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wispwhispers · 8 months

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Landscapes with Attitude: A Guide to Game Biome Design in Yoniversia

Gather 'Round, Folks! So, me and my kiddos, not to forget my better half, have been cookin' up somethin' real special for over a year now. Yep, you guessed it - we're in the game makin' business! Picture this: a multiplayer, wide-open world game mixin' survival with a dash of good ol' farming. And hey, don't you worry, it's all kid-friendly, spreadin' the gospel of livin' in harmony with nature and keepin' the rough stuff at bay.

Now, here's the kicker: we're all about makin' things look real pretty. Think eye-poppin' visuals, explorin' like it's a grand adventure, and puttin' together the coolest crafts since kindergarten. So, what's the scoop? We're spillin' some beans on what's cookin' in the game pot, and we're all ears for your two cents. Bring on the wisdom, the tips, and if you got any constructive criticism, don't be shy! Let's make this game as awesome as a double rainbow after a summer storm!

Listen up, folks, 'cause we've got a world split into these here biomes, each packin' their own set of fancy game tricks, a bunch of goodies, critters big and small, landscapes that'll make your jaw drop, and a whole heap of gameplay twists. But hold on to your hats 'cause that's not all - these spots are all woven into one big tale with levels of tricky that'll keep you guessing.

Blossom Hollow

First off, let's take a stroll through Blossom Hollow. Yep, you heard me right, it's like a crater from a volcano that had its heyday. But guess what? It's turned into a flower-packed paradise. Now, ain't that somethin'? These ain't just your regular old flowers, mind you. These babies are giant, like 'bout-to-take-over-the-world giant. And they've got this nifty trick up their petals - they give life and, believe it or not, immortality. And guess where our hero pops up? Right smack dab in the middle of one of those massive blooms. Ain't life a bloomin' surprise?

Now, let me tell y'all 'bout Blossom Hollow's guardian angel, a little chit-chattin' raccoon named Eric. This critter's got a bigger ego than a rooster at sunrise, callin' himself the grand poobah, the head honcho, the numero uno of the Scout Squad. Yep, he's the proud founder, the heart and soul, the one and only member of the Guardians of the Garden Club. This guy, he's got a heart as big as his bravado, takin' care of this flowery haven like it's his own.

But hold onto your hats 'cause there's trouble brewin'. Lately, some giant thorny bad boys decided to crash the party. They're like the rude neighbors that move in next door and trash the place. Yep, you guessed it, these prickly fellas are takin' over the joint, givin' the local flora a run for their money.

Heartlands

Alright, now let's mosey on over to the Heartlands, also known as the Central Plains. Picture this: it's like the world's biggest backyard, smack dab in the middle. These open, flat lands are the safest spot in the entire world - we're talkin' secure like a bank vault. Now ain't that a cozy thought?

Here, you'll find all sorts of peace-lovin' critters, just chillin' out and waitin' to be your new best friend. Yep, you heard me, they're all ready for a little taming action.

Now, pay attention, 'cause if you've got dreams of runnin' your own farm, this here's your ticket to paradise. It's like a starter pack for all you future farmers. Easy access to anywhere, thanks to its prime location, and ain't it just perfect for gettin' your hands dirty and plantin' those seeds? Trees are like rare gems, grass taller than your uncle's stories, and hills? Well, they're just scattered around like small talk at a family reunion. Not to mention, a couple of big rivers flowin' through these parts. So saddle up, partner, 'cause the Heartlands are callin' your name!

Bramblewood

Now, gather 'round, 'cause I've got a tale to spin about a forest that's been around since Merlin was a schoolboy. We're talkin' ancient, folks, with magic drippin' off its branches like honey from a comb. Imagine this: thickets so dense they make a haystack look like a lace doily. And hey, there's no shortage of babbling brooks with their fancy fringes, addin' a touch of class to the place.

But here's where it gets juicy - inside this fantastical forest, the secret trails are like a riddle wrapped in a mystery, smothered in thorns. Those prickly bushes hide critters meaner than a rattlesnake with a toothache, just waitin' to pounce on unsuspecting wanderers. You might be strolling, hummin' a tune, and bam! Nature's surprise party comes callin' with teeth and claws.

But hold on tight, 'cause there's a twist in this twist. Hidden deep within these thorny thickets, treasures glint brighter than your Aunt Mabel's prized crystal and artifacts as magical as Uncle Joe's tall tales after a couple of whiskeys. Now, before you waltz into this mystical maze, better pack a mean axe 'cause this place ain't for the faint-hearted. So gear up, sharpen your wits, and let's see if you've got what it takes to face the enchantment of Bramblewood!

"Stonevault Plateau - Where Even the Rocks Are Feeling Airborne

Hold on to your broomsticks, 'cause we're talking about a place where walking just won't cut it. You'll need a dash of flight magic, a sprinkle of water-walking, or a good ol' fashioned aquatic pal to get around this joint.

Now picture this: a plateau that's as stony as your grandpa's one-liners, peppered with all sorts of natural karst bathtubs. It's like Mother Nature decided to treat herself to a spa day and left the tubs behind. But that's not all - the land's like a patchwork quilt of stone, blending seamlessly with nooks, crannies, and secret hidey-holes. And in this one-of-a-kind spot, you'll find creatures that pack a punch, meaner than a bull in a china shop.

Now, let's get practical, 'cause to navigate this wonderland, you'll need some real finesse in the jumping department, or maybe even a smidge of high-level magic to boot. Yeah, you heard me right - all those hours spent leaping over mushroom platforms in your younger days might finally pay off. But here's the kicker, amidst all the danger, this place is like a treasure chest. Rich in resources, and hiding some of the mightiest magic artifacts you've ever seen. So strap on your flight goggles, grab your water wings, or hitch a ride on a trusty swim buddy, 'cause Stonevault Plateau ain't for the faint-hearted, but it sure ain't no dry spell either!"

Coral Shores - Where Sand Meets Secrets

Let me spin you a tale of a sprawling sandy shore, my friends. Once upon a time, this very spot was the ocean's floor, but as time danced on, the waves pulled back their curtain, revealing massive caves sculpted by coral and polyps.

Now, let's talk monsters, and no, I ain't talkin' 'bout your nosy neighbor. Every now and then, colossal creatures come ashore, and trust me, takin' 'em on solo is like tryin' to outdance a tornado. If you're aiming for victory, it's time to call in the reinforcements - that's right, rally your buddies, 'cause teamwork makes the dream work.

But hold onto your controllers, folks, 'cause there's more magic brewin'. These are just a sneak peek of the stops on our game's world tour, and let me tell ya, there's a whole buffet of excitement waitin' ahead. We're ready for your wisdom, your feedback, and if you got any advice to sling our way, bring it on!

P.S. Keep your eyes peeled for the next post, where I'm slicing off the promo bits and diving straight into that "first view" of gameplay. Get ready, 'cause it's gonna be a ride through the basics of game design and balancing that's gonna make your joystick jiggle!

#game #gaming #pc games #indie games #video game #survival #rpg #video games #game development #for girls #xbox #epic games #videogame #indie #indiegamedev

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a-earthssprout · 2 years

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🌼🐌 @detectiveheizou wants to play ! // ( starter call / open ! )

OH, HOW UNFORTUNATE IT IS TO LOSE SOMETHING SO DEAR—add another point of misfortunate when this dearly loved thing just so happened to be the tiniest of critter friends. One moment, the friendly ladybug rested happily on Ari's shoulder, seeming patient as Ari politely introduced said ladybug to all the kind Onikabuto in the surrounding area, and in the next, the ladybug was gone with no trace as to where she might have fluttered off to.

Ari looked on every leaf, searched through every patch of grass on the dirt path, and asked every sweet flower if they might have seen her lovely friend—and much to Ari's dismay, the result was always nothing. Minutes seemed like hours, the situation feeling more and more hopeless as they passed.

So there little Ari sat sadly, on a bench in the central part of Inazuma city, hoping to be gladdened by the company a beautiful Sakura, its fallen blossoms dancing gently on the evening air. She was a lovely tree, Ari would admit, but even a tree so pretty could not replace the companionship of her dear friend the LADYBUG. The weight of her heart had her gaze lowered, eyes often bright and cheerful void of any positive emotion as they kept steady on her makeshift magnifying glass—a rolled up sheet of sturdy paper with an old piece of glass wedged into the widest open end, though it didn’t quite fit.

Now, this sad magnifying glass worked well enough for Ari to be content, and she would NEVER wish for her trusty one back—if anything, remembering how happy it made the kind Detective on his special day brought a bit of light back to her heart. Though … if she could wish for anything right now … it would not be the return of the proper tool, but rather the help of the most talented detective around …

And, as if something from beyond had heard an orphan’s silent wish, Ari lifted her gaze to see a familiar red.

Ari did not hesitate to look twice and be sure; instead, she hopped off the bench and hurried over to him as fast as her little feet could take her—the closer she got, the more she is certain that this IS, in fact, the person she hoped to see. A wish come true!

" mmm … mr. Dete … te … " Oh, now what was the word again … ? Why did big words always have to be so PESKY at the worst times?! " — de … defe— mister! "

Knowing that ' MISTER ' was not very clear, Ari only gave one gentle tug to his belt, hoping to grab his attention. When the man would turn to her, he would be met with the saddest set of pleading eyes and a bottom lip that quivered as she readied herself to ask for his help.

" I … I lost my lll … la … my ladybug, " Ari began, " and I can't fi … find her anywhere! mmm … mister knows how to find all the things … ? "

" mmm … may mister help me find my ladybug, pl — please? "

#detectiveheizou #( ❀ | v; hopes & dreams scattered on the winds of freedom // .genshin impact verse. )#( ❀ | chapter; my roots have grown but I don’t know where they are. // .orphaned. )#( !!! hello there friend! :'D #sorry this took so long ;; A ;; I appreciate your patience!#a gentle reminder that there is no need to match length :eyes: I got a little carried away providing a bit of context #but she is so happy to see him again!#I hope this works; if it doesn't please do not hesitate to reach out & I will do my very best to write up #something different!#I thought a continuation from his birthday surprise would be quite sweet c: )#long post cw

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isolaradiale · 4 years

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Welcome to the Springtide Festival!

