292-M8HB6N1FDN881XKK1UFB/export+-+1.jpg Blog - Other Skapet adventures The rocks might as well have been a thousand dollar playground. Here they are kings of the mountain not ready to come down for the night. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1533027298468-VI5M2A56BXRSAWRBLN8D/IMG_1455.jpg Blog - Other Skapet adventures Looking up during my run to see the huge cliffs I was running along. Well, "running" may be a stretch for what I did most of the trail as it was full of boulders, twist and turns, but it was beautiful and soul fulfilling. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1533027565280-CNPGCEKSCK1ZIPUWGULX/fullsizeoutput_4681.jpeg Blog - Other Skapet adventures Dancing with the Lily after the rain had passed. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1533026777904-J16BQ6V06ADML4T046WO/IMG_0151.jpg Blog - Other Skapet adventures Her crow pose is getting better. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1533028500629-NAUAPW7DPL543VH56BLU/fullsizeoutput_462f.jpeg Blog - Other Skapet adventures Trying to roll the rock on our way in. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1533026811225-432B9SB1UTU9O1EXFPAF/IMG_0153.jpg Blog - Other Skapet adventures Morning fun. They clearly love doing two person yoga. https://www.fouralaskans.com/news/2018/7/30/4444-and-counting monthly 0.5 2019-06-25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1533024330768-EOC7U6T1U3IHTMD23A6H/IMG_1430.jpg Blog - 4444 and counting Kids charging ahead https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1533024453938-SXKDHQJZI1TXAKDC3MC0/IMG_1376.jpg Blog - 4444 and counting This T has now been showing up in my dreams. It is the red T painted on all of the trails that lead to all of the huts in Norway, and it also marks essentially every major trail we have been on in the country. Finding and following the "red T" is like finding blueberries. After a day or two of straining to see them through the rest of the visual noise, it is what I see when I close my eyes at night. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1533024185437-Y66FMHRAEQZJCJLOK7VH/IMG_0136.jpg Blog - 4444 and counting Here you can get a little sense of the height of the steep stairs and how they hug the mountain. This shot was taken early on while we were still below tree line. You can see the fjord where we started below. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1533022917307-S5BDER3OM5219D5GJBHI/IMG_1414.jpg Blog - 4444 and counting I followed these cute feet up all of the stairs. It definately made me appriciate her choice of socks for the year! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1533025080916-IVOTHK1G2VQ5KC2OHFIS/IMG_0140.jpg Blog - 4444 and counting We are getting used to the fact no one purifies water here and you just drink out of the creeks. We have had many hours of discussion questioning if the water is really cleaner here or if we are just more paranoid in Alaska. I guess we will see. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1533024389946-KAD0O083RD09608G4KXV/IMG_0133.jpg Blog - 4444 and counting The trails are incredibly well marked even if the trail itself doesn't really exist. This one went up around and around. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1533025201343-34EBV5TFX8UVU3EWL0FF/IMG_0142.jpg Blog - 4444 and counting Singing a sweet song as she heads home. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1533024591244-40293FVF8IRVV9A6R1QY/IMG_0126.jpg Blog - 4444 and counting Everywhere we go, fjords dominate the landscape, the culture and the environment. This is the famous Lysefjord near our cabin and you can see a little town supported just by boat in the distance along the water.. https://www.fouralaskans.com/news/2018/7/30/saunas monthly 0.5 2019-06-25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1533018581049-3ANWY6CQ0O8DLRP14UCL/fullsizeoutput_4679.jpeg Blog - Saunas Enjoying the warm water the sauna produced for one final wash before bed. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1533018493008-DLFWOSZTV02TGWNP6CAA/fullsizeoutput_4686.jpeg Blog - Saunas Enjoying some quiet time as the sauna was heating up. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1533018335092-KIK1WH19DR77TO62XS9D/IMG_1506.jpg Blog - Saunas Getting the stove running the second day. That day, the solar effect of those windows gave us a head start. