Our trip to Iceland occurred because I was presenting some research at a conference in Lausanne, Switzerland. We spent a week in Iceland before heading to Switzerland. We flew into…
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Iceland – final post – drone footage
I took my drone to Iceland with us. I knew that there were lots of places where I could fly the drone and it seemed like the ideal opportunity to…
Iceland – Day 7 – The Golden Circle: Gulffoss, Geysir, Strokkur, and Þingvellir National Park
We saved some of the most visited sites for our last day in Iceland. Lots of buses take tourists to visit three sights in a single day: Gullfoss, Geysir, and…
Iceland – Day 6 – Deildartunguhver, Hraunfossar, and Barnafossar
Our goal on day 6 was to make it from Akureyri back to Reykjavik, while doing a little sightseeing along the way. I found three things that looked cool in…
Iceland – Day 5 – Húsavík, whales, puffins, sailing, and Akureyri
While we spent the night in Akureyri, on day 5 in Iceland we wanted to go whale watching and Rosemary really wanted to see puffins. So, we booked a trip…
Iceland – Day 4 – Dettifoss, Godafoss, Selfoss, Grjotagja cave, Namajfell Hverir, and Myvatn Nature Bath
Our goal for day 4 of our Iceland trip was to make it from the east coast of Iceland to Akuyreri, the largest city in the north of the country,…
Iceland – Day 3 – Fjadrargljufur Canyon, Vatnajökull glacier, Jokulsarlon Lagoon, and Djúpivogur
After a busy day with lots to see, we had a relatively relaxed day on day 3 in Iceland. From Vik, we headed out fairly early to our first stop, Fjadrargljufur…
Iceland – Day 2 – Seljalandsfoss, Skogafoss, Dyrholaey, Reynisfjara and Vik
Our plan for seeing as much of Iceland as we could in a week was to drive all the way around the country, hitting highlights as we went. We hit…
Iceland – Day 1 – Reykjavik – Hallgrimskirkja, Sólfarið, and more
I submitted a paper to a conference in Switzerland in November 2016 and it was accepted. When I started looking for flights, Icelandair was actually the cheapest and that led…
Triple Falls Trail – Dupont Forest, North Carolina
I was attending a conference in Asheville, NC, and had half of a day free. Rather than stay cooped up in my hotel, and knowing there were hills in the…