2015s

Dec 24, 2015 ∞

These two wanted to sleep on the floor tonight in hopes to hear Santa… By the looks of it Santa should be safe 😀

Dec 18, 2015 ∞

That is a good looking backyard rink now that we have ICE! (again)

Dec 17, 2015 ∞

Someone had fun building a Gingerbread house at Scouts tonight

Dec 13, 2015 ∞

Everyone had a great time watching Charlie Brown Christmas today at Stages

Dec 13, 2015 ∞

Can’t believe it was 8 years ago today that we visited Machu Picchu

Dec 3, 2015 ∞

Now you can Explore Machu Picchu

With Google Street View you can now visit Machu Picchu and walk around just as you were there in real life but from your home. Since I have been fortunate to visit Machu Picchu two times in my life I had to check this out after finding this video published today.

Using Street View to check out the ancient Inca city of Machu Picchu and it is almost just as amazing walking along looking at it on my computer as it was standing there. Still to this day I remember walking around the site that is sitting at around 7,970 ft (2,430 meters) above sea level.

I decided to find a place on the street view map that I knew I had a photo of as it is hanging up in my house. Here is two pictures I took back in December 2009 when I last visited there. As you can see it was a wonderfully rainy/overcast day. However, that didn't deter us from making the most of it and wandering around the place.

*Machu Picchu December 2009 with my Wife and Parents*

*Machu Picchu December 2009*

The specific place at Machu Picchu we took those photos from is called the "House of the Guardian to the Funerary Rock." So I used the Google Street View to find that exact spot show below (you can start there by clicking here as well).

*Machu Picchu (Google Street View)**figure>

As you can see the people at Google had great weather and clear blue sky's which makes for a great Street View to click around and see the ancient city. Another interesting find is that you can actually take a walk on the entire Inca Trail to Machu Picchu, which I have never done before so this was definitely interesting to see what I have missed (*add to bucket list).

*Trail to Machu Picchu (Google Street View)*

Also, if you are into more history you should check out the Google Cultural Institute collection titled Wonders of Machu Picchu as they teamed up with the Peruvian Ministry of Culture for the initiative.

I have so many more stories of my time in Peru that maybe I will share pieces of it at a later date. However, now that I have scrolled through the Street Views and looking at old pictures again I think I am ready to go back and visit.... Anyone else?

Dec 2, 2015 ∞

Where the Heck is Matt? - Kickstarter

I stumbled across a video of Matt’s a couple years back and at that time posted about the video titled “Where the Hell is Matt? - 2012” . I think the thing that interested me most then and now is the simple yet creative idea. Travel around the world to some places people would never think of visiting and show a quick gimps of how those people are just like us and when asked will dance silly just like us.

Fast forward a couple of years and Matt is ready to start traveling/dancing again and is going to create a new video for 2016. So to help fund his project he has a Kickstarter with a couple twists as well. So check out the video and information below in hopes that the 2016 video is created.

Check out the full details of the KickStarter here. Also, to stay up to date with what Matt is doing you can follow him @WhereTheHIsMatt or stop by his new website for more information and other older videos at wheretheheckismatt.com.

Nov 28, 2015 ∞

Nice clear looking sheet of ice so far.. Stay cold MN!