According to the guidebook: “If you explore only one town in the Eastfjords, Seydisfjordur should be it. Made up of multi-colored wooden houses and surrounded by snowcapped mountains and cascading waterfalls.”
On this day the surroundings were obscured by dense fog and the town was swarming with tourists. A nice side-trip nonetheless.
I went a few mornings without a mirror, walking around not knowing that my hair was a mess and sticking straight up. No wonder little kids and puppies were running away from me. LOL What I needed was a good “low maintenance” (meaning short) haircut. Google search showed a place called the Rooster Club not…
My original plan was to travel from Houston to New Orleans to Pensacola to Atlanta. As I was finalizing my own plans, my wife was making plans to fly to Orlando to meet our daughter and drive down to Key West. Less than a week into my trip – encountering bitter cold and rain –…
Canyoning in Morocco I will be in Morocco in March as part of an exploration team to open some new canyons and help locals establish a canyon guide service. Check out the GoFundMe campaign for background and details about the project. GoFundMe – Canyoning in Morocco Donors to this fundraising campaign are invited to join me…
It was cold and raining when the day started in Thomasville, Alabama. The day before had been rough. This day was primed to be even rougher. The rain stopped, but the clouds never cleared. I walked less than a mile before I caught my first ride. 15 miles down the road felt like a ray…
UPDATED 26 December Turning 60 in February 2017. Making plans to trek across America to celebrate. Remember in the movie, when Forrest Gump started walking across the country? I recall thinking that would be a really cool thing to do. A few months ago we hosted a couch surfer who was pedaling her bike across…
The Jug is a short section of Salome Creek, an amazing oasis in the desert northeast of Phoenix. It’s hard to imagine now, but there was a time when it was extremely rare to see anyone else in the Jug. There was no parking lot and no signs at the trail head. We had it…