by Brenda Sodt Marshall | Sep 2, 2019 | Hiking, Travel |
Heli Hiking on New Zealand’s Fox Glacier is awesome. Do it. You won’t regret it. I’ll admit the safety meeting before we got on the helicopter had a few shockers. Don’t let those deter you. Fox Glacier Heli Hike This was not my...
by Brenda Sodt Marshall | Apr 21, 2019 | Travel |
After our New Zealand Trip, we were asked many questions. Why New Zealand? How long were you gone? What did you see? Did you see any Kiwi? Did anyone think you were a Kiwi? Which side of the road do you drive on? Was the food good? Is it expensive? How long was the...
by Brenda Sodt Marshall | Feb 18, 2019 | Travel |
Our journey from the Orkney Islands to Glencoe in the Scottish Highlands started well before sunrise and included a surprise visit to a rather odd museum before landing on the edge of Kinlochleven. Scottish Highlands Our itinerary for our...
by Brenda Sodt Marshall | Aug 15, 2015 | Hiking, Travel |
After ravishing Banff National Park and Lake Louise we continued to Jasper in Alberta, Canada, where we established our base camp for part II of our trip. During our Jasper adventure we heard the boom of glaciers; experienced vertigo when we looked into bottomless...
by Brenda Sodt Marshall | Aug 3, 2015 | Hiking, Travel |
The Banff travel guides promised abundant wildlife. The roadside signs warned to not approach the caribou, bear or sheep. We saw one sheep, one goat, and a handful of elk during our visit to the Canadian Rockies. Oh, and we found bear poop on a trail and it nearly...