Our last night in our Kuku van was a little bittersweet. We'd quickly grown accustomed to the compact space and our daily routine. Plus, we enjoyed being able to drive were we wanted and stay where and how long we wanted. Our only no-no with the van was for us to not drive on the …
Category: Iceland
Hot Springs, Cold Days
We gave ourselves a sleep-in this morning, not rising until 8 AM. We got started on our usual morning routine, with Crosby starting up the stove to heat the pan of water for our coffee and tea. While he did that I began breaking down the lower bed and putting it back to bench seats …
The Golden Circle
After a restless night for me, I was surprisingly the first to rise after the alarm went off. We again wanted a fairly early start to beat the crowds as today we were heading to the three most popular sites in Iceland to visit. They are spectacular, but they are also somewhat close to Reykjavik, …
Iceberg Parade and Stair Escapade
We decided to get an early start for the day to hopefully to avoid other tourists, as there are more now the closer we get back to Reykjavik. We've been spoiled thus far being in more remote areas. To facilitate the early rise Crosby cleverly placed his phone up by the front seats so he'd …
The Southeast Fjords
The morning got off to a relative late start as we had stayed up for the kids to watch the show finale. After breakfast we walked around the charming town, surrrounded by mountains and waterfalls and directly on the fjord. This is the port where a ship sails in from the Faeroe Islands, Norway and …
You Know Puffin John Snow
The kids said I needed to title this post thusly and you Game of Thrones fans would understand. Me? I'm oblivious. This was an adventurous day! I know I had said we were taking the ring road around the country, but today we were only on it for about two minutes. Instead we took all …
Ice Creams and Hot Springs
After a restless night, with less sleep than I'd hoped for, we woke for an earlier start. We ate our breakfast and fairly quickly left our camping spot lured by the thought of a morning treat at a local bakery. We found some sweet pastries and some lovely baked rolls. We drove out of town, …
The Snæfellsnes Peninsula
For our first night we had no idea how long it stayed light as we did our best to stay awake to get on the time zone, but lasted only until 9:30. We snuggled into our sleeping bags, with Mandy and Kevin on the upper bunk and Crosby and I on the bottom one. Mandy …
Cuckoo for Kuku
The adventure began with Crosby driving up to the house with his partner, Toby. We settled in for the day, introducing Toby to the beach with a walk between rain showers, some game playing, then getting serious with finishing our packing. We took it easy with a pizza dinner, but capped it off with Kevin's …
The Next Adventure
Actually, it will be three adventures in one! My daughter, Mandy, turned 30 a few months ago so I decided we needed to do something remarkable to commemorate the event. It took a bit of talking, but I finally convinced her partner, Kevin, that he should join us. We have talked about going to Ireland …
Redpath At Ease 