Nature Friday and Talk Like a Pirate Day

 It is a mixed bag today.

First up, let's talk like a Pirate!

Now on to Rosy and Sunny's Nature Friday.

Arrr, these apples be fer feedin’ the deer, fattenin’ 'em up good ‘n proper for the cold days o’ winter! 

Travel Tuesday - Talk Like a Pirate and North to Alaska - Day 7 - Juneau

 Before we begin today's post - we join our pals in celebrating Talk Like A Pirate Day.

Now on to our travels. Our next port of call was Juneau. Here we had decided we would get up close and personal with a glacier.  We took a bus tour to Mendenhall Glacier. Here, I went on a hike, while my mom enjoyed learning about the glacier in the visitor's centre.

Mendenhall is half a mile wide and 1800 feet deep. Unlike Hubbard, Mendenhall is retreating quickly and it is estimated by 2050 you won't be able to see it from the visitor's centre.  It lost 3 miles between August 2021 and August 2022.

Hiking a bit closer

A memorial to a wolf. It made me smile. 

Nugget Falls

The colour of the glacier water up close

Icebergs floating between the glacier and the falls

Proof I was there!

On the hike out I saw this memorial stone and took a moment to remember a stranger. It says "A life well lived, and a man well loved. He never stopped exploring."

Proof we were the together! 

In the visitor's centre - I got to interact with a bear!

After time at Mendenhall, we went to Glacier Gardens. This garden was started in 1984 by Steve Bowhay and his wife Cindy. They picked a spot that a landslide had wiped out for their nursery business and over time have created this amazing, rainforest surrounded gardens. We were whisked up the mountain in the same type of people carrier as they use at Disney. Here are just a few shots from our stop there.

The garden is famous for the upside down trees that  have been turned into planters.

The rain forest

Looking down on Juneau

It was a lovely day in nature and unlike the bear hunt, we saw what we set out to!

Come back next week, for my favourite adventure - a day trip into the Yukon! (There may have been dogs involved . . . .)

Talk Like A Pirate Day!

We'd be back from our journey across the seven seas to bring you, Talk Like a Pirate Day!

Thanks for joining us!

 

Upcoming Event - Talk Like a Pirate Day! September 19

Aye me mateys, we may sailing the seven seas, but thought we would drop by to remind you all, Monday, September 19 is talk like a pirate day!

We hope you can join us for tales of booty and lots of ale!

Talk Like A Pirate Day

Talk Like a Pirate Day!

Aho! We be a  joining our mateys and talkin' like pirates!

Happy talk like a pirate day landlubbers!