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Northern Lights Trip to Iceland (Feb 2019)

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Wanting to see Aurora Borealis would be in the wish list of many travelers, but the certainty of seeing one seems to be a challenge. Several factors like solar activity, clarity of skies and outside temperature (that can be bearable) all seem to play equal roles to make the sight an enjoyable one. Initially, we explored the possibility to try either in Finland or Norway, but the logistics of travel from NY to these regions made it very challenging. On the other hand, Iceland is like <5hr flight and can be done with a really cheap airfare (Luckily, WOW air was still in business when we traveled!). Iceland is probably known for its relatively warmer temperatures than upstate NY. Late February is when we went and it was certainly warmer than Albany, NY area. The entire trip is for 3-4 days and it started with a cloudy day. We booked a 2-day trip via Troll Expeditions to do the South Coast again, but this tour included a trip to Ice Caves, which we were not able to do during our s
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Washington Trip (Oct 2024)

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Day1: Mountain top sunrise to Beach sunset After we landed in Seattle around mid-day, we drove to Port Angeles. It is a bigger city with many amenities and had a small park along the beachside. Our arrival was in time to see the Sunset in Port Angeles beach. So, we loitered around to relax from the long drive, sat down a bit to enjoy the Sunset and checked in to hotel for the night. Next day morning, left the hotel at 6 to get to the top of Olympic Mountain by 6:45 AM. During the drive up there in the dark, we hardly saw any vehicles in that windy road uphill. When we reached the top where the visitor center was supposed to be, we saw an almost empty parking lot with vehicles slowly trickling in. Apparently, the visitor center was damaged in the wildfire earlier and they had made a makeshift center and bathroom in trailers.  We roamed around a bit to see where would be get a good view of the sunrise and decided to take Sunrise point trail . The way up was pretty well paved until we a
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