A Note: This is not an event and does not count as event participation towards ranking up. This is merely a collection of fun, lighthearted activities and starter ideas that will persist throughout the duration of the festival.

Spring has arrived, and with it the colours and aromas of recently bloomed flora, the excitement the people of Spirale share during the change of season, and best of all... city-wide celebrations! Never a group to waste the opportunity for a good festival, the citizens of Spirale have set up a number of fun activities to last until April 6th at 11:59:59PM EST. You’re encouraged to use any or all of these ideas in your threads until then!

FIBONACCI WARD

[DANCE PARTY PUN] Venues have opened up on Levels 3 and 4 with the sole purpose being to host dance parties! The buildings can hold a large amount of people at once and a variety of snack foods and drinks are served for cheap for when you’re not busy dancing. No musical genre goes unappreciated here, and if you stick around long enough, odds are you’ll hear music from your home world being played too!

FLARE-AL ARRANGEMENT Lining the entire edge of the canyon are fireworks launchers, loaded every morning to prepare for a fireworks show every night once the sun goes down. The display can be seen from just about anywhere in the ward thanks to just how many fireworks there are! The show is different each night so it doesn’t get too repetitive, but there will always be fireworks that explode into flowery shapes. How many flowers can you recognize?

COTES WARD

HORTICULTURESCOPES Courtesy of the Fibonacci Institute for Science, Technology, Magic and Energy, interactive bio-domes have been placed in several parks throughout the ward, with a friendly lab coat wearing representative to assist you. Each dome has a kiosk with a platform to stand on, which will scan your body and match it to a plant that best fits you! The kiosk will then plant a seed of it in a clay pot for you to take home—instructions on how to care for it are included! Rumour has it that if two people stand on the platform together, something different may bloom...!

SPRING INTO ACTION If action movies are your thing, then you’re in luck! A local cinema has set up a large movie screen in one of the parks near Little Tokyo and will be hosting movie nights every Saturday and Sunday starting at sundown, showing one to three action movies every night, including fan favourites like The Germinator, Plant-Man, and Maws.

GOLDEN WARD

PETAL TO THE MEDAL A large, outdoor go-kart structure has sprung up in the Boardwalk amusement park. It features multiple layers of tracks and a daily leaderboard to see who can set the fastest lap time. Races are held constantly as long as the boardwalk is open, and first place winners receive a gold painted, flower shaped medal and a bouquet of real flowers to take home.

WITH FLYING COLOURS On Golden Wards beach, kites of all shapes, sizes, and colours have taken to the skies! Flying a kite was already a popular beach-goer activity, but it’s even more encouraged now as you are given a choice of kites to borrow if you don’t already have one! Plenty are themed after a variety of flowers, others are small forest critters, and a few that seem to just be patches of fabric hastily sewn together... which kite speaks to you?

ARCHIMEDES WARD

SCRAMBLED EGGS A classic easter egg hunt! Colourful, plastic eggs have been hidden around the ward by volunteering organizations and businesses. Inside the eggs you can find all sorts of small things, like jewelry, flowers, gift cards, live frogs, and more! How did the live frogs get in the eggs, you ask? Eggcelent question.

THAT’S A LATTE FLOWERS One of the cafes is hosting latte art competitions every day! Specifically, latte art of flowers. Roses are all well and good, but who can make the best latte art of a spider lily? A bleeding heart? Is it you? Maybe! If it is you, you’ll be the lucky winner of a daily free coffee for the next month and get a photo of your latte art featured on the wall of the cafe!

THE INTRASPACE

FIBONACCI INSTITUTE FOR SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, MAGIC AND ENERGY’S LAZERZ OF LEGEND Everyone in the city is invited to partake in what the Institute promises as "a lazer tag battle like you've never seen before!" Upon logging in to the Intraverse and entering the Lazer Tag portal, you will be randomly assigned to one of four teams: purple, green, red, or blue. You will receive a lazer gun and be outfitted with an irremovable lazer tag vest. The arena is the size of a ward and rearranges itself every night at midnight, but team scores will persist until the end of the Springtide Festival. The winning team will be granted with bragging rights... and a badge on each members Intraverse Profile. Abilities and other weapons will be disabled while in the arena, and cheating will result in being kicked from the game. Pew pew.

BABIE TOWN LIFE A limited time Intraspace game that allows you to design a chibi, animal avatar for your character and run your own town. Time in Babie Town Life matches time in the real world, so make sure to come out now and again! You can visit other peoples’ towns or create your own, just keep in mind any attempted violence will have you expelled from the game!

THE MISTWOOD

TERRES-TREE-AL SUPPORT The planet could always use more trees! A safe passage has been made into the Mistwood, leading to an area called the Traveler’s Garden. Volunteers there will give you a small tree sapling when you arrive for you to plant and help grow the forest. Where you plant yours is up to you, just try to remember so you can come see how your tree is doing in 20 years!

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stonestridernerd · 7 years

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LF Contact- Winoa

Tagged by: @belillinafireseeker

Tagging: Anyone who’d like to do this!

OOC INFORMATION:

What I’m Looking For: Most types of RP. As long as it isn’t ERP, I’m open to anything.

Fandom: World of Warcraft Sole Faction or Cross-Faction: Although the taurenesses are based more on the Horde, they certainly have places for interacting with both Alliance and Horde characters. Faction I Play: Mostly Horde, but I’m starting to open up to Alliance. Server: Wyrmrest Accord Venues I Actively Roleplay In: Tumblr, Discord, and in game. It’s easier to get me across on the former two, as I can only get online during the weekends and school breaks.

Favourite Type of RP: I love slice-of-life and fluff writings. While darker themes and larger plot lines are also fun, it’s nice seeing characters relax and able to learn more about one another.

Triggers: There’s not too much I can think of, besides disrespecting those with mental disorders and forcing some…heavy touching of my characters.

Things I Will Not RP: This is where I heavily emphasize that I am a minor OoC. I shall not RP anything sexual or excessively violent.

RP Strong Points: I’m fairly flexible on what I roleplay and with whom. I can go from silly prompts about critters to casual conversations about life. I’m also available with many characters, ranging from those i have dedicated tumblr blogs for and alts I play every blue moon, and can play multiple of them at once.

RP Weak Points: Along with being a shy and not socially aware mun, my schedule goes all over the place. It’s hard saying when I’m going to be online, as school and family mean I constantly juggle different tasks. In addition, starters are hard, as I like knowing what I’m getting into. Hence I’ll be obnoxious in asking for scenery, time, which characters are we playing, and so on.

IC INFORMATION BELOW HERE!

IC Information:

Name: Winoa Summerdream

Nickname: Wings of the Sea, Bull’s Bane

Race: Shu’halo

FC (If Applicable; Picture Optional): Ah, no...

Can Currently Be Found In: Winoa travels across northern Kalimdor, though she is most often found between Stonetalon and Orgrimmar.

Would They Be Known: She often stays in tribal affairs, but she served in various Horde campaigns between Azeroth’s second ventures into Outland to the beginning of the Pandaria discovery. However, the water walker is most often regarded for her shamanistic abilities and connections to Shu’halo tribes.

Personality: Winoa is a rather quiet taureness, though first speaking to her shows her as a voice of reason and steadiness in the face of adversary. Continue to befriend her though, and she reveals a mind of anxiety and fantasy, loyally trying to help her loved ones as she can.

Language(s): Taurahe and Orcish, although she knows bits and pieces of other Horde languages.

Height: 7′8″

Body Type: Small compared to other Shu’halo, but muscular and tall by other racial standards.

Eye Color: Sky Blue

Hair Color: Light brown

Age: 29

Notable Scars, Marks, etc: Winoa has a few scars across her torso, with a particularly thin one curling across the tip of her tail.

Tattoos/Piercings: She has ear piercings, simple yet pronounce bronze studs. A closer look might show them different though, with small engravings of waves hidden in the orbs.

First Appearances: Although Winoa may not appear as friendly as her Sister, she tries to maintain a well kept and calm presence.

What To Expect: The water walker is a bit more of a reclusive character, but a loving and protective one once she knows you. Other than that, similar notes to Kennocha in regards to story lines and expectations.

Where I RP: I RP on tumblr and in game mostly, depending on my partner’s schedule. However, I’ve recently begun RPing on discord. I don’t have much of an initial preference for any of them, as all have their benefits to use for certain RPs and people.

#procrastinated draft #been a busy weekend #lots of tests and deadlines #so sorry if this isn't up to par

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rememberthattime · 5 years

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Chapter 46. Australian Bucket List

Australia is a big country. You wouldn’t guess by its population, but geographically speaking, it’s the sixth biggest country in the world. SIXTH! It’s basically the size of the lower 48 US states.

Now, what comes with geographic vastness? Rednecks. Nooo-Wait, actually yes. But also diverse ecosystems. Think of the US: Washington forests are nothing like the plains of Iowa or swamps of Louisiana.

Now, in our 14 months down unda, Chelsay and I have visited several unique Aussie ecosystems, but have mostly grown accustomed to Manly’s: “80 & sunny”. If Australia is the size of the lower 48 though, there are countless climates & terrains waiting to be explored.

So, for our 10-day Easter trip, Chelsay and I teamed up with our Manly fam Pete & Megan to see how many different Aussie ecosystems (and related footwear requirements) we could find.

Part 1: Sandals

The first stop in our Grand Aussie Tour was Hamilton Island in the Whitsundays. This place is pure relaxation… but it’s also classy so you can’t just walk around barefoot.

