My Penguin Travels The places and people the penguin visits

Happy Thanksgiving from the Penguin

I hope you’re having a fabulous Thanksgiving with friends and family. I got up early this morning so I could watch the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day parade. We love the parade, probably because it’s something far and away that seems like a magical fairytale kind of place that we can only see through the tv. It’s a fun tradition in my house. I’ve never had the chance to see it in person, but is something to be thankful for… I’m in my own cozy home watching with my friends.

A thought for you to share…

every night at dinner we go around the table and ask eachother what we’re thankful for for the day. The rule is it can’t be something you said yesterday, but it can be something plain and simple.

Me, today, I’m a penguin thankful I’m not a turkey.

Have a wonderful holiday!

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Penguin and the Oregon Trail

Over the summer I went on a road trip, you may already remember. One of the stops we made was a part of the Oregon trail. No, I did not travel the entire trail, I think that is an adventure for when the camera girl retires and buys an RV.

This is actually a rest stop somewhere in Oregon on the way from Boise, Idaho to Kennewick, Washington. I love how the little state rest stops add in some educational value. Stop to tinkle and get a smidge of learning at almost the same time. Neat! - I know what you’re thinking, yes, we do tinkle. Refocus here… Oregon trail and history - facinating stuff! It’s a very pretty drive, especially along the western states and Oregon. No wonder the pioneers wants to head this direction, it’s lovely!

Some great sites about the Oregon Trail:

Historic Sites on the Oregon Trail
A neat interactive map system so you can learn about various sites along the trail. Plus facts and other interesting info.

End of the Oregon Trail
A great selection of historical information and documentation of the time.

National Parks and Service
The government information site about the Oregon trail

Oregon Trail - the game
This is a fun family friendly game - a free download is available. It’s a great game to interact with facets of history, and it’s been around forever!

I’m pretty sure no one ran into penguins back then, but darnit, history is cool!

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Penguin and a 3day breast cancer walk

I could have sworn that I posted this photo already, but now I can’t find it.. so here I go again. It this is repeat info for you, pretend its brand new, it’s worth telling again. This is my day 1 at the breast cancer 3day in Seattle. We stopped to fill out a circle for what our goal was for the event…

we decided the goal had already been met — we made it here. Thank goodness for that, and little did we know how big of a thought that was.

The event raised some 8 million dollars — can you believe it??? and yes, thats me strapped to the pack.. and my pink ribbon penguin sister is on the other side… we tagged along the entire time!

I met a heap of fabulous people and heard some amazing stories… there is so much we experienced crammed into 3 days, I can’t begin to tell you all of it, so instead here’s a few of my favorites:

Pink fuzzy monkey on a backpack

glamorously wonderful fancy pink hat

pink flamingos - of course!
(don’t forget the pink party beads)

the peppy pink stopping fairy
ready to watch out for our stopping safety.

and I even met a team of penguins. No kidding! –

this is Marie - I have a 50/50 chance of getting that wrong, i kept calling her the wrong name the whole time… sorry if I did it again - she is with team Happy Feet. And they even decorated their tent with fabulous penguin balloons.

I love being a penguin… there’s always a little happiness, ever where we are. Go figure!

The closing ceremonies were amazing. The entire 3 days everyone was so spread out, it was hard to imagine exactly how many people were involved, but this view was a great one for me. I’m glad I went along!

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Penguin at Cumberland Falls

That’s Cumberland Falls in Kentucky. This is definitely not penguin country, but beautiful none the less. I didn’t get to stay until the sun went down, but apparently “On clear moonlit nights, the mist from the falls occasionally produces a moonbow.” Sounds pretty neat I think.

Photo taken by Pristine Photo

I love the smell of air near waterfalls, it’s relaxing just to take a breath.

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This penguin does fly

You’ve seen me at the airport before, but I’ve never shared a real airplane photo.. so, here ya go. This is what it looks like some hundred, thousand or trillian feet from the ground. I have to say the clouds are lovely and all, but really I’d much rather waddle with my two feet on the ground and get a nice close up look and the peoples below.

I think this is somewhere above the midwest - poopoo on the geo-tracking-locating biz, I like the vagueness of it all. (in case you’re curious, I fly Southwest) i’m fond of the heart logo.

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Penguin goes to Chinatown, Boston

A took a nice little walk through Chinatown in Boston, not one of the bigger displays of Chinese culture, but adventurous none-the-less.

I was almost eaten by a crazed lion…

I made friends with seagulls, one of whom graciously volunteered to pose in this photo with me…

did you know seasgulls lived in Chinatown? They like the wontons.

I’, obviously showing these photos backwards… or maybe I was waddling backwards as we’re back to welcoming you to Chinatown instead of bidding you farewell.

I always wonder when I post these images, if I’m ignorantly posing by some funny sign and I’m the butt of the joke. Who knows what it says, and there I am proudly desplaying my allness as though I’m fluent - as far as I know it could say - we eat penguins, yay us!

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Penguin and the Cow Ladies

Back in September, while I was toodling along the trail in Seattle, I ran across the Cow ladies. Yes, I said cow… ladies. I don’t know their names, but I can say they are some of the most inspiring women I’ve never met! While we walked our 60 mile breast cancer walk, these women would drive around cheering on the crew. They drove all day every day, and now matter how far back in the pack we ended up, these ladies could still be spotted.

It really helped boost morale when the feet were swollen and the back ached… the cow mobile would drive by honking and yelling and carrying on like it was someone’s 21st birthday.

I love these ladies!

I was so glad to have spotted them at the end of the end - they made the journey even that much more sparkly and down right dandy.

Thanks ladies!

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