Svalbard, Norway:  A Stark, Arctic Beauty

Svalbard, Norway: A Stark, Arctic Beauty

The brightly painted houses of Spitsbergen Our wonderful polar bears Looking down onto Spitsbergen from our hike One of the many, many glaciers on Svalbard Todd and me enjoying the view Hiking guide with gun and dog When I told people our trip to Norway included a 3...
Frost Bit Butt

Frost Bit Butt

“You’re slightly less incompetent than my last partner.”  This adventure was equally the most amazing and most awful experience of my life. I never thought i would actually climb Denali (Mt McKinley to many), but there I was, at 14,200ft, being...
Zermatt – A Bucket List Must!!

Zermatt – A Bucket List Must!!

I have to admit that when planning our trip to Zermatt, I was looking forward to going there but I wasn’t so excited that I couldn’t contain myself.  I felt more like it was going to be one of those “check-off-the-list” kind of places that we...