{"id":752,"date":"2013-02-19T11:57:16","date_gmt":"2013-02-19T10:57:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.ifuwerehere.com\/?p=752"},"modified":"2013-02-19T11:58:13","modified_gmt":"2013-02-19T10:58:13","slug":"heckery-dekkery-dot-travel-game-postcards-for-children-send-one-ready-made-or-upload-your-photo-to-make-one-of-your-own","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blog.ifuwerehere.com\/?p=752","title":{"rendered":"Who is Walking around Up There with Their Heads in the Clouds?  Heckery Dekkery Dot Travel Game Postcards for Children wants you to know&#8230;.."},"content":{"rendered":"<ul>\n<li>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #006699;\"><em><strong>The Pyr\u00e9n\u00e9es Mountains are really STEEP!<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #006699;\"><em><strong>Their average height is about 5,300 feet (1,615 meters).<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #006699;\"><em><strong>Wow!\u00a0 That means they\u2019re more than a mile high!<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #006699;\"><em><strong>They are 270 miles long (430 kilometers) and form a high wall between France and Spain.<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #006699;\"><em><strong>Cool<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\u201cHi\u201d, more than 9,000 feet high <em>(almost 3,000 meters),<\/em> from the<strong><em> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ifuwerehere.com\/to_the_sites\/france.html\" target=\"_blank\">Pic du Midi<\/a><\/em><\/strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ifuwerehere.com\/to_the_sites\/france.html\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ifuwerehere.com\/images\/editor\/6hx1gxfx5z.png\" \/><\/a> in the <em>Pyr\u00e9n\u00e9es<\/em> of southern France . . . .<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.ifuwerehere.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Untitled-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"753\" data-permalink=\"http:\/\/blog.ifuwerehere.com\/?attachment_id=753\" data-orig-file=\"http:\/\/blog.ifuwerehere.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Untitled-1.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1512,2010\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Untitled-1\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"http:\/\/blog.ifuwerehere.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Untitled-1-225x300.jpg\" data-large-file=\"http:\/\/blog.ifuwerehere.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Untitled-1-770x1024.jpg\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-753\" style=\"border: 1px solid black;\" title=\"Untitled-1\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.ifuwerehere.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Untitled-1-225x300.jpg\" width=\"301\" height=\"399\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blog.ifuwerehere.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Untitled-1-770x1024.jpg 770w, http:\/\/blog.ifuwerehere.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Untitled-1.jpg 1512w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 301px) 100vw, 301px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<em><strong>WOW!\u00a0 <\/strong><\/em>The view from the top of the Pic du Midi is breathtaking, and you can see just about \u201cforever\u201d!\u00a0\u00a0 It\u2019s not so easy to hike to the top, but you also can get there by cable car!\u00a0 There is a museum where you can see observation instruments which illustrate a century of scientific research, and there is also an observatory where scientists study the earth\u2019s atmosphere, ozone layer, climate, and more!\u00a0 They are not just walking around up there with their heads in the clouds!<\/p>\n<p>Did you know that the <em>Bernard Lyot Telescope, <\/em>which is the Pic du Midi\u2019s most important telescope, is famous for being the first instrument in the world to be dedicated to the study of the stars\u2019 magnetism?<\/p>\n<p>Of course, it should not come as any surprise that skiing is quite popular on the Pic du Midi!\u00a0 They get a lot of snow!\u00a0 In fact, some peeks in the central Pyr\u00e9n\u00e9es are permanently snowcapped, and there are many glacial formations!<\/p>\n<p>Skiing, throwing snowballs, look out below<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.ifuwerehere.com\/to_the_sites\/france\/31t7qx_pic_du_midi.html\">http:\/\/www.ifuwerehere.com\/to_the_sites\/france\/31t7qx_pic_du_midi.html<\/a>! We could have lots of fun <strong><em>if you were here!<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/blog.ifuwerehere.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/English-Pic-du-Midi-May-2011.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"754\" data-permalink=\"http:\/\/blog.ifuwerehere.com\/?attachment_id=754\" data-orig-file=\"http:\/\/blog.ifuwerehere.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/English-Pic-du-Midi-May-2011.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1748,1240\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"(English) Pic du Midi May 2011\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"http:\/\/blog.ifuwerehere.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/English-Pic-du-Midi-May-2011-300x212.jpg\" data-large-file=\"http:\/\/blog.ifuwerehere.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/English-Pic-du-Midi-May-2011-1024x726.jpg\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-754\" style=\"border: 1px solid black;\" title=\"(English) Pic du Midi May 2011\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.ifuwerehere.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/English-Pic-du-Midi-May-2011-1024x726.jpg\" width=\"531\" height=\"378\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc;\"><em><strong>Help SOMEONE you know learn more<br \/>\nabout the world around them!<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Why?<\/p>\n<p>Because everyone WINS when that happens!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em><strong><br \/>\nHeckery Dekkery Dot will <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ifuwerehere.com\/market_place\/cards\/all\/329229QT.html\" target=\"_blank\">send this postcard<\/a> on its way<br \/>\nto help YOU get the travel game underway!<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">~~~<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><em>It&#8217;s\u00a0 FUN!\u00a0 And, it&#8217;s EDUCATIONAL, too!<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Who will win?<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em><strong>Everyone wins when children learn more about the world around them!<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em><strong>Heckery Dekkery Dot Travel Game Postcards for Children<\/strong><\/em><br \/>\n<strong><em><a href=\"http:\/\/ifuwerehere.com\" target=\"_blank\">ifuwerehere.com<\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Pyr\u00e9n\u00e9es Mountains are really STEEP! Their average height is about 5,300 feet (1,615 meters). Wow!\u00a0 That means they\u2019re more than a mile high! 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