Instead of cars, visitors buzz around the small island in golf carts like they’re in some Florida retirement community. Actually, Hamilton Island kind of reminds me of a picturesque island in the Keys. The Whitsundays are too manicured to be exactly like Florida, but if you catch Key West in the right light, it might resemble Hamilton Island’s palm-lined beaches, small community feel, and charming boutique (singular, as everything on this tiny island is).

The Whitsundays aren’t known for “being like Key West” though... They’re known for turquoise waters and bleached white beaches. Like, the best bleached white beaches in the world. And the best of the best bleached white beaches is Whitehaven, consistently ranked among the prettiest places in Australia. What makes it so great? One, it’s a beach – people love beaches. Two, its 4.5 miles of silica-infused white sand, bumping right against the bright blue Whitsunday waters. If that isn’t enough, on its northern end, the bright beach yields to tidal inflows forming Hill Inlet, where the white sand and turquoise waters fuse to form colors you’d only imagine on canvas.

Hill Inlet is more than a painting though, and the best way to see it is from above: *Aussie accent* choppaaa’.

It was Chelsay and I’s first time in a helicopter, so even the flight itself was fun. Surrounded by windows, we had unobstructed views for the heli’s bizarre maneuverers: vertical take-off, hovering without moving, side-to-side rotations… and of course the escaping-villain-feeling when the pilot accelerates and the nose of the helicopter dips forward.

Our pilot quickly passed Chelsay as the coolest person I knew, so I flooded him with questions.

Mike: “Have you seen the latest Mission Impossible – can you do a chopper flip like Tom Cruise??”

Pilot: “No.”

Mike: “Well can you do barrel rolls??”

Pilot: “No.”

Mike: “Have you flown anyone famous??”

Pilot: “Oprah flew with us once.”

Chelsay chimes in: Oprah voice* “We’re FLY-INNNGGGG!”

…Chelsay has retaken her coolest person title.

Back to the flight. Our itinerary had us flying 20 minutes from Hamilton Island to Whitehaven Beach, landing on the beach, kicking it for an hour, then returning to Hamilton Island. Bad news though: the weather during our first leg was dreadful. Dense grey clouds and a sheet of rain meant we couldn’t see anything… Not the pristine beach, not the bright blue water, not the Hill Inlet. Plus the pilot wouldn’t do a barrel roll.

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The rain actually yielded a bit as we landed on Whitehaven, so the pilot pulled out a picnic basket: fruits, cheeses, and two bottles of champagne. Now, on one hand, it was 9:30 am. But on the other, we’d just taken a private helicopter to a secluded beach. Morning champagne must be protocol for rich people vacations… along with bathrobes and hotel rooms with HBO.

Luckily the clouds soon parted and we took advantage, playing around in the sun, silica sand, blue skies, and warm water.

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On the flight back, we were treated to the tidal fusion of Hill Inlet and the gleaming turquoise coastlines of the Whitsundays. Still no barrel rolls though.

The remainder of our time in Hamilton Island was spent relaxing. These few days took on a quiet, tranquil routine: slow starts with coffee on our back patio, homemade lunches (the best of which were our steak, egg, & tater breakfast burritos), cocktails starting at noon, and maybe a leisurely afternoon activity (hill-top hikes, critter catching, or throwing rocks into puddles so that we could capture the splash in slow-mo). Read those activities again, and then consider they came after the midday cocktails. Makes sense.

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We’d wrap up each peaceful day with colorful sunsets from One Tree Hill, before breaking out the board games: the newlyweds game, Bananagrams, and our homemade version of Pictionary. How do you draw koala chlamydia?

As the first stop in our 10-day tour, the Whitsundays were meant to be a transitional limbo between the mental mindsets of work & play. Before heading to the really extreme Aussie ecosystems, these couple days in Hamilton Island gave us all a chance to exhale.

Part 2: Flippers

After flip-flop friendly Hamilton Island, our Manly fam was heading north for a few days on the Great Barrier Reef. Although the Whitsundays also border the GBR, remote “Far North Queensland” offers more pristine diving.

We had an extra day before our live-aboard departed from Cairns, so we decided to roadtrip up from Hamilton Island. On a map, this doesn’t look too far… They’re both in North Queensland and have easy access to the GBR, right? No. This is Australia. It’s a 7.5 hour drive.

This is actually a really impressive gauge for how big the GBR is: we drove 7.5 hours along the coast and didn’t leave the reef. Anyway, the drive wasn’t a problem for us: we were more than content with the West Cork murder podcast, beautiful sugar cane plantation views, and a brief stop at the Cardwell natural pools.

Flipper-based activities began the next day. Our overnight liveaboard gave us six dives in 24 hours, all further offshore than any day-trip could venture. This is the beauty of a liveaboard: the boat is always moving, so you aren’t anchored to nearshore dive sites. In fact, our liveaboard was so far out, it didn’t even come into the Cairns’ port: you have to bum a “taxi” ride via day-tripper boats.

The ride with the day-trippers was an experience in itself. Joining a liveaboard means you’re probably pretty ocean savvy: you’re committing to a bed that rocks back-and-forth with the waves all night. On the other hand, the day-trip boat is for those with less experience seeking a taste of sea life… Unfortunately for many first-timers, that taste was barf.

It was chaos. Imagine the Battle of Winterfell scene where the living are swarmed by the Army of the Dead… Pete, Megan, Chelsay and I were the living. One of us was Brienne with her back against the wall. One of us was Greyworm, white-faced zombies crawling all over our legs. I was Sam: in the corner, crying among the chaos. While the boat’s crew bravely carried on explaining how to put a snorkel mask on (seriously!… the mask is shaped like a face!), roughly 10% of the passengers were throwing up off the stern. One guy didn’t even make it to the back and just threw up in a towel. I tried to escape the carnage in the boat’s bathroom – as I was in there though, some guy ripped open the lock in sheer panic. God bless the crew who probably deal with this every single day.

Our taxi eventually arrived at the liveaboard and Pete, Megan, Chelsay, and I disembarked as quickly as possible. The liveaboard’s vibe couldn’t have been more juxtaposed: in the large, wood-clad foyer, other visitors were lounging on leather couches, enjoying tea, coffee, and fruit, and comparing different sea life they’d seen that day.

We weren’t on the liveaboard to mingle though, so we geared up and were 30 feet under in no time. Rather than write dive-by-dive, I’ll speak broadly across our six dives.

The sea life was vibrant and abundant: bright pink, electric blue, lime green, highlighter yellow. And that could be just ONE fish. Chelsay compared it to wearing those 90s Starter jackets.

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The reef was also in better shape than I expected. Although we’d intentionally visited well-preserved sites in Far North Queensland, I’d still heard discouraging reviews. Maybe this set lower expectations, but we found packed gardens of hard and soft coral, thriving fish communities, and reef structures larger than any we’d seen in the Maldives or Indonesia.

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Chelsay and I also did our first night dive. I didn’t take a video (you wouldn’t be able to see anything), but it was a bizarre experience. 20 feet under the surface, you’re surrounded by pitch black. Your body is moving forward, but you have no bearing of direction: am I swimming up or down? Left or right? Towards safety or into a shark?

Diving already feels like floating through space, but completely void of light, the experience is even more extra-terrestrial. We used flashlights sparingly, which illuminated some strange nocturnal sea life: a crown of thorns starfish, a giant five-foot potato cod, several moray eels, and a venomous lionfish. At one point, the instructor gathered Pete, Megan, Chelsay, and I in a circle and had us turn off our flashlights. She then swiped her hands toward the middle of the circle and, through the pitch black, blue specks floated through the void. Bioluminescent plankton had been illuminated by her movement.

This bioluminescent plankton was probably the most bizarre sea creature we saw, but it certainly had contenders. In our day-dives, we also saw a color-changing octopus, a flying feather starfish, a flat flounder (whose eyes can migrate from one side of their face to the other), several 5+ foot reef sharks, moray eels, giant clams, and a HUMAN-SIZED BARRACUDA! These fish probably had similar reviews of the four bizarre humans they saw:

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To wrap up this flipper-based section, I’d like to reiterate that we were 30 feet underwater for 6 hours in a 24 hour period. That’s a lot of time in a different world, but also a lot of time plodding a heavy metal tank along the bottom of the ocean… Based on the GBR’s vibrant colors and scale, unmatched anywhere else on Earth, I wish we could’ve been down there longer.

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Part 3: Shoes

Now comes the portion of the trip where we had to wear shoes, a real bummer until you consider the exciting destination: Daintree Rainforest.

Daintree is the oldest rainforest in the world, formed during the JURASSIC period 180 million years ago. Wait, WHAT!? Just read that sentence again. Dinosaurs first appeared ~220 million years ago, and went extinct 60 million years ago. For reference, the Amazon is only 50 million years old. That means Daintree saw the entire rise and fall of the DINOSAUR SPECIES, while the Amazon slept in & missed the whole thing.

Back to present day. The entrance to the park is a short ferry across the Daintree River. Let me paint a picture for you: here we are, four homo sapiens sitting on one-side of the prehistoric Daintree River, waiting for a ferry to take us into the National Park. I can’t even comprehend the scale of Earth’s history that stared back across that river. At some point in this forest’s life, a stegosaurus drank from this same water way. Meanwhile, I’m sitting in a Mitsubishi ASX, streaming the West Cork murder podcast from my iPhone. That stegosaurus was 60 million years too early to see a human, let alone our species’ invention of commerce, capitalism, the wheel, automobiles, satellites, the murder mystery genre, microchips, gorilla glass and every other advancement that made my existential reflection possible. This time scale is impossible to grasp, but the thought of a stegosaurus popping out onto the road felt like a real possibility in this prehistoric jungle.

