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Husky Puppy
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Mendenhall Glacier
FOWChallenge-Vicariously
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vicariously
in a way that is experienced in the imagination
through the actions of another person
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I vicariously cuddled the husky pup through my wife.
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FOWChallenge-Cuddle
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cuddle
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When we found ourselves with some time to spare
on Juneau’s, Mendenhall Glacier
the was no shortage…
…of arms ready, willing and able
to cuddle these husky pups
that were also living on the glacier.
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Pic-and-Word-Challenge_Wk295-Chill
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chill
All my chill images should have
provided us with a chilling experience…
…unfortunately, the opposite was true.
Although it was snowing on
Canada’s Athabasca Glacier in Alberta,
moving around kept us warm.
Even our visit to
Alaska’s Mendenhall Glacier
was undertaken in bright sunshine.
I must confess wearing more than
a cotton shirt on the
glacier visits though.
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Pic-and-Word-Challenge…Wk295-Chill
Word-of-Day-Challenge-Odyssey
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odyssey
a long wandering and eventful journey
I am inclined to suggest that any journey
originating in Australia and visiting
the northern hemisphere
could be described as an ‘Odyssey’.
Last year’s travel to Canada took us about
16 hours flying time to reach Vancouver Island
to the start of our Canadian/Alaskan adventure.
Falling snow on the Columbia Ice-field was
an event we had not counted on.
Our sled ride on the Mendenhall Glacier was wonderful.
Followed by the Red Carpet treatment
when boarding our
Rocky Mountaineer
Gold Leaf Carriage.
Our Final day, not included in the tour,
was a visit to Wiseman,
a very small township
inside the Arctic Circle.
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Word of the Day Challenge: Odyssey
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Word-of-Day-Challenge-Flight
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flight
the action or process of flying through the air.
The view from our helicopter flight…
…over the Canadian Rockies…
…to Mendenhall Glacier.
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Word of the Day Challenge: Flight
FOWChallenge-Escape
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I have posted this escape more than once, it fits so nicely.
Maggie dispatched this Dachshund intruder from our backyard.
Both were happy to see the fence.
Dachshund because it could escape.
Maggie because she escaped any further chasing.
Her job completed, shed trotted back
to the backdoor very satisfied with herself.
However, there was no escape for these husky puppies…
…was once MGW and another female traveller
had them in their grasp.
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Fandango’s One Word Challenge: Escape
Pic-and-Word-Challenge_Wk195-Work
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Flying a helicopter…
to and from…
…sounds like a good way to spend
one’s working hours, to me.
Driving a huskie team pulling tourists over
the Mendenhall Glacier also seemed neat.
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Pic-and-Word-Challenge_Wk173_Fences
Fences
Fencing husky puppies away from harm
on Mendenhall Glacier near Juneau.
A very temporary fence around Taji
after she had been spayed.
It was supposed to keep her quiet, not stretch run etc.
As soon as we stepped out the back door she was
jumping up against said fence and
in her six weeks of captivity
nearly pushed the fence over.
So much for keeping her quiet. 🙂
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SUNDAY-STILLS-PC-Reflect
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We had probably the busiest year we will ever have in 2018.
Late February we spent a weekend in Auckland
to celebrate the engagement of
our eldest son to his bride to be.
In June we were blessed with falling snow while
visiting the Columbia Icefield and Athabasca Glacier.
Most of us had not seen falling snow ever,
so a real delight.
A week or so later while cruising the Inside Passage
during our stop at Juneau we flew
onto the Mendenhall Glacier to visit the huskies
and have a rife in a sled.
Another highlight.
We hardly seemed to be home
before preparations needed…
to be made for our road trip in New Zealand
prior to our son’s wedding.
A Māori Hāngī at the
Whakarewarewa Māori Village in Rotorua…
…and a visit to the Hobbit Movie Set at Matamata,
…were preludes to the big day.
The next morning back at
Auckland International Airport
for our flight home.
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