This past December, my boyfriend Gareth and I went on an Icelandic winter roadtrip in a campervan. I was uncertain whether a camping trip in the winter in Iceland would really be a good idea or not, but it turned out to be such a good time. Here’s everything you need to know about doing...
Where I left off with my Iceland blog, Gareth and I had just departed Northern Iceland and were headed into the West Fjords. This post will be about the end of our winter road trip, the West Fjords and Snaefellsnes Peninsula. It’s been almost five months since I got back from Iceland...
After our drive through the East Fjords, Gareth and I began our journey into Northern Iceland. From Egilsstadir, the Ring Road brought us inland. We were no longer driving in and out of fjords, but rather going up and over mountains. Our first attempt to veer from the Ring Road...
After finishing up our drive along the Southern Coast of Iceland, we headed into the East Fjords, Iceland. I was excited for this part of the country because we were really starting to not see as many tourists and we even had some scenic locations all to ourselves. Sunrise at...
After two years of the pandemic, I was finally itching to travel internationally again. My boyfriend Gareth and I spent a couple of months going back and forth on where we would travel to. We picked a few destinations, but travel regulations kept changing. Finally, we thought of Iceland...
I’ve been living in Bend, Oregon for almost a year now. I adopted my dog around the same time that I moved here, so together we have been enjoying hiking the local trails. Luckily for us, Bend has plenty of dog-friendly hikes. Since my dog is so young and energetic, we mostly just go to...
Spring is in full swing, and I am lamenting that I’m not returning to go hiking in Stanley, Idaho for a third summer. Last summer while working in Stanley, I went backpacking pretty much every weekend and visited all the hiking trails and lakes that were left on my list. While...
This past summer, I paid a visit to the Big Boulder Lakes in the White Cloud Mountains of Idaho. Compared to the Sawtooth Mountains, it’s not a very popular or accessible area for hiking. But I had heard from Stanley locals that the Boulder Chain Lakes are a must-visit location. My...
In my quest to hike more trails in the White Clouds, I decided to do an overnight to Chamberlain Basin. While I had set off for other hikes from Fourth of July Trailhead before, I had never taken the trail to the South from Fourth of July Lake. This hike would be all new terrain for me...
After having spent all of my backpacking trips last summer in the Sawtooth Mountains, I was eager to branch out a bit this summer and visit the White Cloud Mountains. I had read about the Boulder Chain Lakes long ago in an issue of Backpacker magazine, and was happy that they had such...