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Moving on, I’d say our main activity while in Daintree was sweating. It wasn’t that hot (around 80), but the humidity had to be at 10,000%. We went on two different hikes and I was drenched no more than 10 steps in.

Our two hikes were Mossman Gorge and Jindalba, with the latter being a true jungle bush walk. Mossman was nice, and included some of the strangest vegetation I’d seen: massive buttress roots and vines so heavy that they choke the trees from which they hang.

That said, Mossman was pretty touristy (gift store, crowded parking lot, boardwalks), but Jindalba felt far more natural. We genuinely had to brace buttressed roots for grip along the red jungle floor, all the while on the lookout for massive bugs, leaches, wild pigs, and cassowaries.

Beyond the whole “age thing”, Daintree’s other unique trait is that it bumps directly against the Great Barrier Reef. Underwater and overwater jungles side-by-side. Our best views of the reef meeting the rainforest came at Cape Tribulation, where we used Pete & Megan’s drone to take in the stark blend of green treetops, white sand, and turquoise waters. When you look at the below picture, just remember how many bugs there are in the dense green part.

With the unique mix of rainforest vegetation and saltwater nutrients, Cape Trib also hosts several mangrove forests, where Daintree’s oldest living tenants call home: crocodiles. These salt water residents can grow up to 15 feet long, and have been roaming Daintree for its entire existence (again, 180 million years). Let me take a quick pause: I’m writing about Day 6 of our 10-day trip, and to this point, I’d only seen 1 or 2 crocs in my life – they were in zoos. Over the next 3.5 days though, I’d see at least 100.

That’s jumping ahead though. Our next stop in Daintree was Emmagen Creek. After Cape Trib, we were debating whether we should just head back to Port Douglas for dinner… and a shower. We were REALLY sweaty, but it was also only 3:00, so we guilted ourselves into one more walk. We’d read about the Emmagen Creek hike, but there just wasn’t much information available. For reference, this is probably the internet’s longest article about Daintree.

We traversed an unsealed road to the trailhead, and packed for the unknown: plenty of water, bug spray, sunscreen, and bathing suits just in case. With numerous croc warnings, we didn’t expect to swim, but there’s no harm in bringing suits.

We started down the trail, again without much information where we were going, and quickly realized the trail wasn’t as long as we expected. After just 10 minutes, we hit Emmagen Creek. There was a long rope swing hanging from the tree, and we arrived just as someone was Tarzan swinging into the creek. Shouldn’t we worry about crocs? There were other people hanging downstream, so I guess they’d be easier prey.

After hiking through 10,000% humidity, cooling off in the creek was the perfect way to end the day, and a welcome surprise given how little we knew about the hike. We played around on the rope swing: Chelsay did some cannonballs, Megan showed Olympic-level steeze, and I… took a different approach.

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We’d leave for our fourth Aussie ecosystem the next day, but not before stopping at Hartley’s Crocodile Farm to learn about Australia’s deadliest animal. Our guide had been doing croc shows for 30 years, and therefore quickly replaced Chelsay as the coolest person I know.

Some highlights from his show:

Aussie crocs have the strongest bite ever recorded – 3700 lbs/sq inch, compared to a lion’s bite of 1000 or a human’s bite of 150.

Australia’s most poisonous snake is an inland taipan – one drop of its venom could kill 250,000 mice or 100 humans.

Cassowaries are just velociraptors with feathers, and I'm glad we didn't see one in the wild.

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I’m glad we learned all this after our day in wild Daintree.

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Part 4: More shoes

Hartley’s taught us about Australia’s crocs, snakes, and spiders… And now I’ll never where sandals in Australia. That’s especially true in our next destination: Kakadu National Park.

At this point in our Aussie adventure, we’d visited some of the prettiest beaches in the world, the oldest rainforest ever, and the largest organic structure on Earth... Yet somehow, Kakadu might be the most impressive of the bunch.

It’s a land before time. I realize Daintree is much older, but Kakadu felt truly pre-historic. It’s half the size of Switzerland yet somehow only has two hotels, four gas stations, and two paved roads – the rest is just red dirt tracks! Only about 500 people live in the park (mostly Aboriginal), and they’re outnumbered 20:1 by crocodiles! Also, literally NO ONE I know has been there. Not even the Aussies. Maybe because the closest town is Darwin, a city closer to Malaysia than it is to Sydney.

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Kakadu really is unspoiled. Just pure, perfect, and pristine nature. That isn’t to say it’s untouched though. Aboriginal people have called Kakadu home for nearly 65,000 years... They just haven’t screwed it up. Kakadu’s Aboriginal residents live by the laws of nature, looking for subtle signs in their surroundings to guide their daily, seasonal, and annual activities.

A perfect example is their land management techniques. In 2018, California experienced devastating wildfires that resulted in $3.5 billion in damages. Forest fires spark a number of ways, but they’re really fuelled when the fire catches dead brush – then they become uncontrollable. To avoid the same destruction this year, the state has taken extensive measures to clean out brush before the upcoming dry season, including dispatching brush-eating goats. This is 2019… and the big solution is goats.

Aboriginal people have had this under control for thousands of years! And it all comes from listening to the seasons. In Kakadu’s Aboriginal calendar, there are six seasons. We happened to visit during the dopest season: Banggereng. Banggereng (known by Aboriginals as Knock Em Down season) is like spring: it’s at the tail-end of Kakadu’s wet season, when up to a third of the park is flooded in 3 feet of water, but it’s not quite dry season, where wildfires become a risk. That makes it the perfect time for controlled burns to clean out the brush and avoid larger, less controllable fires during dry season. The crafty Aboriginal people didn’t need goats… They just paid attention to the season and acted accordingly.

I took an important lesson from this lifestyle. Aborginal people have lived off of and through the land for 65,000 years. By my brief observations, they didn’t have video games, or Instagram, or many other modern complications. A lot of the people I saw didn’t even have shoes! And yet, their needs were met. They were content, and smiling, and happy.

Now, I’m happy almost all the time, but there will always be things that frustrate me: traffic, work, the wifi signal dropping. Seeing the Aboriginal people’s much simpler lifestyle, but equal happiness, gave me perspective. Miles and miles away from any wifi signals, there were much simpler connections available.

That was a great pun, but I’ve digressed. I’ve written an entire page about Kakadu and not a single word was about what we did there.

We arrived in Kakadu in the late afternoon, and our first activity was a two-hour sunset cruise through the Yellow Water Billabong. If there is one place that inspired the past 600 words about my love of Kakadu, it’s Yellow Water. Our cruise guide’s family has lived in Kakadu for generations, and she used her knowledge of the billabong to show us the abundance of life it supports:

The jacana or “Jesus bird”, who walks on water by lightly hopping from lotus to lotus. Fun fact: they also hide their chicks in their feathers. Chelsay got a shot of one family snuggled up.

The black-necked stork

White bellied sea eagle

Hella saltwater crocs, sneakily poking their eyes above water, or showing their teeth to intimidate the boat

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The scene was just incredible – so natural. Green grass filled the flood plains, ripples from the Jesus birds dotted the blue water, and the blazing red sun set under the horizon. Our guide’s commentary significantly enhanced the experience, as we learned how her family adapts to Kakadu’s divergent seasons and lives from the land. Because our sunset tour was around dinner time, her take on “living from the land” seemed especially food-focused: our guide would point at a bird or plant, then just talk about how she eats it – “We bop it on the head, stick in a ground oven, and let it cook.”

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Needless to say, we loved the billabong tour, and actually did the exact same tour the next morning for sunrise.

After touring a croc-infested creek, it only made sense to visit one of Kakadu’s most famous swimming holes: Gunlom. Obviously we’d done our research to make sure they were croc-free, but to quote the guy sitting next to me on the Darwin flight: “It’s not the crocs you see that get ya.”

Actually, before talking about Gunlom, I’ll quickly mention how lucky we’d timed our trip. Earlier, I wrote that we visited Kakadu during Bangarreng, the transitional period between wet & dry season. As previously stated, Bangerrang the dopest time of year, but it does come with some risks. As wet-season flood waters recede from the vast plains, roads slowly open and croc-inspections begin. There are 10,000 crocs in Kakadu and its half the size of Switzerland, so it takes the rangers a bit of time to give the All-Clear. I checked the park website and found Gunlom’s average opening was mid-May, but we were travelling at the end of April.

Lucky for us, it was an especially mild wet season, which meant Gunlom opened just in time. Pete, Megan, Chelsay, and I would be the Guinea pigs testing the water. Joking, the park rangers don’t mess around. There’s actually a TV show that follows Kakadu’s rangers around – like the Aussie version of Cops. “Bad crocs, bad crocs, whatcha gonna do?”

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The Gunlom Pools are nearly as famous as the park’s croc-fighting cops, and were featured in Crocodile Dundee (which only emphasizes how ‘Straya they are).

The pools sit above Gunlom Waterfall, and the views from the top were just stunning. A slow-moving creek tumbling between tiered pools, red stone walls sharply descending into the deep dark water, all with elevated views over the surrounding plains.

It was 95 degrees out, but our group stayed comfortable in the cool water. Things felt easy going here. Gunlom didn’t have an epic or ethereal feel – it was just an ideal natural setting to casually kick it: we had a bottle of wine with us, we were splashing around, just taking in the views. I’d consider living in this remote speck of Australia, forced to “bop” things on the head for food, just to relax in the Gunlom pools whenever I wanted (...and let my legs weirdly float up - see picture below).

Gunlom is in the south-western end of Kakadu, and our accommodation that night was way up in the north-eastern tip. To break up this big drive, we made a pit stop at Nourlangie Rock, one of many Aboriginal rock art sites in the park. These paintings document Aboriginal legends (e.g. the Lighting God, who brings the floods preceding Bangerrang) and life in the region over the past 20,000 YEARS. I might be misinterpreting the drawings, but it looks like they liked to party.

