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Around the World 2016 | China | Penny & Me

Penny & Me

July 13, 2016 by Jenn

The penny enthusiastically traversed 12 miles of China’s Great Wall:

Great Wall (Gubeikou)

Great Wall (Gubeikou)

Great Wall (Jinshanling)

Great Wall (Jiankou)

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A few finds from our fossil prospecting in the Big

A few finds from our fossil prospecting in the Bighorn Basin. These fossilized shells belong to the genus Gryphaea, an extinct type of oyster. Commonly known as ‘devil’s toenails,’ the bivalve mollusks thrived in large colonies during the Triassic and Jurassic Periods.
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While it may be hard to imagine finding the remnants of marine life in the middle of Wyoming, the region was once covered by the Sundance Sea – a shallow, saltwater sea that submerged much of central North America during the Middle to Late Jurassic. The specimens pictured here are likely around 167 million years old.
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Note: The BLM allows the collection of small quantities of invertebrate and plant fossils without a permit. Because much of the public land is unsuitable for agriculture and undesirable for homeowners, fossil finds here are fairly common. In fact, the tiny town of Shell (population 83) was named for the abundance of ancient marine relics.
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#nerdalert #wyominglife #wyomingexplored #wyoming #explorewyoming #fossils #geologyrocks #bighornbasin #neverstopexploring #roamtheplanet #wanderer #goexplore #nomadlife

Bighorn Basin near Shell, Wyoming. . . We were tot

Bighorn Basin near Shell, Wyoming.
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We were totally surprised by the landscape out here. The colorful sediments are reminiscent of the Yellow Mounds in South Dakota's Badlands. Here, however, the rainbow rock layers are juxtaposed by the snowcapped peaks of the Bighorns.
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#wyoming #wyomingexplored #wyominglife #bighornmountains #bighornbasin #landscapeshot #landscape_captures #landscapephotography #travelawesome #goexplore #neverstopexploring #wanderer #roamtheplanet #getoutstayout

In the footsteps of giants. . . This weekend we he

In the footsteps of giants.
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This weekend we headed over to the Bighorn Basin – a semiarid plateau on the other side of the Bighorn Mountains – to visit the dinosaur tracks at Red Gulch. The site is home to around 1,100 individual prints dating to 167 million years ago (Middle Jurassic). While the exact species of dinosaur isn’t known due to a lack of fossil evidence, the tracks most likely belonged to a type of carnivorous therapod.

The footprints were left in muddy tidal flats along what used to be the Sundance Sea – a large, inland waterway in the nascent North American continent. The tracks were preserved with the help of marine organisms in the soil, including algae and lime from calcium-rich shells.
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#dinosaurs #wyoming #wyomingexplored #wyominglife #adventurepup #rescuedog #rescuedogsofinstagram #dogsofinstaworld #dogsofinsta #dogstagram

About 10" (some melt yesterday + another dusting

About 10" (some melt yesterday + another dusting overnight) of some of the most amazing sculpting snow I've ever seen. You could recreate the Taj Mahal to scale with this stuff.

Sanchez asked if we would help her build a snow dog. We made a valiant attempt, but it was a bit challenging to make it true to life when our model abruptly decided the snow was too cold and made a beeline for the cozy couch.
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#snow #snowstorm #snowdog #rescuedog #dogstagram #rescuedogsofinstagram #dogs_of_instagram #dogsofinsta #instadog #twinning #selfportrait #wyominglife #wyomingexplored

The first snowfall on the Bighorns (taken from jus

The first snowfall on the Bighorns (taken from just outside Buffalo). Let’s see if you can match each person/dog with their feelings about Tuesday’s impending storm:

(a) Jenn
(b) Sanchez
(c) Stephan

(1) “Oh boy… snow?! I can’t wait to dig and romp and pee all over it!”
(2) “Phew! Now a 16-hour day to Bomber Mountain is off the table.”
(3) “Dammit! Now we can’t try to break our 23-mile time record!”

