Showing posts with label recreation. Show all posts
Showing posts with label recreation. Show all posts

Saturday, June 30, 2012

Free Alaska Ebooks Kindle etc. Plus Win Trips And Check Out More Alaska Tips

English: Gastineau Channel near Juneau, Alaska...
English: Gastineau Channel near Juneau, Alaska, United States. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
I love Alaska. I will never forget the trip my grandmother took me on decades ago, where we went on a 2-week cruise and saw Ketchikan, Juneau, and quaint Sitka, not to mention the amazing Mendenhall Glacier. I'm including some photos I discovered from all over the place here on this blog entry because I don't have access to my trip photo album :( but these photos bring back some great memories.
I'm also including several Alaska freebies, a contest where you can win a trip to Alaska, homeschool/classroom and travel resources, etc. So be sure and keep scrolling down :)


Check out this book you can get free for Kindle right now (or even for your computer, iphone etc. with their free Kindle program download) Also see below in the article for more freebies!





Meanwhile, you can win a trip that includes a Photography workshop and a trip to beautiful Alaska!  Believe me, it is gorgeous! It would be a trip you would never forget, particularly if you love nature :) Just go to this link to enter.  win.travelchannel.com


I made a slideshow of some cool Alaska resources available for your armchair travel, cruise or other travel, homeschool, history, research, fiction, non-fiction, nature, and you name it for both kids and adults. Just click on any that may interest you to learn more:


Juneau, Alaska
I'm planning and hoping to get this book to play with homeschooling with my kids re Alaska eventually. The activities will also bring back great memories for me (The totem poles on the Ketchikan book are the main thing that hit me about that visit, for instance. :)

Check out some wonderful photographs of Alaska I've tracked down:
Sitka, Alaska, Roof of Baranof School
Sitka, Alaska, Roof of Baranof School (Photo credit: born1945)

Here's another cool freebie! Naturalists and outdoor aficionados take note! Just click the book cover and go to the page, then click the Kindle version to make sure it's still free and download :)



View of downtown Juneau, Alaska, as seen from ...
View of downtown Juneau, Alaska, as seen from a boat on the Gastineau Channel (Photo credit: Wikipedia) Makes me think of the tour we took that included the gold rush inspired famous saloon plus some very historical old buildings.

Yet another cool Alaska free book!




Juneau, Alaska
Juneau, Alaska (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

An Alaskan adventure for below a dollar...



Location of Juneau City and Borough, Alaska
Location of Juneau City and Borough, Alaska (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

These are below a buck for some great Alaska etc. themed fiction!





Juneau, Alaska
Juneau, Alaska (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

This book normally costs $28 but right now it's below $2 for Kindle etc.!

Naturalist, hunter, and explorer Charles Shedon's descriptive account of traversing the remote, untamed wilderness of Alaska in 1904. Includes photographs from the exploration.





Russian Orthodox Church, Sitka, Alaska.
Russian Orthodox Church, Sitka, Alaska. (Photo credit: Wikipedia) These wonderful buildings are definitely one of the main things I remember from the quaint small Sitka.

Another freebie for you:



Alaska's capital city, Juneau.
Alaska's capital city, Juneau. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
Leaving Sitka, Alaska
Leaving Sitka, Alaska (Photo credit: mayakamina) I know I was very sad when we had to leave Alaska :(
Alaska - Klondike Highway - Landscape
Alaska - Klondike Highway - Landscape (Photo credit: blmiers2) One of the many gorgeous views! I was amazed at all the luscious green grass in Ketchikan for instance, because of the time of year we went.
Juneau, Alaska
Juneau, Alaska (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
State map highlighting City and Borough of Sitka
State map highlighting City and Borough of Sitka (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
Looking down Sitka Channel in the early morning.
Looking down Sitka Channel in the early morning. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
Picture Source: U.S. National Oceanic & Atmosp...
Picture Source: U.S. National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
English: Juneau-Douglas Bridge connecting Doug...
English: Juneau-Douglas Bridge connecting Douglas Island to downtown Juneau across the Gastineau Channel in Alaska, United States. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
English: Flag of Juneau, Alaska
English: Flag of Juneau, Alaska (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
Alaska - Morning Mist
Alaska - Morning Mist (Photo credit: blmiers2)
Alaska
Alaska (Photo credit: blmiers2)
Juneau Alaska Mosaic
Juneau Alaska Mosaic (Photo credit: endora57)





















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Saturday, May 12, 2012

Game Giveaway of the Day. Today: Family puzzle

Family puzzle screenshot
This looks like a good new fangled take on good old fashioned fun :)
You can download "Family Puzzle – An exciting jigsaw puzzle game based on a mosaic that the player has to put together from numerous image fragments of different shapes" today at GOTD's game site. It's normally worth $7, but today only it's free.
The game's designers say that "the more friends and family members are involved, the faster you will achieve success." so get your whole family together and have some fun!

Family puzzles are one of the most accessible types of entertainment that help develop logic, attention and memory. The game features a great number of puzzle types and modifications, different shapes of puzzle pieces and a large collection of images. The goal of the game is always the same – putting together an image from multiple pieces.
The difficulty of a specific puzzle is defined by the image underlying it, but the most important criterion is the number of elements. The higher it is, the more difficult it is to put the puzzle together. Try using real paintings, images and complex landscapes. Large puzzles are a serious challenge and take considerable time to complete.

You can start right now by downloading the game for free!"

System Requirements:Windows 98/ ME/ 2000/ XP/ Vista; 500 Mhz processor; 64 Mb RAM; 25 Mb hard drive space; 3D video with 8 Mb VRAM
Publisher:Fly Games
Homepage:http://fly-games.com/cont...
File Size:20.4 MB
Price:The program is available for $6.99 , but it will befree for our visitors as a time-limited offer.

Game Giveaway of the Day. Today: Family puzzle

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