“There goes that m-th–f—ing ice cream truck!” Dan, one of our gracious hosts, yells at a passing truck as we’re driving to dinner. Beautiful scenery, small town living, angry kria (artic tern), and missed opportunities with the town ice cream truck…this is everyday life in Blönduós. Blönduós is a small farm town in Northern Iceland,…
This story is one of my favorites, and the inspiration for my kick ass mountain tattoo. I’ve been asked many times what the tattoo symbolizes. I always have the same response. A grin, then a tale about exhaustion, two Icelandic mountain men, and a little bit of drifty magic.
Mike recently posted an incredible story on his blog, outlining our experiences hitchhiking so far. As soon as I read it, I got chills. Mike has a way with words and he wrote an extremely accurate portrayal of our adventures hitching. Hitchhiking gets a bad rap in the U.S. (sometimes, for good reason), but in…