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The World is at Your Fingertips

Adventure Tuesday

Our life is our greatest adventure

I often stop and think about how lucky I feel. Sure, there are times when I feel sad and lonely, because living in a different country does affect you in some way. But then I think about everything I get to experience over here, everything I get to see. Obviously I have my family on this side of the ocean now too which helps a lot. It's like a balance between your past, present and future. Sacrifice does come into play there too a lot, or is it a sacrifice, or just a way of life, a decision? I have seen so much, so many places that are on a lot of peoples bucketlists, and yet I crave more. I want to see more, I want to be in nature all the time.

Cross-country skiing in Yellowstone National Park

Adventure

I can't wait to go on another adventure, even though we have been traveling quite a bit lately. Every time we go somewhere and see new and cool places I always fall back on Alaska and Montana. Who knows where we will move in the future, it probably wont be Alaska, but I keep comparing every place to Alaska and Montana. Those two states are the heart of this country to me, that is where I can see myself settle down and adventure on.

Montana

Yellowstone

Montana

Alaska

Colorado

Not too long ago we went to Colorado, only for a few days, but we did do some adventuring there too of course.

Hiking in Colorado

Even though we had only gotten a few hours sleep, got on a plane and then drove for four hours we still managed to get out for a hike.

We definitely want to go back there, and we have a few friends who lives there now so that will most likely happen in the future! Who knows, maybe Colorado will fall into that list of mine too, the possibilities are endless and completely open I suppose.

The Cabin in the Woods, Alaska

View from the University, Alaska

The Cabin in the Woods, Alaska

Ballaine lake, Alaska

In the Mountains, Alaska

If you could pick a place to settle down, where would that be? Or maybe you already found your dream home?

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Posted on November 1, 2016 by Ann Rumbleinthearctic and filed under Adventure Tuesday, Montana, The great wide open, Yellowstone, Alaska and tagged Elsewhere Yellowstone Yellowstone National Park Alaska White Mountains 2016_2 Home Adventuring Dream Home Future Fall Adventures Winter Adventures Adventure Mountains Dreams Summer Adventures Wintertime Life in Alaska 2016.

In a Different World

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Flashback Friday

Temperatures Dropping

Last year around this time I lived in Fairbanks and the temperatures were way below freezing. We had already received the seasons first snowfall of course, and the sunsets and sunrises colored the sky beautiful every day. During the night, aurora colored the sky.

Halloween was around the corner, just like now, and I made an awesome pumpkin carving, a moose of course.

I do miss Alaska and its awesomeness!

Do you have a place you miss?

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The traveling kind?

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Adventure Tuesday

Update

I have been so busy lately, so I actually haven't been able to update you guys as much as I would like to, but I'll try my best. I also do try to have an English and Swedish section for my blogpost so if you want to read any of the recent blogposts in Swedish check back in a few weeks and I will make sure all of them have a Swedish part. We have been traveling the past couple of days so I'll share some Iphone pictures of my recent trip with you! I will most likely write some more and longer posts about this past trip, and also the Colorado trip so stay tuned!

Old Friends are the Best of Friends?

We all traveled down to Florida to see one of W's best friends get married. W was a groomsman together with two other long-term friends/best friends (in my opinion the long-term friends are usually the best of friends). We flew into New Orleans and then drove through a total of four states (6 states if you include Wisconsin and Illinois which was the start of our trip). New Orleans is in Louisiana, after that we have Mississippi, then Alabama and finally Florida!

Tears, Laughter and Happiness

I have never (at least I can't remember) seen such white sand as I did in Florida. We had such a great time. Building on our friendship, well the ladies, laughing about old memories and new memories, crying because of lost friends (The boys lost a dear friend back in March who was also suppose to be a part of the wedding party), pouring out a beer in the ocean for him, promising to always meet at least once a year, buying a half box of oysters and then shucking them and consume them together with Prosecco, whiskey, beer and key lime pie, adventuring out on the beach in pitch black condition to stargaze, witnessing a beautiful wedding on the beach in the white sand, seeing the boys come out to some Bob Marley music at the wedding, and just having a wonderful time! I would call that a great weekend.