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Epic Iceland Trip! -- 2.2019

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Recently, I was fortunate enough to have an opportunity to travel to Iceland during February as a great chance to relieve stress from work and daily life, but mainly to check out the Aurora Borealis or more commonly referred to as the Northern Lights. I had only seen the Aurora once previously when I was living in Montana traveling north towards Canadian border near the small town of Glasgow, MT.  They were magical and I longed to see this natural chemical reaction phenomenon once again!   Kayla had added me a tad late, but conveniently had an amazing schedule planned out in advance for our daily travels of sights to check out and some must-do's while in Iceland.  I will share our day-to-day adventures below.  I will also link several Google Map locations incase you want to check out these places for yourselves or get directions.  Day 1:   Reykjavik, Churches & Northern Lights We arrived in the capital city of Reykjavik at 5AM i...

Big Rock Falls Hike -- Belize 9.2018

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Sometimes we experience things or events that we don't even expect that "wow" us and leave us speechless. I recently traveled on vacation to Belize and had an example of this "wow" experience at Big Rock Falls on the Pine Ridge Preserve. I started the day just like the few others in my mountain hut, next to a bubbling creek that taunted me to stay in bed and drift back into a dreamland.  However, this was my last day in the small off the grid hotel and I didn't have many plans.  The other American's in the hotel were debating going to the town of San Ignacio to shop and visit an iguana sanctuary.  Since my brother own a pet iguana growing up, I had no real desire to tag along. During breakfast, the owner of the hotel (Neil) and I were having a candid conversation and he mentioned that if I would like, one of his local workers could take me on a hike to Big Rock.  I jumped at the opportunity as it fulfilled my day with exercise and allowed me to...