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Mike @livetravelteach.bsky.social · 05/06/2026

Excited to share some of my work with The Royal Tour! Check out Jonathan’s blog and my latest contribution.

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Mike @livetravelteach.bsky.social · 02/04/2025

It’s hard not to be in awe of the Aurora borealis! #alaska #mothernature

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Mike @livetravelteach.bsky.social · 01/03/2025

Iditarod ceremonial start today in downtown #Anchorage. The made it happen despite a record low snow year. Go mushers go!

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Mike @livetravelteach.bsky.social · 13/02/2025

We brought skates thinking we knew what we were doing. Biking up Twenty Mile to find all the good ice for skating. Turns out the good skating isn’t actually ON the river. The fat #biking was only a little sketchy. The landscapes were stunning. Classic #Alaska #winter #AlaskaSky

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Mike @livetravelteach.bsky.social · 11/02/2025

Have you ever seen rocks floating in #frozen water? I hadn’t until yesterday! I’ve been told two theories for this. One is heavy rains on top of a frozen bottom layer. Another is turbulent waters in the shallows. Both could have been at play here. #Alaska #winter

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Mike @livetravelteach.bsky.social · 11/02/2025

Beautiful #snow and #ice formations on 20 mile river yesterday! #alaskasky #winter

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Mike @livetravelteach.bsky.social · 09/02/2025

When your #dog needs a #snow bath ❄️ 🐾❄️

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Mike @livetravelteach.bsky.social · 09/02/2025

Absolutely wild #ice formations today at the Glen Alps. #AlaskaSky #winter

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Mike @livetravelteach.bsky.social · 09/02/2025

Sometimes a dead plant can be the most beautiful part of the trail. Pretty sure this is a devils club bush covered in #hoarfrost Either way it was at the Glen Alps and captivated me on each pass as I checked out the newly groomed trails.

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Mike @livetravelteach.bsky.social · 08/02/2025

#Dog walks are a beautiful way to start the day! #DailyDogWalk #Alaska

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Mike @livetravelteach.bsky.social · 08/02/2025

University #Lake gets some fun ice features in the thin ice. #DailyDogWalk #AlaskaSky

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Mike @livetravelteach.bsky.social · 07/02/2025

I brought nature journaling and bog walks into our weekly lessons and my #classroom. These are my nature journals from the workshop that I show my class every year before we make #student nature journals. #teacher #AlaskaSky

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Mike @livetravelteach.bsky.social · 07/02/2025

My last AK Geographic workshop was an eye opener as to how I can bring nature into everyday lessons! #Seal #WildlifePhoto taken during the last workshop at northwestern #glacier in #kenaifjordsnationalpark #AlaskaSky

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Mike @livetravelteach.bsky.social · 07/02/2025

I applied for an @alaska.geographic #teacher training in Katmai this summer and I hope I get it!!!! A few summers ago I went into Kenai Fjords National Park for an Alaska Geographic teacher training and it changed both my life and my classroom. #Alaska @altnps.bsky.social

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Velvet Escape @velvetescape.com · 06/02/2025

Gosh! The hour has just flown by! Thanks to @theroyaltour.bsky.social and @kasiawrites.bsky.social for hosting this #TraveladdictsHistory chat with me. Join us at the next chat on February 20th!

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Mike @livetravelteach.bsky.social · 07/02/2025

Immigration is such a powerful message for kids to learn about! Last year my class did an immigration reenactment. It was so enriching. They’re also always surprised when I tell them my grandparents were immigrant Jews fleeing the nazis. #traveladdicts #traveladdictshistory

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Mike @livetravelteach.bsky.social · 07/02/2025

A2 I learned about #Cambodia in a high school elective called genocide. We focused on Rwanda and the Khmer Rouge. It was absolutely appalling and eye opening. I decided NOT to visit the killing fields but rather gave lots of money to local guides in Angor Wat #TravelAddicts #TravelAddictsHistory

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Mike @livetravelteach.bsky.social · 07/02/2025

A1 I’m Mike and trying out my first #TravelAddictsHistory chat. Henry Box Brown was a slave that mailed himself to freedom! I teach 4th/5th grade US history and we talk about slavery a lot. Henry’s story is a lot less well known than say Harriet Tubman but showed incredible fortitude nonetheless

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Mike @livetravelteach.bsky.social · 06/02/2025

Blood Rage has some incredible figures! Like the battle format. Even if a fire giant just destroyed ALL of my guys #boardgames

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Mike @livetravelteach.bsky.social · 06/02/2025

New #boardgames! First time playing Blood Rage. Losing is fun right?

