Feeling refreshed after a real sleep (even if it was never actually dark), we packed down the tent and headed for Skógafoss. We climbed the rickety, meandering staircase up the side of the mountain. Apparently our fitness had deteriorated over
Travel
Iceland - Keflavík to Skógar
Our flight left Toronto at about midnight. I had spent the whole day being anxious about packing everything properly and getting to the airport on time, but in the end we got there with hours to spare and 600 grams
Kortright Maple Sugarbush
On Wednesday we visited the Kortright Maple Sugarbush. The Kortright Centre for Conservation is a 325 hectare suburban conservation area, mainly covered in pine and maple forest. They run lots of public education programs, one of which is the Maple
Camping on Salt Spring Island
Last Friday we shipped ourselves over to Salt Spring Island, for another weekend away camping. Salt Spring Island is the largest of the Southern Gulf Islands, about twice the size of Waiheke island back in Auckland. It has a population
Cultus Lake Camping
Before setting off on our 6-week long summer camping trip across the continent, Sean and I decided we needed to do a few smaller, practise camps first. This would be an opportunity to fine tune what we needed to take,
Victoria
We decided to keep the holiday feel going by taking a trip to The Island! Even though there are 40,000 islands of varying sizes along the British Columbia Coastline, when Vancouverites talk about The Island, they are referring to