It was getting close to sunset, and I’m basic, so we visited nearby Nawurlandja Lookout to enjoy Kakadu’s natural nightly show. After a short hike, we perched ourselves atop a rocky outcrop, and quietly took in the kaleidoscope of colours changing above the Anbangbang floodplains. The cliffs of empty Arnhem Land glowed red in the distance, while Chelsay went all Annie Lebowitz with the camera.

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The next day was the last of our trip. We started with a morning hike to Mirai Lookout, before our long trip back to Darwin. With plenty of daylight left, we decided to stop in Litchfield National Park on the way up.

Litchfield is like Kakadu (swimming holes, crocs, etc), but a bit smaller & closer to Darwin. That said, it still has some stunning waterfalls, as we stopped at Wangi, Florence, and Tolmer Falls. While cooling off in our 17th swimming hole of the trip, Chelsay impressed some young’ns with her back flip abilities -- ”Still got it”. Later in Litchfield, our Manly fam also “captured” a few new Aussie Pokemon: two dingos and a water monitor.

Whew – made it! That was our 10-day Aussie adventure. This was a long post too: 4500 words.

I’m thinking about how to pull this all together, and I keep coming back to the fact that Chelsay and I are nearing the tail-end of our time in Australia. Plans are afoot & moves are being made, but I’ll save all this for a later post.

That just means this could be our last big Aussie escapade, and if so, it was a bucket-list adventure fitting for our final trip: four iconic Australian geographies, four distinct ecosystems, and a range of related footwear requirements. If this was our last adventure Down Unda, we went out with a bang(errang).

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Confession #1

I need to express this, before I can’t take it anymore.

Why I said “For me a Pokémon doesn’t exist, until they have appeared in the anime.”?

Answer: That saying it shouldn’t be taken so literal. It’s because, when a New Pokémon is announced, it already exist for me. But honestly, not every Pokémon looks “good” or cause a good first impression, also their artwork doesn’t help at all. It happened to me before in Black and White and X&Y when their respective Pokémon were announced, some of them were goods and others I simply didn’t like them. So for me, the anime is a like a “second chance” to show me, they can be OK and I can have a new critter about them. Also like Serena said in one episode “Why the Pokédex makes they look so agressive and violent?” Refering to the artwork, which is used, when a Pokémon is scanned in the Pokédex.

Also thanks to the anime I started to give love to Pokémon, I didn’t like they, wen they were announced.

So... if you ask me “What do you think about the Alola Pokémon?” Here’s the answer, just remember “Before”, is when first was announced, “After” was after seeing it in the anime.

What I think of:

Rowlet

Before: It’s not the big deal and I don’t know why people loves it so madly? It’s simply an owl, I think this is the laziest design of a regional starter.

After: It’s adorable! Just look at him, I think I understand why people loves it.

Dartrix

Before: I love his bowtie and elegant attire, but still doesn’t convince me. Anyway but how it could look with his eyes open?

After: N/A

Decidueye

Before: I think this like the “Greninja” of Alola, I think it’s OK. But It doesn’t call me the attention.

After: N/A

Litten

Before: I love cats so much! This design is so adorable!

After: I love this so much! If I loved him so much now I love him more! I’m gonna to elect one, when I can afford the game.

Torracat

Before: A good design, for a good Pokémon! I simply like it!

After: N/A

Incineroar

Before: It’s awesome! Just look at him!

After: N/A

Popplio

Before: Without offense Litten, but this is a GOOD DESIGN! This is the best design of a starter! Just look at her! It’s adorable! I’m gonna to choose this Pokémon, if I can afford the game! She doesn’t deserve the hate she’s receiving!

After: Look what happen when you mess with Popplio? Just look at this Popplio haters! Popplio is one of the main protagonist of the anime! I love her so much! And she deserves be a main character!

Brionne

Before: She looks like a pop star! She looks so awesome! But exaggerated. But I like it!

After: N/A

Primarina

Before: She’s a mermaid! I love her design! It was about time, we have a water-type starter that looks more female!

After: N/A

Pikipek

Before: A woodpecker! It looks so adorable!

After: It’s adorable! I’ll be powerful, with my own army of Pikipeks, as the mafia of my Toucannon!

Trumbeak

Before: Looks more awesome!

After: My Trumbeak be the second-in command of my Toucannon mafia!

Toucannon

Before: How they fucked Pikipek like that? How in this world a Woodpecker evolves in a Toucan? Somebody give me an explanation!

After: He looks like a godfather! I like it now! It’s awesome! I know, why I can’t have a Toucannon and create my own mafia, where my Toucannon and me are leaders, Pikipeks could be the minions and Trumbeak, the second-in-command!

Yungoos

Before: It’s a mongoos, they gave us another mongoose or suddenly everybody forgot about Zangoose?

After: It’s hilarious, now I know who to call if my house is attacked by Rattatas!

Gumshoos

Before: It’s design is... I love detectives, I love detectives so much!

After: STOP PEOPLE SAYING THIS POKÉMON LOOKS LIKE DONALD TRUMP! IT’S CLEARLY BASED IN A DETECTIVE AND ALSO IS A GRATEFUL POKÉMON! JUST LOOK HOW HE CONGRATULATED ASH!

Grubbin

Before: Looks so adorable! Just look at him!

After: It’s adorable! I’m gonna to use it to vandalize the houses of my enemies! Just look how he destroyed a street!

Charjabug

Before: What is suppoused to be this? WHAT THEY WERE THINKING?

After: N/A

Vikavolt

Before: Look it’s a scarab! I hope this be the “Beedrill” of Alola

After: N/A

Crabrawler

Before: It looks so charismatic! I love this Pokémon! Is so adorable!

After: It’s adorable! Definetely I’m gonna to have one!

Crabominable

Before: What the fuck is this? WHAT THEY WERE THINKING? How they fucked Crabrawler like this? It could simply worked like as a different Pokémon!

After: N/A

Oricorio (Baile Style)

Before: She’s so elegant! I love her!

After: N/A

Oricorio (Pom-Pom Style)

Before: She look so awesome!

After: She’s adorable! I actually love this Pokémon!

Oricorio (Pa’u Style)

Before: She actually looks like a Hawaiian dancer! Adorable!

After: N/A

Oricorio (Sensu Style)

Before: She looks like a Geisha! And I love Geishas!

After: N/A

Cutiefly

Before: It looks good! So elegant and cute!

After: N/A

Ribombee

Before: Looks so... Stuck-up. Apparently it’s only a Pokémon for rich-people.

After: N/A.

Rockruff

Before: It’s an adorable dog! I love seeing a dog!

After: Definetely I’m gonna to have one dog, like Rockruff!

Lycaroc (Midday Forme)

Before: It makes good for it’s name! It’s a good wolf!

After: N/A

Lycanroc (Midnight Forme)

Before: It looks like a possesed were-wolf! I like it, just... I wonder... which is the real color of it’s eyes?

After: N/A

Wishiwashi

Before: Looks like a good fish! I simply like it very much! I love this Pokémon!

After: N/A

Mareanie

Before: Looks like a Sea Witch, but looks adorable!

After: I definetely love this Pokémon! Just I need to train Mareanie’s kisses!

Toxapex

Before: Why looks like a walking house?

After: N/A

Mudbray

Before: We finally have a horse or donkey? In the Pokémon world!

After: Looks so adorable! Just, don’t let this Pokémon get near Plant pots.

Mudsdale

Before: I love, we have finally have a Donkey-Hose hybrid!

After: N/A

Dewpider

Before: It’s an spider astronaut/diver? What the heck? IT LOOKS SO FUCKING UGLY! IT’S AN ABOMINATION!

After: N/A

Araquanid

Before: Oh man! WHAT IS THIS MANKIND ABOMINATION?! WHAT THEY WERE THINKING?

After: N/A

Formantis

Before: Looks like a Unova Pokémon, but... WHAT THE HECK?

After: N/A

Lurantis

Before: It resembles a Geisha, but at least looks better!

After: N/A

Morelull

Before: Looks like a tiny fungus friend! I like it!

After: N/A

Shiinotic

Before: Toad Pokémon version! It looks so friendly!

After: N/A

Salandit

Before: Looks like a tiny bandit! I love his mischievious appearance!

After: I like it! Just, keep him/her away from my eggs.

Salazzle

Before: Looks great! But again why only females can evolve?

After: N/A

Stufful

Before: Adorable, but... Why it’s head has to be so giant?

After: N/A

Bewear

Before: It’s supposued to be a giant bear, but we have already so many bears!

After: I FUCKING LOVE IT! Probably it’s violent and agressive, but he feels so lonely and wants somebody who actually love him.

Bounsweet

Before: We now have another Pokémon with the shape of a fruit!

After: It can use her leaves as helix! I love this! I REALLY LOVE THIS POKÉMON!

Steene

Before: It’s an adorable girl! I like her very much!

After: N/A

Tsareena

Before: She looks like a madam! I love her!

After: N/A

Comfey

Before: I love this design, but... those flowers are part of it’s body?

After: It’s actual body looks like a tiny onion-like fairy! Just look at it! It’s adorable! I love how it enjoys collecting flowers!

Oranguru

Before: I’m glad we finally we got an Orangutang, but... looks so spicy.

After: N/A

Passimian

Before: OK. We now have a Lemur, but, how looks it’s actual head?

After: N/A.

Wimpod

Before: It’s a tiny trilobite-like Pokémon! I love this!

After: N/A

Golisopod

Before: The trilobite, become an ancient monster! I love this, but a middle stage, wasn’t bad too.

After: N/A.

Sandygast

Before: I don’t know... but I think it’s adorable!

After: N/A.

Palossand

Before: I think it’s OK... in it’s own way. But they can shape-shift their body?

After: N/A.

Pyukumuku

Before: I love it’s design! Finally we have a sea cucumber!

