Fire And Ice

... Circle. That's how most of us perceive it. And what it actually is.... a land with as much fire in its belly as its hide covered in ice, where the melted snow forms glaciers and geysers spout boiling sulphur water from the earth. This youngest country ...

... and departure of the wedding party.  Turning towards the west we had another of those glorious southwestern sunsets! We've had a busy few days here at Valley of Fire but I must say, this has definitely been one of the highlights of our winter.  ...

... by the dramatic scenery. Before I left for Iceland, I envisioned a landscape bleak, barren, lacking in colorful flora and abundant in ice and snow. A land only Vikings and polar bears would love. At least that’s what I would have envisioned if I ...

I finally made it out of North America!! And I went to Iceland...of all places!!  Yup, that's right, the land of fire, ice, and that bloody volcano Eyjafjallajokull.  A strange destination, I know...but it was a work trip so I was an idle ...

Lubbock to Taos (and Angel Fire) We started the day driving through the West Texas Plains. The saying "as far as the eye can see" must have had it origin in this area. The barren landscape is broken down by the rocking horses that never seam to tire. ...

... , spearheaded by New South Wales Fire Brigades Superintendant Marcus Baker and Deputy Chief Gary Largerquist of the Brampton Fire and Emergency Services. Canadian Senior Firefighter Chad Fiegehen and Australian Senior Firefighter David Simms have "traded ...

We embarked on a trip to this enchanting land in the first week of October, 2006.A European country, modern, developed, but of course, so far away from mainland Europe. I had researched enough on the country to know about the northern lights, ...

... ) I had made a fire big and warm enough for a party and so I had all three males from the next site huddled around the fire that I made enjoying the coffee Byron made while the rest of my family slept (the kids in the tent and Janice in the Van).  ...

... are all sitting squeezed in together in the tiny dark sauna sweating and chatting away happily together unmindful of our nakedness. I am elected fire and water monitor so my job is to keep the fire stoked and splash water over the stove. After about 15 ...

... quite a big reception.  There was carving stations, wine, champagne, a coffee bar, a full wall of desserts, and about half of the audience was also there!  It was a lot of fun.  They had even carved a Johnny Cash ice sculpture!  ...

A few days ago, the city had a huge ice storm and the whole city lost their power. Yesterday, half of the city got their power back.  Luckily, the theatre was in the part that got their power back.   The show was sold out, until the storm, ...

... into its mysteriously cool depths for over 1,200 years.Situated atop the Continental Divide at 8,000 feet elevation, the Land of Fire and Ice is located in a Ponderosa Pine, Piñon, Juniper, Douglas Fir, Gambel Oak and Quaking Aspen forest/high desert ...

... , several could speak English! As the night progressed and the alcohol intake rose the guides began to sing and dance around the fire. It was a beautiful evening indeed. Srangely it was still very early in the night when we all climbed into our freezing ...

... not going to die because of a stupid burn on my hand, but the shame part, I'm definitely feeling it. We fall asleep by the fire, and I'm ashamed, for sure.    I decide to keep going. The next day is hard, and my hand is hurting. It's not very cold up ...

... on snow mobiles again & had dinner (couscous for us & reindeer stew for the carni's) in another remote log cabin with a big fire & about 16 others & a tv crew- but due to clouds we only saw green moon though (apparently the aurora borealis are always ...

... which is a pretty cool hostel by all accounts, there is a massive screen with tons of fil-ems (as naomi would say), a log fire (much needed) and a free popcorn machine plus everynite at 6pm there is a free bowl of vege soup which is my evening meal, it's ...

... to the fire department in his car and then run into the fire department. So we waited a few minutes and sure enough, the fire engines came out and onto the street. We got some pictures of the fire engines and continued on our way thinking nothing more of ...

... and then booked some more tours for the next couple of days and then hit the bed. 09/01/2010 Ahhh Iceland, the land of fire and ice……and rain! Once again up early but this time we were off to go ride Icelandic horses. We were greeted by our ...

... internet, kitchen and toilets - the latter caused us to laugh as on the fire escape notice it informed us that in the event of a fire we were to evacuate through the door, as against what we still don't know!  Then it was time for tea and wine ...

... at a little cafe and then saw the palace where the royal family lives now.  they moved here after the first Christianborg Palace fire and never moved back.  the palace is right by the water so we walked along the river looking at all the boats ...

... walks in with a bucket of hot coals and puts it under the table. Ah, lovely! My legs are getting warm. Assuming the classic fire-table position of hunching over with my hands under the table cloth, I'm really getting quite warm... A couple of German girls ...