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Eric’s 40th: Iceland Day 2 – RAIN!

by leandra | Jun 30, 2016

This will be forever referred to as the 'wet' day in Iceland. It was about 40 degrees and drizzling with gusty winds and after two stops at Gullfoss and Geysir we were absolutely soaked. Thankfully...

Eric’s 40th: Iceland Day 1 – Golden Circle and Þingvellir National Park

by leandra | Jun 29, 2016

After some debate on time and routes, we decided to head north to Hraunfoss & Barnafoss waterfalls. They were far away from the Golden Circle but we are glad we made the detour because it turned...

Middle East 2016: Wadi Shab

by eric | Jun 8, 2016

We knew that Wadi Shab tends to become more crowded as the day progresses, so we decided to leave Muscat by 7am. After about 30 minutes of driving through the various suburbs of Muscat we enjoyed...

Wild West 2015: Yellowstone (Day 2)

by eric | Oct 27, 2015

We decided to make the famous Old Faithful geyser our first stop for the morning, so we walked over from our cabin ~20 minutes beforehand to find a nice viewing angle. Thankfully we had enough...

Wild West 2015: Yellowstone (Day 1)

by eric | Oct 26, 2015

We arrived at the West Yellowstone park entrance around 4:30pm where entry was quick and painless with our airport-purchased pass. It doesn't take long for Yellowstone to welcome you - 20 minutes...

UK 2015: Glencoe and Ben Nevis

by leandra | Jun 19, 2015

Heading north out of Callander we stopped briefly at the Trossachs Mills for a few shots of Hamish and Honey, the wooly highland cows. A few miles down the road, and though my car registered the...

UK 2015: Southern Scotland daytrip

by eric | Jun 16, 2015

One of the major to-dos on our trip was for our friend to visit her family castle, MacClellan's Castle. Located in southern Scotland, we decided to make it a day-trip from Glasgow and visit several...

Auckland: Waitakere Ranges and Hunua Ranges

by eandl | May 18, 2015

The weather around Auckland was quite unsettled when we visited in March, with rain and sun trading places intermittently and causing us to skip a few of our planned hikes. However, we did get to...

Drive to Milford Sound

by eric | Apr 24, 2015

Since we were starting in the afternoon due to the Doubtful Sound cruise, we needed to prioritize which sights we would visit before it became too dark to hike. Along the drive we decided our first...

New Zealand – Doubtful Sound Cruise with Real Journeys

by leandra | Apr 23, 2015

Hoping for good weather, we booked the 8am cruise with Real Journeys online 13 hours prior to departure. It was a bit pricey but it's the only way to see Doubtful Sound so we decided to splurge....

New Zealand – drive to Wanaka

by leandra | Apr 18, 2015

On our first morning we woke up early, feeling mostly refreshed after two previous evenings on planes. We decided to skip the pricey buffet breakfast at the hotel and just head back to the airport...

Lombok: Sendang Gila and Tiu Kelep waterfalls

by eandl | Jun 16, 2014

While on Lombok we had the option of either snorkeling off the Gilis or a waterfall hike in the North. Knowing we had to travel the next day we figured we would keep things drier on the hike.... how...

Scotland 2013: Highlands sights day 2

by eandl | Jul 10, 2013

Sunday morning we enjoyed a leisurely breakfast at our B&B, then drove to the parking area for Bracklinn Falls on the outskirts of Callander. The area was quite lush with moss and other plants...

Scotland 2013: Highlands sights day 1

by eandl | Jul 4, 2013

Bidding goodbye to the buses of Edinburgh, we picked up our rental car at the airport, then drove to the Falkirk Wheel. This engineering feat is a boat lift to connect the upper canal to the lower...

Asia/Australia 2013: Great Ocean Road parks

by eandl | Feb 24, 2013

Though we spent a considerable portion of our time driving along the coast there were several inland parks that we stopped at as well. On day one we headed inland from Lorne in search of several...

Asia/Australia 2013: Yarra Valley hikes & sights

by eandl | Feb 15, 2013

While the area around the Yarra Valley is well known for its wines there are also a number of nice nature spots in the neighboring hills too. We started out our first morning with a curvy drive to...

Asheville 2012: views

by eandl | Oct 28, 2012

Last weekend we packed up the Vue, put Riesling in the back seat, and drove out to Asheville to enjoy some hiking amongst the fall color. We hit six waterfalls between Dupont Forest, Pisgah Forest...

British Columbia 2012: waterfall hiking

by eandl | Aug 26, 2012

In addition to the waterfalls in Strathcona Park we visited several other waterfals on our Vancouver trip. Our mileage varied... Ammonite Falls We had some time between the ferry arrival and showing...

Where’s Your Sense of Adventure?