After: It’s adorable! Just look at it giving a “love and peace” sign!

Type: Null

Before: Good design! But... WHAT THE HECK WITH IT’S NAME? HOW HARD WAS GIVING A FRANKENSTEIN-LIKE NAME? I KNOW IT’S A CHIMERA AND AN ATRIFICIAL POKÉMON, BUT HOW HARD WAS GIVING A DECENT NAME? EVEN MAGEARNA HAS A GOOD NAME! Good design, but the real trouble is it’s name. HECK! I can invent a good name for it and much better!

After: N/A.

Silvally

Before: GOOD DESIGN! I’m happy they ammended the trouble with it’s pre-evolution (it’s name).

After: N/A

Minior

Before: Another alien Pokémon and is adorable!

After: N/A

Komala

Before: After 20 years, we finally have a Koala! AND IS ADORABLE!

After: It’s adorable! I love how he sleeps all the time! Remember if you fight! Komala will kick your butt!

Turtonator

Before: Looks like a Galapagos Turtle, with a mouth in middle of it’s face!

After: Oh, that thing it’s his nose! His mouth, is that yellow stripe under it’s nose.

Togedemaru

Before: GAME FREAK! YOU DID IT AGAIN! YOU BESTED YOU! WE FINALLY HAVE A HEDGEHOG! AND AN ADORABLE ONE!!!

After: It’s bioluminscent too! Now I love togedemaru more! I love it!

Mimikyu

Before: OK. Do... you get run of ideas Game Freak? It’s a fucking Pokémon with a Pikachu disguise! I don’t know what to say, but... it’s a simply knock-off of Pikachu! I simply don’t like it.

After: OK. If I offended Mimikyu, I’m sorry! I love Mimikyu now! It’s funny, creepy and misterious! Also we lived a lie! Mimikyu hates Pikachu so much!

Bruxish

Before: I love it’s colourful design! It’s good!

After: I like it, but I need to see more!

Drampa

Before: OK. We finally have a dragon with an Old-man like appearance?

After: N/A.

Dhelmise

Before: WHAT IS THIS? GAME FREAK WHY? YOU CREATED ANOTHER MANKIND ABOMINATION!

After: N/A.

Jangmo-o

Before: Looks like a Cranidos knock-off, but I think it’s cute! I think is cute!

After: N/A.

Hakamo-o

Before: Looks awesome! I think it’s good!

After: N/A.

Kommo-o

Before: Looks so wild! And I like it!

After: N/A.

Tapu Koko

Before: OK. This is a legendary Pokémon, that looks like a rooster/hawaiian warrior!

After: It’s adorable! And I love how childish he is!

Tapu Lele

Before: I think she’s cute! And I love it!

After: N/A.

Tapu Bulu

Before: Oh My God! I LOVE THE DESIGN OF THIS GUARDIAN! SIMPLY I LIKE IT! I always liked Bulky characters, bulky is my favourite body type.

After: N/A.

Tapu Fini

Before: I love her design! It’s cool

After: N/A.

Cosmog

Before: I think it’s adorable! It looks awesome!

After: N/A.

Cosmoem

Before: OK... What is this? Looks like a baby, but cute in some way.

After: N/A.

Solgaleo

Before: OK. Somebody explain me... how this happened? I think it’s logical, because the Sun is a star and comes from a nebula. I love it’s design, looks so manly!

After: N/A.

Lunala

Before: OK... This makes no sense! The Moon is a satellite, not an star! But ignoring that, I love the feminine appearance of Lunala!

After: N/A.

Nihilego

Before: It’s a fucking crystal jellyfish? What is that? It looks horrible!

After: N/A.

Buzzwole

Before: GAME FREAK!!! WHY YOU DO THIS MANKIND ABOMINATIONS? EXPLAIN THIS! IT’S HORRIBLE!

After: N/A.

Pheromosa

Before: Looks like a queen! Honestly the only Utra Beast, with an acceptable appearance!

After: N/A.

Xurkitree

Before: I’m gonna to spank you Game Freak! WHY YOU DO THIS? WHY? IT’S FUCKING HORRIBLE AND HAS NO FACE? DOES IT EVEN FEELS?

After: N/A.

Celesteela

Before: OK. It looks good in a way, but they couln’t make her a little bit more... human-like? Looks like a church! I know she comes from a legend. But, why they do this?

After: N/A.

Kartana

Before: If it’s a paper monster, I think it has a good design, but... I Still I have my doubts.

After: N/A.

Guzzlord

Before: It looks so strange, how this is gonna to close it’s mouth if it’s hands are in his mouth? I simply don’t like it.

After: N/A.

Necrozma

Before: Looks good, in it’s own way.

After: N/A.

Magearna

Before: Cool design!

After: She’s so adorable! And I love her so much!

Marshadow

Before: Looks like a little lost kid! I think it’s funny!

After: N/A.

I hope you like this publication! Probably I will upload more of this!

#alola #pokémon anime #pokémon sun #pokémon moon #pokémon sun and moon #confession #pokémon

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The Modern Ladies' Guide to the Apocalypse: Making Your 'Bug Out' Bag

Ladies, We live in a tumultuous time. It's no secret that the political landscape is fraught with underhanded warmongers, and bad actors pushing for dangerous legislation. The media has created boogeymen of nations and leaders of nations to blame for the goings on of which that they don't approve. The media also plays off existing tensions to instigate agenda that could blow back unexpectedly.

Our foreign policy, flawed though it may be, has done a good job of keeping those tensions across the pond for the most part. The risk to us as citizens has remained low in regard to seeing combat on our own soil; save for a few events we refer to as “terror attacks" and view as isolated incidents with mitigating factors that prevent us from recognizing them as acts of aggression from foreign entities. Meanwhile, the contention of limited immigration and the struggle to stifle the flow of incoming players and the failure to pass meaningful legislation regarding their expulsion has left us open to the possibility of covert organized operations like the compound in New Mexico and potentially much worse.

The low-risk environment we have all grown up with, having the protection of the greatest military in the world has made us naive, lazy, and ill-prepared. Our enemies, especially those disguised as allies, don't suffer the same misfortune. Israel, for example, practices conscription for all citizens, which means their entire able-bodied population is combat ready whether they are active military or not. Meanwhile, a large portion of our population neither uses nor understands basic sidearm home protection. It's a scary thought.

It's not the only danger. We have many active and dormant volcanoes. We have annual disastrous weather events, and we live in a society wholly dependent on a fragile electrical grid. Any number of things can happen, locally or nationally, that can strand you in an emergency situation. What are you gonna do?

Well, I am going to tell you.

Most of us spend a significant time in our vehicles traveling to and from work, shuffling kids to activities, shopping, going to dinner, and vacations. Any fictional show or film you have seen about a disaster demonstrates that inevitably there will be long lines of cars cluttering up roads. Many of you will have experienced evacuations already and have first-hand knowledge of the hours spent trying to vacate an area. How many people have what they need already inside their car? Hardly anyone.

That's where the Bug out bag (or go bag) comes into play.

The first thing that you will need is a bag that's large enough for your family or several bags, one for each family member.

A phrase that you need to become familiar with, that I will repeat, and you need to repeat. Two is one and one is none. That means you need 3 of anything of which you need one. If you have one you can assume it's already used or broken. If you have two of an item and one is used or broken then you still only have one of it and it can get used or broken. That's why you need a third. Simple, right?

Let's pack!

Water: Even in our world of abundance, we hover perilously close to death by dehydration. Depending on your lifestyle you are anywhere from a few hours to a few days away from critical body failure due to lack of water. Each family member needs 3 large bottles of water, or 1-3 quarts. This is the first thing that you need. Periodically you should replace the water, especially if you live in a warm and wet your climate. In addition to bottled water, you should have water treatment methods such as water purification tablets and a life straw.

Food: Trailmix without chocolate and beef jerky are fast sources of protein and vital nutrients that you will need to maintain energy levels needed to get yourself to safety. MREs are compact, lightweight, and can be purchased at any outdoor store or online. Plus, they are fun to taste test with the family while figuring out which ones you'd like to store. You need to prepare three meals for three days for each member of your family, on top of the emergency rations.

First aid kit: You can either make your own or purchase pre-packed first aid kits from the pharmacy. Bandages, alcohol wipes, a thermal blanket, hot and cold chemical compress, and pain relief are typically already included. If your family member has medical needs you should also include a baggy of their daily medications for 3 days. Normally people don't lug about their medicine cabinet for their daily activities but if you are caught unable to return home or have to wait for rescue it would be a shame to not have your blood pressure medication available.

Fire: Two is one and one is none. A lighter would come in handy if the need to make fire comes up but if it gets wet it won't work. You need multiple ways to make fire and multiple of the multiples. 3 lighters, 3 sets of matches, a magnesium fire starter are great items to have. In order to start a fire, you will need tinder. Sticks don't just enkindle on demand and will need help to burn into something that can keep you warm. Dryer lint is a readily available source of tinder that we all have in the home. Place enough for a few fires in a waterproof bag; wet tinder will not start a fire. Remember to spread it out before laying the sparks, the surface area is important.

Flashlights: Half of each day darkness and the need to see is important especially to identify rustles as dangerous or not. Those nocturnal critters (bug and small) are generally averse to light, so shining torches at them is sometimes all you need to scare them off. If you are awaiting rescue, waving lights can alert rescuers to your location in the dark where otherwise they wouldn't see you. Finally, flashlights can start a fire if all the other fire starting methods fail. The silver curved part of a flashlight that reflects the bulb into a beam is called a parabolic lens. It can be used to focus sunlight onto tinder in the same way a magnifying glass can use the sun to burn ants.