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1533029034262-ZDO56EK6N03MHUKTCV6Z/fullsizeoutput_4675.jpeg Blog - Saunas Lily’s face the first time she got in the lake! https://www.fouralaskans.com/news/2018/7/28/off-the-grid monthly 0.5 2019-06-25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1533027924408-42HDRH6OBSOSMWIQJ7W3/IMG_0143.JPG Blog - Off the grid....Skapet Huts Cooking breakfast pancakes; a 5-year old quickly informed us in Norwegian that we were cooking them all wrong; our pancakes were too small-they needed to be big and round. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1532892984644-TE07BCKEJ77KZ0Q7UOAC/IMG_1341.jpg Blog - Off the grid....Skapet Huts The common room was a great place for cards, cooking and company. The bright red and black wool blankets and the incredible view make it hard to leave when the rain came. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1532893096253-NM3ATSSR5RV12VGDCZ5X/IMG_0146.JPG Blog - Off the grid....Skapet Huts Inside one of the 6 cabins. This is the one we had rented for 5 days. There is sleeping space for 40 more in the main cabin and they always try to keep some space open for last minute members who need a bed. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1532894554976-L1N3G0V6M9CM2CTKT7AX/IMG_0147.JPG Blog - Off the grid....Skapet Huts Looking towards the inside from the outside https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1532893309616-AOXV3UL3JVS2RHF86S4W/fullsizeoutput_4631.jpeg Blog - Off the grid....Skapet Huts I think Lily could have stayed inside all day enjoying some down time playing in her own world. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1533028227825-5M9MCOJHD56XKFP72OEV/IMG_0169.JPG Blog - Off the grid....Skapet Huts The gray of the huts fit the clouds when they rolled in and cooled everything off. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1532895159141-TMN9LG8VBT6IQZ2MBQSM/fullsizeoutput_467c.jpeg Blog - Off the grid....Skapet Huts Here is a view of the main cabin as you approached it with our constant neighbors - the sheep. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1532894997273-GTPB34YVJCU9J5GH0DJH/fullsizeoutput_4684.jpeg Blog - Off the grid....Skapet Huts This was the shower that was connected to the sauna. You could heat the water in the sauna, poor it into the shower tank and take a warm shower outside. It was also surprising how often the lake was used as a bath! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1532893416190-YSB46VTWCEH1NHI3AOGZ/fullsizeoutput_467e.jpeg Blog - Off the grid....Skapet Huts As the light changed, so did the way the huts blended into the surroundings. This was our front door, with clothes drying from a run and a fern the girls has been playing with earlier. It felt like if this was in the forest you would miss it all together. https://www.fouralaskans.com/news/2018/7/20/5ysja1rjvfvqevxpqrm5voc7teb33b monthly 0.5 2019-06-25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1532115593780-RQGS2ARUDFA0MV5WHDM3/IMG_0112.JPG Blog - We left Norway and headed to Greece The ferry system connecting the major roads in this part of Norway is pretty great; maybe I will get used to it and maybe I won’t. It took about 2 hours to get to Stavanger and there we checkout out a huge food festival going on. It was a beautiful day, but man, there were a lot of people! I think we do a little better as a family with less people and less moving. We are already looking forward to the mountains and eventually the arctic region where we will be in once place for a month and have a chance to really settle down for a bit. Tomorrow we are off to a backcountry cabin for 5 days which will be a nice change and hopefully work as planned. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1532115027879-GV917QAZMYAQ9S8RTSO4/IMG_0110.JPG Blog - We left Norway and headed to Greece They could have played here all day https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1532115474263-NHP0Z69L7LWY1TL7KZ5O/IMG_0113.JPG Blog - We left Norway and headed to Greece On the road again moving towards Stavanger, the oil capital of Norway. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1532114645061-6WM6532OKRJMK19W6PIB/IMG_0111.JPG Blog - We left Norway and headed to Greece How can Traverse and I take the same picture but his looks like this!?! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1532114584622-F0L1TKYTV2E7AMBVF960/IMG_0109.JPG Blog - We left Norway and headed to Greece I’m not sure if they were joking and stood like this to look cute or if really meant it, but hey, we’ll take it. Joking aside, it is so great they have each other on this trip. They have been great with each other and they are so glad to have someone to play with. https://www.fouralaskans.com/news/2018/7/20/on-the-road-again monthly 0.5 2019-04-29 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1532074714213-9LSRXAJJ4Z6IXET1KLV4/photo.jpg Blog - On the road again My early morning run which I was dreading as I have not been running hills much recently but the scenery and my favorite running app - Active - motivated me the whole way and as I sprinted down, briefly making strava segment leader of the day and reminding me of why it is so good to get out on my own and push myself for me. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1532075155831-PABXIROGK57NQPAI1JOO/photo.jpg Blog - On the road again Who knew the water could be so blue in Norway. Beautiful quite beach we could have stayed at all day. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1532075395563-QHWZZAT09XP36XVDVVRK/IMG_1212.jpg Blog - On the road again kids stole the camera! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1532073975504-FM94AO8DMHA0CHR5RSFZ/photo.jpg Blog - On the road again All packed up and headed to the train station to get our car for the next two and a half weeks https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1532075286088-BBQEGHW4092C9DOT2BWQ/photo.jpg Blog - On the road again sisterly love. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1532075302351-PJDAR9XXWOH7ASX437FC/IMG_1219.jpg Blog - On the road again sleep well sweet world. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1532075014481-MOBOE91230LY9I2HC2ZC/photo.jpg Blog - On the road again Dinner (well appetizers) on the coast in the is interesting half resort town, half sea industry town but decently a slower pace and distinctly sea side feel. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1532074873610-KP95CQD2RY981B123H79/photo.jpg Blog - On the road again On the incredibly efficient ferry between Bergen and Stavenger. This major highway between two city includes a ferry that leaves every 15 minutes and was a welcome break from the car. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1532075225667-VYCWDWMM98L5470F9HFD/IMG_1137.jpg Blog - On the road again Having fun with the lowering sun and the spectacular water. https://www.fouralaskans.com/news/2018/7/18/last-full-day-in-bergen monthly 0.5 2019-04-29 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1531936997655-9Y2Y82TRFQ39IH5N249T/IMG_1069.jpg Blog - Last full day in Bergen I loved how in this one is the person who died is light and every one else is in black and each with their own ghostly quality with the room almost melting around them. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1531936910887-IQ09GUQBBQJMDVTPHCRA/IMG_1054.jpg Blog - Last full day in Bergen Little one in a big world. She found this center point in the room that was amazing, if you taped your foot it echoed again and again like a series of dominos hitting each other but going further away. It really did not echo your voice however and the room somehow basically muffled all the sounds. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1531936862042-8ZL7KJ8YRL3W6A33VCCC/photo.jpg Blog - Last full day in Bergen I have so many pictures like this from toddlers to now teenagers. I am always in awe of these three. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1531937140860-FQI2191QEUSNONNCADRD/IMG_1064.jpg Blog - Last full day in Bergen Two sister Picasso style self portrait. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1531937094184-JP69I8Q3EBSSIEM755N7/photo.jpg Blog - Last full day in Bergen The kids part of the museum was a blast. I loved how they used natural light, physical expressions of balance and the unexpected to tie together all they had just seen in the rest of the museum. This was right after a sweet dream theme kids exhibit. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1531937063424-3ZMUQT6NIJ7VTFFGZZPR/IMG_1068.jpg Blog - Last full day in Bergen This quote about Munch's work stuck a cord with me and the museum filled with is work was a powerful sight. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1531937259921-XNON2VWAKIZ6XKINCUUC/IMG_0783.jpg Blog - Last full day in Bergen Ok, I just can not get enough of all of these potted plants. You know it is the little things in life, the potted plants, the colorfully painted walls. They are like small treasures or little gifts each of these residents have left by the door step to greet us as we pass by. They are not elaborate, no landscape architect needed, but they bring such great joy each morning. I want to find more ways to share those little bits of joy for no other reason than to make someone else day. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1531936961420-ALK7EDC0DPVQWOCIBIDL/IMG_1053.jpg Blog - Last full day in Bergen Reflecting on Picasso's use of the high pony tail. