Iceland Trip: Day Six

– Vík, Iceland to Grundarfjörður, Iceland – We didn’t get up until 8am this morning, which was pretty fantastic. I was pretty sleepy since yesterday was such a long day, so it was a good thing that we planned today to be a bit lighter. The morning began with the promise of sunshine, and that promise…

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Iceland Trip: Day Five

– Vík, Iceland to Höfn, Iceland to Vík, Iceland – It was a rainy day in Vík today when we woke up, and it stayed that way all along the coast for pretty much the entire day. Despite that, we had a plan to make it over to Höfn, and we were pretty determined to get it…

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Iceland Trip: Day Four

– Reykjavík, Iceland to Vík, Iceland – And so begins our journey across Iceland. I say that, but I’m not sure you can go across the middle of Iceland, especially this time of year. The middle of the country is a big ball of ice in many places. I guess what we are doing is more……

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Iceland Trip: Day Three

– Reykjavík, Iceland – Today was the big day- we finally got to ride Icelandic Horses! Don’t tell Mark, but this is really the reason I came. You don’t see very many of these little horses outside of Iceland, since they don’t really believe in exporting them, so it is really special to ride them. We…

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Iceland Trip: Day Two

– Reykjavík, Iceland – Mark still had conference work to do this morning between 9am and noon, so I spent my free time stretching and doing crunches and things to get a halfway decent workout. I didn’t have enough room to bring any running gear in my luggage, so my exercise today was limited to what…

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Iceland Trip: Day One

– Denton, Texas to Reykjavík, Iceland – Kristy here, as special correspondent for Ripley, who unfortunately couldn’t make this particular journey, since no one is putting my precious baby in the cargo hold of an airplane. Maybe someday (haha) we will have a private jet, and Ripley can travel the world, but for now, no planes for…

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Santa Fe Trip: Day Four

– Las Vegas, New Mexico to Denton, Texas – Today wasn’t a long day, and we make the drive from Tucumcari back to Denton pretty regularly, so I’ll keep this one short and sweet. We started our morning at 5am in Las Vegas. Everyone showered and packed and met for a lovely Best Western breakfast…

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Santa Fe Trip: Day Three

– Santa Fe, New Mexico to Las Vegas, New Mexico – Today began early, despite the time change overnight. We woke up at 6am, which felt pretty early. Everyone was a little dazed when the alarm went off. Still, we rallied, and we were all showered and breakfasted by 7:30 and on the road out…

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Santa Fe Trip: Day Two

– Santa Fe, New Mexico – We spent all of the day today in and around Santa Fe. Our morning began at 6:30am, although we did laze around in bed until nearly 7 before we finally got in gear and got dressed to go work out. Santa Fe has very nice running and biking trails. In…

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Santa Fe Trip: Day One

– Denton, Texas to Santa Fe, New Mexico – This weekend, we gathered the old Alaska crew (Mark, Ripley, Kristy, Katy, Sonnie, and Sabre) and drove to Santa Fe to spend our “spring break.” The truth is, some of us had Monday off during spring break week, so we decided to take a long weekend in New…

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