The Conquest of Iceland: Prologue.

Tomorrow I leave for Iceland. The trip has been in the works since November and its finally almost here. Originally the plan was for myself, my sister Erin, brother-in-law Lance and my heterosexual life partner Travis to come along. Unfortunately, Travis returned from a trip to Thailand last week with a Thai quadruple super plague, which very nearly killed him. He's still in the hospital, so sadly he won't be coming with us. This has tempered the excitement somewhat and led to a very stressful last week. Travis is slowly getting better but looks to be facing a fairly long recovery. While its sad he can't come, I'm relieved he's improving and it will give me an excuse to make another trip when he's back on his feet.

My gear, pt. 1

We've made little in the way of plans for when we arrive. We have lodging booked in Reykjavik for the first four days. From there we plan to head out from the city and see the countryside some. Where and what we do depends, we plan on talking to locals and find out what they think is the best stuff to see and do while we're there. I've got a few things I would like see and do; see the Þingvellir park, go to the Blue Lagoon and perhaps make our way to the Westman Islands. However, I'm not too stuck on any one thing, if we discover something that locals insist is better, we'll do that instead.  

My gear, pt. 2 (yes, I am taking my dice box, in case a game of D&D breaks out)

As of now I've completed packing and have nothing to do but wait. The adventure begins tomorrow around noon when I'll head to SeaTac to meet Erin (Lance won't be joining us for a couple of days, stupid work). Beings as tomorrow is St. Patrick's day, we'll have to do a bit of celebrating in the airport. So, stay tuned, hopefully I'll be able to post some every day and keep everyone updated on the trip.