Iceland Fire and Ice 1st Session!
Iceland Fire and Ice 1
Hello friends and family! Welcome to our featured trip blog! As you all know, our groups work hard on their blogs to share their fun experiences with us and let us in on a bit of the action! We thought what better way to do this than share featured blogs on our website every few days? You can expect one new featured blog from all different trips every few days depending on what groups have service at the time! This summer is truly amazing, and we hope you will enjoy these sneak peeks as much as we have been enjoying them behind the scenes!
A 4TH TO REMEMBER
Howdy there partners! We woke up feeling very patriotic today despite our current long-distance relationship with America. After an earlier start and a breakfast of bagels, we quickly headed to our sea kayaking location at Jökulsárlón. The whole squad put on red, white, and blue, temporary tattoos, dry suits, and life jackets, and we ventured out into the icy lagoon (the largest glacial lagoon in the world)! After a little time looking at the majestic views, Madhav decided to whip out the camera and capture them forever. Leah and Carly decided to race Jack and Burke in their kayaks as a curious seal observed from a nearby iceberg. Afterward, we went to grab some delicious post-kayak crepes! Mel did her best to communicate with the crepe maker but ended up with four (oops). Fortunately, the others had not ordered yet and so some bartering and negotiating took place, and in the end, it actually saved us some time! Next, we headed to the famous Diamond Beach. Everyone took their time to admire the ice chunks littering the black sand beach, Elsa fully climbed into an ice rock because the cold doesn’t bother her. After, we returned to camp for an afternoon of recuperating and packing for our upcoming trek. Ethan and Max chose to throw around the frisbee and Chloe drew a really great portrait of Grace. Later, Casey and Maddie helped us go through our gear for the Laugavegur trail! Once we finished that we meandered over to the visitor center to learn about Skaftafell and hang out at some tables. Lots of laughs were had. We returned and the cook crew and Mero whipped us up some good ol American burgers and hot dogs for our Fourth of July feast. Happy Independence everybody! Jack, Leah, and Elsa
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