Trying to catch one of the items we missed the day before we drove out to see a turf church. It had a cute cat. It was not open, so I don’t have a ton more details. The cat was cute. After that it was on to whale watching! It was cold out, so we… Continue reading Iceland Rettsælis (aka Iceland Clockwise), day 3: Whales and the flies begin
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Iceland Réttsælis: Day 0-1
Not an auspicious start, but after a two hour delay (thanks Delta) we were off. A bumpy, but otherwise uneventful flight. Between sleeping and enjoying Blake’s 7 (as recommend by this post), the flight was over and we were in Iceland. We had like two hours to burn and Jodi had found a travel blog… Continue reading Iceland Réttsælis: Day 0-1
Epic Western Adventure Day 5 (Vermillion Cliffs), 08/19/2020
So, the difference between a National Park and a National Monument appears to be that the latter cannot have paved roads of any sort between it and the public who wishes to visit it. Or, so our experience in Vermillion Cliffs would lead me to believe. After a filling jarring 20 or so miles on… Continue reading Epic Western Adventure Day 5 (Vermillion Cliffs), 08/19/2020
Epic Western Adventure Day 4 (North Rim of the Grand Canyon), 08/18/2020
I grew up out west and had never been to the Grand Canyon. I jokingly have called it a big hole in the ground. Yeah, I might need to apologize to the Grand Canyon for that, it is an amazing, beautiful, spectacular, giant hole in the ground. Since, we were in Utah and hitting some… Continue reading Epic Western Adventure Day 4 (North Rim of the Grand Canyon), 08/18/2020
Epic Western Adventure Day 3, 08/17/2020
Let me get this out of the way right off about Zion National Park: Zion is pretty, Zion has some amazing hikes, Zion has some of the most interesting highway tunnels I have ever seen. But, in mid-August Zion is hot. No, I mean hot, real hot. 108° degrees hot. Even in a freakin’ desert,… Continue reading Epic Western Adventure Day 3, 08/17/2020