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#bighornmountains #wyoming #explorewyoming #mountainscape #wyominglife #autumn #calmbeforethestorm #outdoorlife #landscapeshot #landscape_captures #nomadlife

Google Photos suggested I look back on this memory

Google Photos suggested I look back on this memory from 4 years ago. You know, that time I boneheadedly tried to board an aircraft with a cake server at 5 a.m. and nearly missed my brother’s wedding rehearsal. 🤦

To commemorate this auspicious occasion, I’d like to share my undying gratitude for a few special people that day:

- To the TSA dude at the first checkpoint: Thank you for making me cognizant of the events that were about to unravel when you keenly spotted my neatly-wrapped gift and joked, “I hope that’s not a knife.” Clearly I wasn’t the first schmuck to unwittingly attempt such a feat.

- To the subsequent TSA agent who confiscated my cake server after I figured I’d try to put it through the x-ray machine anyway: Thank you for trying so hard to help me save my gift wrap. It was a futile effort, but you were such a compassionate soul. For the record, it was still my most perfect wrapping job to date.

- To Stephan: Thank you for racing back through security to check that infamous (yet only slightly serrated) instrument. And thank you for understanding that I really was going to board that plane without you and strand you at RDU. Forever my hero.

- To JetBlue: Thank you for not losing or mishandling the bag I was forced to check containing said cake server and all my clothes and accessories for the rehearsal and big day. You guys are baggage rock stars.

- To Jeff and Kate: Thank you for not making me feel like a complete asshole when you received a wedding gift wrapped in nothing but an ill-fitting piece of white curling ribbon. I swear it looked presentable at one point.

Happy 4th anniversary (tomorrow), Jeff and Kate! To many more years of happiness, and many more precisely-sliced pieces of cake! We love you! ❤

Saturday we hiked Cloud Peak. Standing at 13,167 f

Saturday we hiked Cloud Peak. Standing at 13,167 feet, it’s the highest summit in Wyoming’s Big Horns.
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This one was kind of a doozy. The round-trip hike clocked in at just under 24 miles with over 5,500’ of vertical. However, it was the nearly 3-mile-long boulder field (with no actual trail) that really tested us. Over that three mile stretch, we gained 3,400 vertical feet. In the final half mile to the summit, we gained 1,200 feet of vertical over boulders the size of small cars. When we finally reached the top, we felt a fleeting moment of satisfaction… until we realized we were going to have to downclimb all that s—t.
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While the bouldering was pretty intense for her two humans, one little street dog summited like a champ. We were absolutely in awe of Sanchez’s stamina and strength, and were so proud of our agile little trail buddy for knocking that one out.
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#wyoming #wyominglife #thatswy #discover_wyoming #explorewyoming #cloudpeakwilderness #bighornmountains #hikinglife #hikemoreworryless #scramble #wildernessculture #getoutstayout #outdooradventures #hikingdog #hikingdogsofinstagram #rescuedog

Thanks for the birthday wishes, everyone! You sure

Thanks for the birthday wishes, everyone! You sure know how to make a pup feel loved.
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I had such a pawsome celebration. I got salmon, steak, bacon, and my favorite peanut butter cake with cream cheese frosting! The only thing that was less than perfect was the lame party hat my mom made me wear.
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Happy "birthday" to our very best friend! --- Toda

Happy "birthday" to our very best friend!
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Today, we celebrate this little ragamuffin turning SEVEN years old. She's a trailblazer, foodie, and intrepid explorer. She's sassy, snuggly, and full of spunk. And she can rock a mohawk and Fu Manchu better than any other pup around.
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We may not know your exact birthday, Sanchez, but we sure are certain of one thing... we are forever grateful you chose us to be your family. Happy pseudo-birthday, baby girl! ❤
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This was undoubtedly our favorite trail this summe

This was undoubtedly our favorite trail this summer. If I lived anywhere remotely near East Glacier, I'm pretty sure I'd hike this weekly. So grateful we were able to get back to Montana to explore the trails we missed last summer.
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