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Fire, Ice, and Everything In Between: 11 Days Circling Iceland

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 Iceland had been sitting on the "someday" list for years, mostly because every video about it starts with a drone shot of a waterfall and ends with someone standing in front of a glacier looking personally victorious. So this June, we finally went and did the thing: flew in, gave ourselves three full days to settle into Reykjavík, then handed the driving over to a small-group BusTravel tour (booked through GetYourGuide) for a 7-day loop around the entire Ring Road and the Snæfellsnes Peninsula, before one last night back in the capital. Here's how it went, plus the food we're still thinking about. Three Days in Reykjavík Before the Real Adventure Started Flying in a few days before the tour started was, without question, the smartest call we made. It absorbed the jet lag, gave us a proper buffer in case of flight delays, and meant we actually got to enjoy the capital instead of just passing through it. Three days sounds like a lot for one city, but Reykjavík rewa...

Wilder Ranch State Park

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Do you want fresh air with views close to east bay and not have to travel miles north or south ? Do you want to bike and have nice views at the same time? Answer is “ Wilder State Ranch Park ” in Santa Cruz.   Santa Cruz in itself is beautiful and offer a lot of places but the beach gets crowded but there are so many things in this town and near by cities which has less crowd and more Joy and this park is one of the finest. Getting to this park is easy drive to Santa cruz and if you want to park inside the park, it is $10 and there are some spots outside the park as well but with some walk. Parking lot has restrooms. We went on to explore “ Old landing Cove Trail ” and the trail in itself is easy 2.4 mile roundtrip where we can hike or bike. You will see trail with fresh air and bushes until u get to beautiful views of the coastline and you can see waves welcoming you in their own way. As you walk along you see parking lot for seals and we came across two curious ones who were in...