It was fabulous to have a real vacation where I didn’t have to take care of anyone or worry about my boys. Sister was a great traveling partner and we were with a group of mature, educated and interesting people. We went to museums and visitor centers, learned about local activities such as curling, and […]
I never truly know someplace until I see it. Seeing pictures, I get the idea of the place but it is not the experience of the place. You see pictures of the Grand Canyon, Eiffel Tower, Barrier Reef, [insert place here], and you see the landscape, composition and colors. It is not until I behold
Animal life played a fun component in our Alaskan trip. We went to the Alaska SeaLife Center in Seward which was very much like the Monterey Bay Aquarium. I could see native fish, birds, and mammals that I otherwise would have not seen in the wild. Alaska Wildlife Conservation Center is a nonprofit organization dedicated
As I flew into Alaska, I took in a sharp breath at the expanse and beauty that I saw from my airplane window. As I surveyed the shoreline, the giant ice blocks floating in the ocean surprised me since I had never seen frozen sea water before. Driving to the hotel, I couldn’t catch my
Our aurora lecture this morning, courtesy of the Geophysical Institute, focused on the magnetic field in generating the sky event. There is a lot of research bring done on the aurora, and where better than it to be done than northern Alaska? We visited the Institute for Arctic Biology, Large Animal Research Center. It, like
