{"id":9616,"date":"2023-10-13T08:34:21","date_gmt":"2023-10-13T12:34:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/runeskelley.com\/skelleyverse\/?p=9616"},"modified":"2023-12-17T15:35:39","modified_gmt":"2023-12-17T20:35:39","slug":"retirement-celebration-finale-greenland","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/runeskelley.com\/skelleyverse\/retirement-celebration-finale-greenland\/","title":{"rendered":"Retirement Celebration Finale: Greenland"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-41\" src=\"https:\/\/runeskelley.com\/skelleyverse\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/r-avatar-e1443983880436.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"81\" height=\"81\" \/>Rounding out our epic adventure: \u00a0a couple of days in Greenland (!). The coastline is stunning. We saw dozens of waterfalls and glaciers, and even an iceberg calving from a glacier.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_9630\" aria-labelledby=\"figcaption_attachment_9630\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"width: 3378px\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-9630\" src=\"https:\/\/runeskelley.com\/skelleyverse\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/greenland-sail.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"3374\" height=\"2722\" srcset=\"https:\/\/runeskelley.com\/skelleyverse\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/greenland-sail.png 3374w, https:\/\/runeskelley.com\/skelleyverse\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/greenland-sail-300x242.png 300w, https:\/\/runeskelley.com\/skelleyverse\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/greenland-sail-1024x826.png 1024w, https:\/\/runeskelley.com\/skelleyverse\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/greenland-sail-768x620.png 768w, https:\/\/runeskelley.com\/skelleyverse\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/greenland-sail-1536x1239.png 1536w, https:\/\/runeskelley.com\/skelleyverse\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/greenland-sail-2048x1652.png 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 3374px) 100vw, 3374px\" \/><figcaption id=\"figcaption_attachment_9630\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Prince Christian Sound<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_9633\" aria-labelledby=\"figcaption_attachment_9633\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"width: 2584px\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-9633\" src=\"https:\/\/runeskelley.com\/skelleyverse\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/greenland-ice.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"2580\" height=\"914\" srcset=\"https:\/\/runeskelley.com\/skelleyverse\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/greenland-ice.png 2580w, https:\/\/runeskelley.com\/skelleyverse\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/greenland-ice-300x106.png 300w, https:\/\/runeskelley.com\/skelleyverse\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/greenland-ice-1024x363.png 1024w, https:\/\/runeskelley.com\/skelleyverse\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/greenland-ice-768x272.png 768w, https:\/\/runeskelley.com\/skelleyverse\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/greenland-ice-1536x544.png 1536w, https:\/\/runeskelley.com\/skelleyverse\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/greenland-ice-2048x726.png 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2580px) 100vw, 2580px\" \/><figcaption id=\"figcaption_attachment_9633\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Icebergs<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Kent brought home a few beers from the local brewery, Qajaq. We learned how to say &#8220;Thank you&#8221; in Greenlandic (Qujanaq). We touched an itty bitty iceberg that had washed up on a beach. And yeah, that means that the last time we were at the beach was in Greenland. No bigs.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_9632\" aria-labelledby=\"figcaption_attachment_9632\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"width: 3246px\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-9632 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/runeskelley.com\/skelleyverse\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/greenland-land.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"3242\" height=\"2408\" srcset=\"https:\/\/runeskelley.com\/skelleyverse\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/greenland-land.png 3242w, https:\/\/runeskelley.com\/skelleyverse\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/greenland-land-300x223.png 300w, https:\/\/runeskelley.com\/skelleyverse\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/greenland-land-1024x761.png 1024w, https:\/\/runeskelley.com\/skelleyverse\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/greenland-land-768x570.png 768w, https:\/\/runeskelley.com\/skelleyverse\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/greenland-land-1536x1141.png 1536w, https:\/\/runeskelley.com\/skelleyverse\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/greenland-land-2048x1521.png 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 3242px) 100vw, 3242px\" \/><figcaption id=\"figcaption_attachment_9632\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Open air museum in Nanortaliq, modern stone carvings in Qaqortoq, the thriving metropolis of Qaqortoq, adorable octopus seesaw<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Our travels concluded, we returned home. Lady Marzipan and the Bandit Lord were very happy to see us. We had every intention of jumping straight into work on As-Yet-Untitled Ghost Novel #2, but that didn&#8217;t quite work out. Inertia is a thing, yo.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rounding out our epic adventure: \u00a0a couple of days in Greenland (!). The coastline is stunning. We saw dozens of waterfalls and glaciers, and even an iceberg calving from a glacier. &nbsp; &nbsp; Kent brought home a few beers from the local brewery, Qajaq. We learned how to say &#8220;Thank you&#8221; in Greenlandic (Qujanaq). 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