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1531937213105-1L4MUO6BW7BE6HA0S398/IMG_1075.jpg Blog - Last full day in Bergen These two, after school work and art museums they were ready to run free. While we were distracted talking to another couple from the Washington DC, these two were planning out a whole play with nothing more than what we had with us and which used the whole front steps of the local theater. https://www.fouralaskans.com/news/2018/7/18/creating-routine monthly 0.5 2019-04-29 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1531902750870-1DSLIDN33CZJ84TGPUKY/IMG_0952.jpg Blog - Creating routine Why let the kids have all of the fun? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1531902528963-T8IK8JJXDQ853OYAWQCH/IMG_0891.jpg Blog - Creating routine Little one working on her book report as she has already finished the two assigned books for Norway. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1531902661858-OFZ3RP5D8D129QZ5TPJ4/IMG_0933.jpg Blog - Creating routine "Are you kidding me? There is no way I am jumping in the ocean!" https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1531902328823-75CQI7KO9M79C2SIWTZ6/IMG_1024.jpg Blog - Creating routine Little one joined me this morning on a walk instead of a run, she wanted to see the morning before all the people started to come out. It was really nice to just have one on one time. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1531902389992-0CLPWZLUDQ5006CFVBP1/IMG_1026.jpg Blog - Creating routine She just wanted to see the green church on our walk, so we found it. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1531902627376-ACP9UXGZD5IX7KF7RRYK/IMG_0665.jpg Blog - Creating routine Ok now they are just making stuff up ;-) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1531902715321-81ZB0XXYA1MKXNO4AMKM/IMG_1009.jpg Blog - Creating routine 15 min later they were both in the water without life jackets https://www.fouralaskans.com/news/2018/7/17/a-long-walk-home-ulriken-to-floyen monthly 0.5 2019-04-29 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1531819383993-M6OP1ZNHBV23QKUK6QH5/IMG_0830.jpg Blog - A long walk home: Ulriken to Floyen Glacial smoothed granite with sparking quarts filled the plateau that connected Ulriken and Floyen with the Fløibanen funicular that comes right out of downtown Bergen. Around every corner at the start was another hut, some small and rustic, others amazingly modern looking. I believe these are all run by the Norwegian hut association and their incredibly useful app provided a topo map as we went. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1531819725618-EOE2L3GGA8V4PKEXHB7U/IMG_0839.jpg Blog - A long walk home: Ulriken to Floyen Trails, trails everywhere!!! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1531819840602-H4ZR4B2ZX0R1H7QTQJGC/IMG_0842.jpg Blog - A long walk home: Ulriken to Floyen The kids loved the trail, the variation, the views and the amazing lakes kept them going. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1531820155858-948Q26RWMZ8D6B8FVWF7/IMG_0870.jpg Blog - A long walk home: Ulriken to Floyen Crystal clear water and small beautiful lakes dotted the landscape. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1531820897977-TKH99G2QR2N9K977NO5B/IMG_0878.jpg Blog - A long walk home: Ulriken to Floyen The whole hike was seriously like this. The girls were excited to see from above all the places in Bergen they have grown to recognize and put them in a larger context. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1531818798610-07H8LB15VN6EBXYMW6EQ/IMG_1158.jpg Blog - A long walk home: Ulriken to Floyen About 7 miles in we had these fabulous views of the town of Bergen and the surrounding coast. What was crazy to me was the density of the city, but then the vast amount of surrounding open area that really felt like a local play ground. It was a partially beautiful day so the hills were full of people, all ages and abilities, running, hiking, playing in the mountains. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1531820839897-54IEFL2MGJI6I468INNB/IMG_0859.jpg Blog - A long walk home: Ulriken to Floyen Not sure what this was all about, but I guess we will remember? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1531821053313-AE3PKG9HO6QQ6EDW27CG/IMG_0883.jpg Blog - A long walk home: Ulriken to Floyen A big treat for some big hikers. I have spent a lot of time asking myself what this year is really about, why we are doing it and today was a great reminder of part of what I was hoping to get our of the year. Just taking time to spend time with the family, leave behind the "gottas" as they are called in our family, we just "gotta" do this or that, but instead take the time to really be together, work on our individual weaknesses and instill habits that will serve us all for the future. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1531820728070-74LTQN4RB6BP9OQ35JZS/IMG_0857.jpg Blog - A long walk home: Ulriken to Floyen Lunch breaks are the best! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1531819017776-O0FX81ERQIRV5ZAT8P34/IMG_0826.jpg Blog - A long walk home: Ulriken to Floyen Everywhere we go there is another obstacle course. This one was at the top Ulriken Cable car. We had a large family debate if we hike up and skip the cable car or take the car and then start the 11 mile hike. Lingering jet lag and the new adventure of being able to take the cable car won at the end of the day, up we went and let the hiking begin. https://www.fouralaskans.com/news/2018/7/15/what-time-is-it monthly 0.5 2019-04-29 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1531681081887-WZPW4V2JLCUUTZBSLCNY/IMG_0044.JPG Blog - What time is it? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1531681203241-6ND5PF81OF8BN3NWMRD1/IMG_0045.JPG Blog - What time is it? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1531681050154-PNXQ7AIJBQY3X3H2RFJN/IMG_0052.JPG Blog - What time is it? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1531681153057-2M5AKLF0UXFSGEY61IV8/IMG_0049.JPG Blog - What time is it? https://www.fouralaskans.com/news/2018/7/14/norway-gets-an-11510 monthly 0.5 2019-04-29 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1531605543912-R4DVV1ODRW0SCFIMAXAX/IMG_0751.jpg Blog - Norway gets an 11.5/10 More bikes in the oldest school in Norway as we made our way up the hillside. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1531605642798-5TQPRXVYGDMIH39OM984/photo.jpg Blog - Norway gets an 11.5/10 Up and up we went taking trail after trail, not sure really where we were going but loving the sun, the views and the beautiful path https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1531604173047-4M292NMVFWPTDOE1BLWM/photo.jpg Blog - Norway gets an 11.5/10 Down to the fish market. We left out some of the pictures of the craziest ones, but the kids loved the diversity of fish and huge crabs. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1531606049966-Z6ZEMEEBUHPWXM3XM951/photo.jpg Blog - Norway gets an 11.5/10 And let the fun begin! The top was amazing. The girls spent about 4 hours playing through a troll forest, running through a giant obstacle course, playing with the local sheep and goats. They said it was the best playground they had ever been on. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1531603716394-3TGS0E3KHXA2D8ER7UCL/IMG_0647.jpg Blog - Norway gets an 11.5/10 We started the day walking the streets of Bergen. Flower pots spill over street curbs, doors painted brilliant colors, cats purched on windows. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1531605700715-UCB5WN1LPSP42SDUXSMC/photo.jpg Blog - Norway gets an 11.5/10 Obligatory selfie at the top. It turns out those trails took us to the top of a cable car and the place was packed. The views were incredible, you could see in every direction, waters, ships, mountains as far as the eye could see. Languages from around the world floated through the air as we ate the lunch Isabelle made and soaked up the sun. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1531606200307-VVS55O5OWQZNOGTW3FYB/photo.jpg Blog - Norway gets an 11.5/10 But hands down, the highlight of their day was this Robinson Crusoe style obstacle course / tree house and promises to come back were the only way we got them down. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1531604082351-953SOXOAH3SHXYR414AE/IMG_0588.jpg Blog - Norway gets an 11.5/10 Isabelle could not get enough of the bikes. Bike flower pots, bike door handles, bikes hanging above door ways https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1531604364655-VC6H6CA0BVQJ6G2AXZFL/photo.jpg Blog - Norway gets an 11.5/10 Exploring the downtown. Bergen is a fascinating city, for a long time it was the largest city in Norway and a major port throughout all of Europe. The town suffered many fires (and no surprise why walking though these all wood building / walkways) and towering on the edge of the water. It has gone through booms and buts and occupied by the Germans during WWII. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a9104b9266c07de0d6f647d/1531606349370-EESEA3MA9V05W6NVG00F/IMG_1114.jpg Blog - Norway gets an 11.5/10 And back home we came, exhausted but filled with gratitude and wonder. 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