Lazarow World-Hike-About

  We interrupt the trip to Tenerife and Andorra to take a break and revisit another incredible place: Iceland. There are a large number of photographs, much greater than usual, but we try to paint a picture of Iceland. Many of the sights seem to be paintings themselves except, far superior. It truly is another beautiful place on Earth. We have as a first, omitted most captions, because of laziness, poor memories, language difficulties and a wish to highlight the images mostly alone.  Jen finds herself in a maze of rocks at Akra. On the 'Ring Road', we spent our nights in one of these...typical 1-bedroom, kitchen and dining with outside bathroom. Being July, the outside bathroom was always 'lit', only dimming from 1am in the morning. Think of the implications when nature called.   Peak of Mount Sulur, Akureyri. 'Somewhere over the rainbow'. Splendid Godafoss Falls. ...

Jen on the way in a magnificent but soaked environment early on during a rewarding day. The shades of color in the early morning, combined with the heavy clouds, provide a unique atmosphere.   Many, if not all the hikes we've undertaken in Andorra have been special. They are invariably steep (very) and testing but never impossible that might make a regular hiker despondent. Upon completing a hike, a person knows that the body, and the mind at times, have been put through their paces. The day after the hike, which is the subject of this blog, we decided to take in what we call a local hike, one that we begin at the apartment, for want of a rough definition. We mention this because although the hike appears shorter than many of our regular outings, its elevation gains are short, sharp and very steep, making one feel that catching one's breath is becoming somewhat of a slippery challenge...(continues below...)  Getting ahead of ourselves, we fast-forward to reach the la...