into the storm...and the ice. reykjavik. iceland. 1.10.2013

the day before i depart on my ring road journey, there is a blizzard here in reykjavik. coming from canada, its nothing new for me, but driving in an unknown foreign land in this weather could pose to be a little bit intimidating. add on top of that the first few days on the road will involve 2 nights of car sleeping and one night of camping. i might decide to back out last minute… highly unlikely. so, i am fortunate that my new friend henry is coming with me for the first few days. he has lived here for 15 years and has the experience and the gear for us to survive out there… hopefully! 

i'm eager and ready to get going, and look forward to the cold unknown that is in front of me. so i will take at least 10 days to journey around the coast of iceland, my rough itinerary is in place, but it will probably change on a daily basis. henry will bus back to reykjavik after day 3, and my first bed sleep most likely won't happen until day 5. i won't fill you in on the too many details of the places i plan to visit. i will leave those to future posts.  but i can say there is camping between 2 glaciers, volcanoes, lava fields, waterfalls and much more ahead. it might prove to be a challenging journey for me, so if you don't hear from me in next 2 weeks, come find me frozen to the side of a glacier (hopefully well preserved!). and know that that is exactly where i wanted to be. no regrets, this is life, you only get this one chance. i don't even have a proper road map. ahhh. lol.