Happy Fourth of July

Have a wonderful fun and safe Fourth of July.  Also, please remember all of those in the world that have had the horrible tragedies that have recently occurred in the world.

Remembering our Fallen Heros on Memorial Day

God Bless America and the souls of those who gave their lives for our country. May their families find peace and comfort.

Condolences to the victims of Belgium

Sending our condolences to the people of Belgium and to all the victims of the terrorist attacks in Belgium today. You are in our thoughts and prayers as you travel through the horrors of this day and days following. God be with you.

Invictus Games to be held in US

Prince Harry of the UK is a hero among heros in my book! He’s a God sent for many wounded warriers and he will be in Orlando for the 2016 Invictus Games! I would love to be there for these heros, but I can’t. If any of you want information on the games, here is the official website.
http://invictusgames2016.org

The word “Invictus” means “unconquered. Go Team!!!

More photos of Iceland…

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One of Iceland’s many gorgeous waterfalls.

Geo-thermal energy is very important in Iceland where heating homes and businesses is critical.  It is the primary mode of heating and of providing the abundance of hot water available.

Chart showing the distribution of the geo-thermal energy.

Iceland is losing its glaciers at an annual rate never before seen by scientist and records kept for hundreds of years.

Peace….on Earth and Goodwill…

Condolences to the people of France

My heart aches today for the senseless losses suffered in Paris overnight. We all share their hurt as we know how it hits the entire nation and the world. RIP DEAR ONES. RIP

Thank you, Veterans

Iceland Photos – the second of a series

As I mentioned in my last post we just returned from Iceland and Turkey. This is the second post of photos from Iceland and I will post a few more. It was a wonderful country and wonderfully beautiful. I can’t rave enough about the lovely people who live there too. Just fabulous.

There is a small wedding chapel inside the glacier. I’m not sure who’d want to begin on such a cold note, but they say some do. Also, there are lots of proposals under Aurora Borealis.

We had to wear Cleets so we could get a grip on the ice.

There were a few cracks and crevices in the glacier. They have lost more glaciers this year to Global Warming than ever before. The temperatures simply aren’t getting as cold.

We had to go the last short distance on a Monster Bus. The Monster Bus had 16 gears and 20 monster tires. There was a GPS showing where we were, but I didn’t see the point in it as everything else on the GPS was snow. The wind was blowing at about 70 MPH and people walked arm in arm and gripped hands to stay upright. I think I have a couple of photos of the Monster Bus and now that I am getting readjusted, I will try to get those photos uploaded so I can share them.

I’ll post more later.

Sharing part of my bucket list…

First an apology as I know there is a casualty that should have been posted, but I’ve been out of the country and sometimes it’s a little difficult getting into websites to do changes, etc. internationally. I seemed to run into that a bit more this time, but I’m back now and they will be posted very soon.

For the past couple of weeks, I’ve been a little out of touch as I had a few things on my bucket list that I had to take care of, and I would like to share some wonderful experiences with you. My locations were Iceland and Turkey. I’ll post some photos today and more later as I went to some really cool, fun places.

Right up front let me say we saw Aurora Borealis (Northern Lights) the first night we tried!  They were incredible.  Then we went DogSledding, to a logoon where glaciers were calving, inside an ice cave in a glacier and much more, and that was just in Iceland. I just got back home, so I’ll have much more later this week. We’ll discuss Turkey later. So… Let my show and tell begin!

The Northern Lights

 
Jökulsárlón

 
Inside the Glacier Ice Cave

 
Waterfalls and more…