Eyeliner: What self-respecting lady would find herself in an apocalyptic or emergency situation without proper eye-makeup? Hollyweird tells us that there is no situation where it's acceptable to have unlined eyes and that includes zombie apocalypse, nuclear fallout, and running through dense forests. In addition to looking fabulous no matter the circumstances, no-smudge eyeliner is an every surface friendly message scrawling device. It will write on glass, wood, cloth, concrete, paper, skin, plastic, and metal. If you are forced to move from a clear open good for rescue location due to the need for shelter you'll appreciate being able to leave a note for your rescue team that won't wash off easily. So will they. Two is one and one is none. Lipstick serves the same purpose, just don't put it on your eyes.

Self-defense: Gun, ammo, knife, pepper spray.

If you have a gun I hope I don't need to explain that the ammo should not be stored inside the gun, but just in case: store the ammo separately from the gun. You don't want a misfire on the way to soccer practice and it's pretty basic gun safety.

Hygiene: Baby wipes for sponge baths. Travel toothbrushes and paste or tooth powder, and feminine hygiene items. Don't bother with shampoo or other hair care items, do bring deodorant if it has aluminum silicate as an ingredient as it can be used as a burn treatment for mild burns. Don't believe me? Next time you get popped with grease, a nasty sunburn or a curling iron injury rub (new) deodorant on it and feel the soothe.

Clothes: This is not a vacation, and you don't need a suitcase amount of clothes, however, three pair of socks and underwear per family member is practical. Keeping your feet dry is important if you want to stave off hypothermia or gangrene.

Emergency Binder:

Yeah, you're never gonna escape paperwork, sorry. You need to make copies of a bunch of paperwork so that you can be verified upon rescue and receive medical treatment. In the case of fleeing your home in case of disaster, you may need to replace documents. Birth certificate, insurance card, driver license, social security card, passport, medical records including blood type, prescriptions, marriage certificate, divorce papers, child custody papers, diplomas, school transcripts, military documents, weapon permits, credit/debit card, deeds and titles, insurance and registration, emergency contacts.

Make sure to do front and back copies of any double-sided document.

How you prepare for trouble is key to coming through unscathed. Get the basics right, first time!

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The Fox is comfortably seated on the railing of a balcony. Supported by, and leaning back into, a back of ice as if he were merely on a regular chair. Tail idly swinging off the side, a steaming mug of hot chocolat in his hands and just watching the people down below. Taking the occasional sips from the warm drink. Though from the twitching his furred appendage was doing from time to time, it seemed he was deep in thought.

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The 'ugly bunch' - Does an animals appearance affect it's popularity? *DISCLAIMER * I'm having to remain very open minded and understanding of varying opinions in regards to this post as I genuinely can't think of an animal as being ugly! For starters many if my favourite animals are considered awful lookjng or are unheard of by most. For instance I love Xeno, but my brother thinks she's awful 🤣 And one of my favourite fish is the sarcastic fringehead.... yes it's a real thing btw! 😂 A lighthearted survey undertaken by ZSL of about 1,000, 78% of them had heard of the gruffalo but only 3% had heard of a creature known as the solenodon. Ultimately the survey showed that we had a rather capricious attitude towards certain species. This view has affected numerous things around the world - Vulture conservation for example, a species that is incredibly important for a healthy ecosystem and without them WE would suffer drastically, is often cast aside in favour of something we consider more appealing looking like a panda or tiger (all if which need preserving btw). Another recent study taken by US scientists at the John Hopkins university suggested that people may not be as put iff by ugly animals as you may think. The blobfish was voted as the worlds ugliest animal in a humerous campaign by the ugly animal preservation society, and it later spawned t shirts, artwork and a stand up comedy show. The research shows that people are more willing to help the ugly animals if they were simy marketed in a different way. Beauty is in the eye of the beholder after all and the US scientists research showed that by altering how we receive something does affect our views on it. So! I decided to do a little survey if my own for this post.... First of all I asked people the basic question: "Does an animals overall appearence affect it's popularity?" (and why they think this). The majority of people answered with yes it does, but the rwasons why were a tad more diverse than I expected. Quite a few said that the cuter fluffy animals would attract more popularity because they look more approachable, friendlier and predictable. One persons response was rather good as I think it explains why we are more erratic with certain species in particular - media. Using their example of a spider; "we generally can't understand, communicate/talk to them. They have multiple eyes and legs so on that note we can't relate further, making us uneasy with it's movements and by it's differences in general (we as humans naturally fear/dislike/feel uneasy by things that are different to us)... so we took note of this and used it in media production, films etc. Our media has further hyped the fear due to no fault of the spiders!" Now tge points they presented I personally agree with! My nan is terrified of snakes and snake like creatures such as moray eels etc and she blames that on a film she saw when she was younger about a cobra. Before this she had never had any negative experiences but the depiction in the film made her scared of them to a point where she struggled to look at photos even. But on a trip to the zoo last year she came face to face (on her own accord) with a gaboon viper. The first time she had been within that close a proximity to a big, venomous snake. After a while of looking at it whilst I spammed this thing with my camera she began to marvel at it's patterns and eventually she said she "wasn't sure why she's been so afraid, it isn't fast and erratic and it's not homing in on me. Instead it's very calm and beautiful to look at. It's nothing like the one in the film was so I don't feel like it's going to get me, sure I still wouldn't go and hold one but I feel a bit silly thinking they were like that". Now I'm sure everyone has their own individual reasons for preferring an animal over another, it's human nature to formulate our own opinions in things for our own reasons. But when the audience was offered a different style of question the answers were very different. One person I purposely posed my original question too (purposely because their ability to think outside the box and offer different perspectives on things) helped me formulate my next question for people. I will elaborate their answer: "I find it strange how people can make an assumption about an animal based on mere appearance alone. Most animals that we as a society shun or fear/have a mass of the population with a phobia of are usually quite soft natured and harmless. Yet most animals that are awed at are rather savage and confrontational in nature." They then asked me to describe 2 animals natures they suggested.... "For example you described the species that is generally feared as one that's naturally not confrontational, very placid when handled, shy, reluctant to attack and makes every effort to avoid people in the wild. But the creature i have witnessed many people in awe at, calling it cute and stating they want one are naturally quite aggressive, will readily bite you, is known as a problem because it raids nests etc. Describing the actual nature of an animal without telling people what it is and you tend to find the feared ones are pucked over the cute fluffly ones. It's very confusing how judgemental humans can be when we judge using appearance. Appearance shouldn't matter if it makes you overlook the genuine qualities of something". By presenting the animals in a different way to people the votes genuinely did flip with the shunned ones being picked more because they sounded nicer. At HQ we have something called the "undesirable 5" - 5 of our animals are considered as being too ugly or too scary compared to the others. Some may surprise you and some are plain obvious! #1) Xeno - She has generally caused the most 'urgh' ir fear stricken reactions out of all our critters. Yet she is the most harmless creature we have and the least likely to attack. They are very shy animals that would much prefer to run and hide than be near you. The mothers are also incredible parents that carry their young on their backs until they can fend for themselves. And Xeno's species are amongst the few arachnids to exhibit social behaviour. Mothers actively communicate with their young and the iffspring reciprocate with her and the siblings. Awwww! #2) Toni - Toni is relatively new here but has still gained a few uneasy responses. Bug hairy spiders generally freak people out it seems. But he's actually really placid, nice to work with and he's not unpredictable with mivements and never shown any aggression. My partner doesn't like spiders and he says he's quite nice! #3) Aida - Shocking! Lol. Aida falls into the 'snakes make people feel uneasy' part. I find the more 'python looking snakes' (sounds daft I know, but people generally think that boa's are pythons because their heads are a similar shape... from that perspective I can see where they are coming from). Aida is a dream to be around, she's so chill and I haven't got a bad thing to say about her, or pythons in general as I find that all I have encountered have been 'friendly to be around'. #4) Steve - you guessed it! But Sir.Steve response is split down the middle. He's a cute kind of scary. Hognoses are stated among snake keepers as being the friendliest snakes, but people are put off still because at the end of the day it is a snake. But they are still adorable because of their faces... the cute nose n all that 😂 #5) Chester - Rooks in general strike up much unappeal with the general public. They are seen as a nuisance by many and people will happily just shoot them without a second thought (Chester will tell you personally about that!). But a surprising response as to why people feel uneased by them is because of their faces! Some say it's the vulture-esque skin around the beaks, but a prominent remark us that they have a rather spooky, skeletal look about them. That twinned with corvid folklore/mythology and the asdociation corvids have to death in general seems to strike up superstitions making them unwelcome. I could go on about how amazing Chester is but I will save that for another time. So there's our unappealing 5! It has continued to intrigue me as to how people can judge based on appearance. It continues to drive us towards forming certain opinions and making decisions about animals and nature in general. Either way we are all entitled to our opinions! But keep in mind that looks can be deceiving, or things look a certain way due to their lifestyles/the ecological niches they fill and it shouldn't make them ugly. Everything is beautiful in it's own way (or at least it is to us at HQ!) www.facebook.com/TheLokiDiary

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Clever Gifts For Non-Prepper

Your non-prepper family members and friends think you’re nuts. Until you show them your Water Straw or cool Survival knife, and they say, “Hey, that’s a good idea!”

With the holiday season around the corner, and for every gift-giving season, perhaps you would like to get your loved ones or friend something that will leave them better prepared and motivated to think about preparedness. Where do you begin and how do you figure out what to get them? People can be hard to shop for anyway, and if they’re already skeptical, you will want to start out slow. You can increase your chances of creating a thoughtful, practical, and well-accepted gift by taking a few of things into consideration.

First, consider the location of your recipients, including weather and likely challenges. Then consider their lifestyle, perhaps including skill level, experiences, or interests. And finally, consider any unique needs they have. When I did this exercise for my family members, I discovered that survival-minded gifts would look very different for each of them!

For someone in Texas

For this region, the weather is generally above freezing, but tornadoes are frequent. They also deal with heat and floods. The loss of electricity is a real possibility with any of these events. With several major cities in this state, civil unrest is also a potential issue.

