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Hesitating Beauty

 

New Years Thoughts

    New Years Eve has approached, as it always does once a year. I don't really celebrate birthdays any longer, because I feel like it is yet another day in life, we are only one day older than the day before. Age is just a number, right? In some way I feel the same way about New Years Eve. I am a morning person so I am usually sound asleep once the new year hits. I do love celebrating New Years Eve though, because we eat good food, have nice drinks and so on, oh and dress up. Fireworks was something I was excited about when I was young, or actually I am not sure if I was that excited about them, or if it was mostly my parents who were, either way I don't really care about them either. Last year I celebrated new years alone in Fairbanks, and I was once again sound asleep when the new year hit. I did wake up around midnight though to go to the outhouse, and there was a beautiful aurora show going on.

 
 

Nature and rawness    

    What do I want out of 2017? I want more nature adventures. As you all probably know by now, nature has a special place in my heart. How could we ever live without it? I can't imagine living in a city like New York, nor do I usually have any interest in visiting places like that. Don't get me wrong, I love culture and exploring cities, but crowded places and me just doesn't work. I want more raw experiences, I want to feel that I am alive. I want to be cold, so I can appreciate the warmth. I want to get lost so I can appreciate being on the right path. I want to get wet in a rainstorm so I can appreciate staying dry. I want to bushwhack through the untouched forest so I can appreciate walking on a road from time to time.  They say, what doesn't kill you makes you stronger, or that hardships build character. 

 
 

    What do you want out of 2017? 

 
Other posts about adventures and nature
A hike on the East Coast - Franconia Ridge
When we Hiked through Lamar Valley - Summertime in Yellowstone National Park
Dispersed Camping in the Catskills - New York
The Ultimate Roadtrip pt.5
The Ultimate Roadtrip pt.4
Fires and Storms altered the City and what is found there now, is far from what once was there
Conquering Algonquin Peak
Denali Adventures - Spring edition
Death Canyon
Holly Lake - Grand Teton National Park
Posted on December 31, 2016 by Ann Rumbleinthearctic and filed under Photography, Nature, The great wide open, Alaska and tagged Beauty Adventure Winter Adventures Alaska Wisconsin Yellowstone Wilderness Nature Outdoors New Year Aurora Aurora Borealis Norrsken Northern Lights Winter travels Alaska range Mountains pink mountains Summer Adventures 2016_2.

Yellowstone National Park - Winter Edition

 
 

Wintersports

Kayaking in the wintertime?

    Every year when we are celebrating Christmas in Bozeman we also go to Yellowstone National Park, it has become a tradition. Well, this tradition is not something new in W's family, they originally went kayaking around Christmas in Yellowstone River, just outside the park (since you are not allowed to kayak inside the park). W's dad doesn't do this any longer, and neither W or his brother does it either. Instead we have transition into skiing and or snowshoeing combined with driving around looking for wildlife.

 
 

Can you get tired of skiing?

    I love skiing, well....last year I wasn't that enthusiastic about skiing and while we were in Yellowstone I didn't because I was sick. But now I am getting that excitement back again. It's weird how that works. Maybe I just skied too much previous years? The other year I signed up for a ski race (25 miles) just outside Fairbanks, and practiced almost every day, on top of skiing back and forth to work every day...so that might have made me tired of skiing? Now, that practice was less about being fast, just about actually managing to be on my skis for 25 miles, since (like all other races in Alaska) there isn't a lot of support on the trail. 

 
 

Winter in Yellowstone National Park

    The past few years we have ventured out into Yellowstone National Park during Christmas break. One year we actually celebrated New Years Eve in the park, well technically right outside. We always stay at a B&B in Gardiner which is one of the entrances to Yellowstone National Park. Most of the other people staying there seem to be snowmobilers, or at least that is what it seems like during breakfast at the small cafe that is included in our stay. As with any other National Park receiving a lot of snow and cold temperatures during the wintertime, many roads are closed. In Denali National Park the whole road is of course closed, but you can still bike, snowshoe, hike, and ski, just like in Yellowstone. We aren't that interested in snowmobiling and also don't want to spend the extra money to get on a snowcoach. So we ski. 

 
 

Skiing in Yellowstone National Park

    The animals don't take winter break, well aside from the bears I suppose. Which mean that the bison or the "huff buffs" as I like to call them, will still be there. It is quite frightening to ski around a corner and realize you just scared the whole bison herd, and less exciting to see the little baby bisons try to bluff charge towards you, even if it is from a distance. The buffalos are huge, heavy and a little bit stupid I would say, someone else might argue differently. Maybe they are just supersmart but very stubborn? Don't get me wrong, I am actually terrified of bison, because they are so big and heavy!

 
 

National Parks in the Wintertime   

    Have you ever been to any of the National Parks in the wintertime? Which one is your favorite and where would you want to go? Check back in a few weeks to see more pictures from Yellowstone National Park in the wintertime.

 
Posted on December 20, 2016 by Ann Rumbleinthearctic and filed under Photography, Nature, The great wide open, Yellowstone, Adventure Tuesday and tagged Skiing Alaska Ski Yellowstone Yellowstone National Park cold Winter travels Winter wintersport finding winter Wilderness Christmas 2016_2 Mountains Winter Adventures National Park Wintertime Winter Edition Rocky Mountains 2016.

Inspiration

 

Get back up on the Horse

    I haven't been writing in a long time, but figured that if you get thrown off the horse you better get back up on it. It is always better to try and go back to normal routines after something has happened. There is so much light and love in this world too, not only darkness. 

 
 

Instagram   

    I have seen a lot of other people writing about other blogs or Instagram accounts they follow, and I always love to read those posts. There are so many inspiring people in this world on so many different levels, so it would be a shame to not try and share the works of these people. I love seeing images of nature, woodwork, yarn-work and drawings, and also home design but the cabin in the woods or old house type of design.

 
 

My Favorites   

    Below are some of my (many) inspiring Instagram accounts, ok I could write a blogpost about this once a week probably and still wouldn't come close to all the people I get inspired by on a daily basis. 

Dreamy Nature Shots

 

Inspiring People (a life I would like to have sometimes)

Design and Art

 

    As you can see, there are many many inspiring people in this world. Do you have any favorite of your own that you think I should know about?

 
Posted on December 15, 2016 by Ann Rumbleinthearctic and filed under Nature, Photography, The great wide open and tagged Canada Canadaland Instagram into the wild Wilderness Nature.