Tag: aurora borealis
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Monday: Glymur
We rose early to drive the two, three hours from Onundarhorn to hike Glymur Falls (3.8 miles, 1,000 ft elevation gain) in the only day forecasted to be sunny on our trip. It meant doubling back the way we came, but fortunately we were booked for two nights in the South. I was dragging, but…
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Sunday: Arrival 2
On Reykjavik Roasters Reykjavik Roasters was in the university area of town. Early on a Sunday, it had a hushed but not unfriendly atmosphere tinged with a hipster coffee shop vibe familiar to Seattlites. My oat pudding breakfast even had chia seeds served in a mason jar. As we drove out of town, I was…
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What to Pack for an Alaskan Winter Adventure
Alaska – Part 0Where one can let the spirit go with joyous abandon, to sense the freedome of the wilderness. -Olaus Murie The first time I remember camping and absolutely loving it, I was twenty-one years old. My significant other and I had scored a great deal on tickets to Alaska’s Kenai Peninsula from Minneapolis. As we landed and…