For this gift, buy flashlights and extra batteries for the power outages. Add enough canned food (with a can opener!) to last 2-3 days. Duct tape, plastic sheeting, and hammer and nails might be useful in case of storm damage. In that part of the country,most people don’t have basements, so storage is typically a garage. Packing these items in a tub for the garage or a truck might be the best bet.

Special Consideration: Children

For kids, I would suggest packing something in each these categories. (Pack something from each category in your own emergency kits!)

• Treats: Something individually packaged so their parents can bribe or distract them. For example, I keep fruit snacks in my tornado kit in our basement. • Warmth: Making sure kids’ physical needs are met will go a long way towards meeting their emotional needs during a scary time. Pack a small fleece blanket or cozy sweatshirt (a size too big) for each child. • Games & Books: Again, distraction is going to be key. Consider a read-aloud chapter book, like Stuart Little or one of the Chronicles of Narnia. Many board games, such as Life and Yahtzee now come in card varieties that would pack very well in an emergency kit. • Light: Glow sticks, flashlights, headlamps and fun, colorful finger lights are kid friendly. Allowing kids the ability to control the light and what they see (especially Mom and Dad) can be a comfort to them during an emergency. • Soft things: Even the toughest teen or pre-teen will feel better clutching something soft. A few small stuffed animals for the younger kids, or maybe some foam stress balls for the older ones. • Sanitation: Baby wipes and more baby wipes! If your tiny relatives might still be in diapers, include a package of next-size-larger disposable diapers or training pants, too. Ziploc type bags will also be valuable for putting dirty diapers in.

Someone in Colorado

This region experiences significant weather swings in hours — 50 or 60 degree swings in the same day are common. In winter, blizzards with several feet of snow can result being stuck at home for a few days. And wildfires can mean evacuation is a real possibility. Nearly every summer somewhere in the state, there are people to need to leave at a moments notice.

The lifestyle there tends to be outdoorsy, so portable is key for this gift. Everything should fit in a backpack. Add a waterproof poncho for unexpected weather and consider a including a pair of hiking socks. A Firestarter and knife would be a great versatile tool. Some Cliff bars and powdered sports drink mix would easily fit too. And here is the perfect opportunity for a Water Straw, too!

Special consideration: someone far away

For someone who is “isolated” in another state, away from the rest of the extended family, you might consider making them a special evacuation kit. Pack a compass, and paper maps with several exit routes marked out. Make a written communication plan for them, perhaps including Solar Radio. Include a written list of family member addresses and phone numbers, too.

Housebound in Minnesota

The upper Midwest region is famous for snow and cold. It also gets its share of tornadoes in warmer weather.

Most people in the Midwest have basements, so space usually isn’t an issue. Pack everything in a brightly colored waterproof tub for storage. It will likely be stored in a basement. In the tub, add duct tape, a small collapsible shovel, and one or more fleece blankets. If you have the budget, a small household tool kit would also be a good idea. For the colder months, hand/foot warmers would be essential. Include some canned soups, a can opener, and hot drink packets. For quick heating, include some fire starters or sternos.

Special consideration: dietary restrictions or medical needs

There are a lot of emergency supplies you can provide for your loved one that will help, regardless of their unique dietary or medical needs. For a family member with dietary restrictions, your best bet may be to avoid food altogether. Instead, include a list of food items or quantities they should have on hand, and maybe they will be able to add those themselves. Add a brightly colored note to encourage your loved one to stash away some of their medications or medical supplies.

Retired in Arizona

It’s hot, and water is a real concern any time of year, but it is also dry, and the nights can get cold. Space is an issue in many of the retirement communities. Most residents in these areas have recently downsized, so the thought of adding extra “stuff” doesn’t appeal to them in the least. A very small tub, or even a backpack might be the best bet to hold a selection of useful, compact supplies.

Water is the primary concern. This is another great opportunity to include a Water Straw or a filtering water bottle that combines the filter and a handy container. If you have the budget, you might even consider including a water system. Tarps and bungee cords would be useful both for shade and collecting water if it did rain. A rechargeable flashlight and solar charger would work well with the often sunny days. Some lip moisturizer, sun screen, as well as some hats or bandanas can help protect the face. Pack dried fruit or space bars for snacks, and a thermal blanket for each person for those unexpectedly cold nights.

Special consideration: Pets

If your loved one has pets, you might consider including some basic items for their pet. If you don’t know what the critter needs, just include a list with your tub or backpack gift.

• Water: A collapsible bowl would fit well in an emergency kit. • Food: small packages of treats or canned food would mean at least Fido or Fluffy could eat something if their owner was stranded. • A leash and collar: Normally, the owner probably wants something specific, but including these could mean the difference between being able to keep the animal or not if the pet owners end up in a shelter. • Packet for documents: A simple office-meeting ID pouch would work to keep the animals paperwork. Again, this is something the owner will have to provide, but a brightly colored note inserted where the documents should go can be a great reminder.

Final thoughts

Your goal is not to make preppers out of your family members or friends overnight. Rather, show them you care by making sure they’re taken care of in the event of an emergency that is common to their area. Getting them started might make make it easy for them to take the next steps on their own.

To help them further, you might print out and include a general list from FEMA’s website of suggested items every household should have. That way, if they want to work on being prepared, it’s easy to take the next step.

Even if they don’t turn into preppers overnight, at least you can worry a little less. If something does happen, they’ll be better off next year than they were this year.

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Tips That Will Make Your Next Camping Trip More Enjoyable

Your entire family can find camping to be fun. Everyone can learn about nature and can connect on a personal and individual level. You will find many reward by exploring Mother Nature. The piece that follows offers terrific tips for creating a successful camping excursion. You might think that you can find all of the wood that you need to keep the fire going, but there is a good chance that the wood will be wet. It's smart to bring your own wood and make sure it stays in a dry area. Camping can be very dangerous or fun depending on whether you're prepared or not. Prepare in advance to avoid the downfalls of camping. Research the place that you are traveling to, which will help you to understand the climate and geography. Make sure your medical insurance is up-to-date. Traveling to a different area may necessitate that you purchase another policy. This becomes even more important if your camping trip takes you to another country. Be sure you're prepared to be on the safe side! If you've brought the kids along, feed them a "jungle" breakfast. Bring some packaged foods, beverage boxes and even fruits, then tie them to trees near the campsite. When they wake up, they'll have to search the "jungle" for breakfast. This is a wonderful way to add fun to their camping enjoyment. Even camping purists may find that having a small luxury item is a good thing. Take along some candy, some coffee you enjoy or anything that is lightweight but reminds you of home. These little things can make your day! It's important to have all your equipment with you when camping. You don't need to forget something important like your sleeping bag or tent. Double check all your supplies to make sure they are accounted for and in working condition. Do this before you leave. Learn about any dangers that may exist at your campsite before heading out on the highway. For example, there might be poisonous spiders or dangerous trails. All camping spots have some dangers associated with them and you want to make sure you pick a spot that isn't too bad. Try to schedule activities for your children such as board games or card games. Your kids may start to get bored when you are out in the woods. They may not have any experience with things such as fishing or setting up a tent. Get them used to it prior to leaving on the trip. Make sure you pack plenty of camping-friendly food. Make sure to bring food that won't go bad while you are on your trip. No one wants to end their trip early because of food poisoning from spoiled food. Therefore, it is imperative to maintain the highest level of preparation with your food. If you bring a dog camping with you, be sure to keep an eye on them and be sure they're on a leash. Many people fear dogs. It's important to think of other people when you're out there camping. Also, your pet could be destructive to other people's belongings. Make sure you have everything you need for a camping trip. Even just a few missing items can turn your trip into a disaster. Lists help people know what they need before they go. You need to include things like; hand sanitizer, fire starters, utility knife, water, tarps, sleeping bags, tents and prepared foods. Make a plan as to what you'll wear. You will need an adequate supply of clean clothes to last the entirety of your trip. Also, remember to bring clothing that is weather appropriate for the climate of your campsite. You should pack at least one pair of durable closed-toed boots. It is recommended you bring lots of beef jerky and/or trail mix when you go camping. You may not be in the mood to cook, so having these with you can be helpful. These kinds of foods do not spoil quickly, so you can always save them for a later time. Camping can be a great way to relax for a weekend, or it can turn into a hellish experience. The difference between a good and a bad trip is all affected by how well you prepare. If you prepare for different scenarios, you're more likely to have an enjoyable trip. It is important in tent building to close any and all seams on the tent. Tubes of sealer are readily available at the sporting good shop. That can keep rain and critters outside your tent. So many people suffer from food poisoning because food is not stored and prepared correctly. Food that has not been preserved, vacuum sealed or canned can spoil and give you food poisoning. Make sure you keep all perishable food on ice, but keep the drain open! Maintain food safety on your camping trip. Use the correct containers to pack and store food in. Store food that requires refrigeration in an insulated cooler. Store raw food apart from cooked food to avoid contamination. Keep surfaces and hands clean when you're dealing with your food. Use hand sanitizer or soap. Make sure that you cook all foods to appropriate temperatures, and then chill them as soon as you can. If you're new to camping there's a way to figure out of it is something you would enjoy. Set up your tent in your backyard and camp out for a night. Don't wander back into the house at whim. Make yourself stay outside and live off the land that is your backyard, just as if you were deep in the woods! You will probably enjoy camping if you enjoy doing this. First aid kits are critical to any camping trip. Make sure to stock it well for accidents and injuries. Be sure to include pain killers, bandages, snake bite supplies, aloe, tweezers, and gauze. You must always keep safety in mind while camping and be ready for accidents that may occur. Use all that you have been taught here to make sure you have no issues while camping. Even if you think you know enough about the subject, you can always learn even more. Keep the information shared here in mind when you embark on your next camping trip.

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