North Iceland and the waterfall of the Gods

When we received our itinerary I felt that the latter part of our trip was lacking in activities.  I reached out and asked if it would be possible to include the magnificent waterfall Dettifoss in our travels and if we could get more hiking in.  Anna was happy to accommodate this request and added Dettifoss and a hike that she […]

Iceland – Into the steaming land of mud pots and volcanic craters

After a lovely breakfast of bagels and fruits and oatmeal from home we were ready to set off for another day. Today would take us to steaming otherworldly sulfuric areas of Iceland.  The expected drive time to Krafla was almost two hours.  Along our route we stopped at a couple of scenic stops.  First up were some great turf houses.  […]

Iceland Adventure Braurfoss, Geysir, Gullfoss, Secret Lagoon

So we left off with what already seemed to be a full day.  But we still had several adventures ahead of us. Our next stop was to be Brúarfoss waterfall.  Our itinerary was taking us counterclockwise around the ring road.  This waterfall is not visible from the road and you must be paying attention to find it.  Our directions did […]

Our latest adventure

So I was asked to write blog entries about our recent trip to Iceland.  My mother was confused as to why I would choose this destination.  Honestly even though we had talked about it several times I think my husband was confused as well.  I typically don’t like the cold.  In fact I have long believed that I would die […]