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Mike @livetravelteach.bsky.social · 05/02/2025

I #skied from my house to Russian Jack last night. Conditions are acceptable but definitely not good. Trail is actually pretty fast but a bit patchy. Here’s to hoping we get more #snow soon even though it’s not in the forecast ❄️ #anchorage

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Mike @livetravelteach.bsky.social · 05/02/2025

Now that it’s good and cold again send the #snow back please and thank you! #Alaska

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Mike @livetravelteach.bsky.social · 02/02/2025

Spending the day riding a #snow machine for #Alaska #Ski for Women! My wife is a rockstar race coordinator!!!

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Mike @livetravelteach.bsky.social · 02/02/2025

Koh Phi Phi was my first stop in #Thailand. Beautiful beaches and a simple hike with a good party scene. Just don’t stay on the party beach or in town if you want to get any sleep!

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Mike @livetravelteach.bsky.social · 02/02/2025

Mae Hong Son is off the tourist path but close enough that there are a few guest houses and restaurants. Or at least there were when we were riding around #Thailand in 2015!

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Mike @livetravelteach.bsky.social · 02/02/2025

Not gonna get to play any #boardgames this weekend by since I already outed myself as a nerd here’s a #chess match with one of my students. Reply if you’re interested in playing a game on the Chess App!

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Mike @livetravelteach.bsky.social · 02/02/2025

Who else is crazy enough to go cross country #skiing?

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Mike @livetravelteach.bsky.social · 02/02/2025

Any day I can see #Denali is a good day!

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สุพรรณิกาทร์ Supanika Ordoñez @spiraledu.bsky.social · 02/12/2024

Made a curated AK list (Basically if I can find AK-ish content while browsing past posts & open to nominations) Pulled from: @shayne.bsky.social AK BIPOC list, @alaska.bsky.social list w/ the honorary AK, & @krazytheealaskan.bsky.social which also has past residents.

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Mike @livetravelteach.bsky.social · 31/01/2025

I want snow for skiing and ice for skating. Now that or first false spring is gone it might actually happen! Photo from skating on Eklutna Lake on 1/2/2025. #travel #alaska

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Mike @livetravelteach.bsky.social · 31/01/2025

Throwback to one of my favorite #travelmemories… Renting motorbikes with my buddy Brian and driving a few hundred miles around Northen #Thailand. #ChiangMai #Travel

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Mike @livetravelteach.bsky.social · 31/01/2025

Any other #boardgame players out here? Playing Calico Cat with my wife and MiL

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Mike @livetravelteach.bsky.social · 30/01/2025

Happy Lunar New Year! My daughter was born in the year of the dragon. So my wife is mother of dragon. Good luck to all the mothers of snake coming this year! Photos from the Pingxi #lantern festival where I celebrated #LunarNewYear 2016. #Taiwan

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Mike @livetravelteach.bsky.social · 30/01/2025

We’ve got below zero temps so I think it’s time to start planning another #Hawaii vacation. Who cares that I got back from O’ahu less than a week ago? View from the top of the Makapuʻu Point Lighthouse trail. It was a great stroller friendly hike!

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Mike @livetravelteach.bsky.social · 29/01/2025

Just like that #WinterIsHere with negative temperatures and indoor recess. #AlaskaSky

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Mike @livetravelteach.bsky.social · 29/01/2025

I should stop monkeying around with old photos and go to bed! #wildlifephotography #monkey #nature

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Mike @livetravelteach.bsky.social · 29/01/2025

Snow is back for 2nd winter in #AlaskaSky Just scraped the wax off our rock skis and hoping to ski tomorrow! Any nordic skiiers on #BlueSky? #xcskiing #ski #nordicski #crosscountryskiing

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Mike @livetravelteach.bsky.social · 29/01/2025

#Denali Denali Denali My first summer in #Alaska I spent 3 nights backpacking in Denali #NationalPark We hiked halfway up Cathedral Mountain just to catch a glimpse. Back then you could drive all the way to Wonder Lake but today the park road is closed at mile 43 for a landslide. #AlaskaSky

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Mike @livetravelteach.bsky.social · 28/01/2025

Okay one more before bed from March 2022. The next few weeks are promising for #northernlights. I wonder if the clouds will part and the baby will let me go Aurora chasing 🫃 #AlaskaSky #travel

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Mike @livetravelteach.bsky.social · 28/01/2025

Aurora at the Sheep Mountain Lodge in March of 2022. #northernlights #AlaskaSky

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Mike @livetravelteach.bsky.social · 28/01/2025

My wife thinks I’m crazy for driving out Aurora chasing late at night. She’s right. But this drive to Pioneer in March, 2021 was worth it! #AlaskaSky #northernlights #travel

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Mike @livetravelteach.bsky.social · 28/01/2025

Im a in a #Denali mood. This view from #DenaliNationalPark is my favorite and hangs above my dining room table. #AlaskaSky

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