Entries by Cody

Swedish Interlude Part 1 – Abisko

Photo: Winter on a frozen lake Torneträsk, Abisko national park, Sweden.  February 2014 Despite their close proximity, they touch each other, there is often some difficulty traveling between Sweden and Norway.  This experience becomes more pronounced the further north one travels.  So traveling from the Lofoten Islands, Norway, to Kiruna, Sweden becomes, unfortunately, a multi […]

Lofoten Islands February 2014 – Departure

Photo: Northern Lights fill the sky over Olstind, Moskenesøy, Lofoten Islands, Norway.  February 2014 The sky was once again filled with clouds as evening came to Hamnøy.  We were mostly off to an early bed, Michael the only one remain up.  Sometime after I had drifted into to sleep I heard a knock at the […]

Lofoten Islands February 2014 – Arrival Of The Aussies

Photo: Ice formations on the coast of Vestvågøy, Lofoten Islands, Norway.  February 2014 After the previous night’s sunset at Å, I was hoping for one last view of Reine in the morning, but alas, I rose to a heavy mist falling from the sky.  It was now Friday, February 7th, I had been on the […]

Lofoten Islands February 2014 – Time Passes Slowly

Photo: Barely any signs of winter remain after 24 hours of rain, Unstad beach, Lofoten Islands, Norway.  February 2014 Morning was slow to come.  After midnight had gone, time seemed to come to a standstill.  And though it seemed like hours had passed between looking at my watch, it was only minutes.  02:00 am, 03:00 […]

Lofoten Islands February 2014 – Lessons In Sleep

Photo: Waves wash across snow covered beach at Myrland, Lofoten Islands, Norway.  February 2014 February mornings are slow to arrive on Lofoten, so even if you’ve been up late chasing northern lights the night before, there is still plenty of time for a bit of sleep.  In fact, there is often too much time for […]

Lofoten Islands February 2014 – Aurora Greetings

Photo: Northern Lights fill sky over Utakleiv beach, Lofoten Islands, Norway.  February 2014 The journeys from California to Lofoten are always long, and I always arrive thinking of the soonest possibility I can lie down flat on a bed, or in this case, the back of my rental car.  I also made the mistake of […]

Return From Lofoten

Photo: Patterns of snow on a frozen lake Agvatnet, Lofoten Islands, Norway.  February 2014 It was a long journey in the north for me this year, with more than 5 weeks north of the arctic circle, most of which was spent on Lofoten.  And as usual, not everything went according to plan.  To start, there […]

Orkney Brewery

Photo: Beer tasting at the Orkney Brewery, Orkney, Scotland.  October 2013   It was a gray, rainy morning on Orkney when we headed to the Orkney Brewery.  Located in Quoyloo, not too far from where we camped at Yesnaby for the night, we actually had to wait around a bit before the brewery opened for […]

Orkney – Islands of the Forever Wind

Photo: Sunset at Yesnaby, Orkney, Scotland.  October 2013 Leaving Dublin and arriving in the UK, Manchester to be exact, there was only one direction to go, north.  Originally, there had not really been much of a plan, only two general ideas: west coast and the Isle of Skye, or northeast and Orkney.  As the weather […]

Lofoten Islands Winter Travel Plans

Photo: Winter twilight over Olstind, Reine, Lofoten Islands, Norway.  February 2012 My days here in California are quickly coming to an end.  I had been planning this upcoming trip for a while, but it only seemed like it materialized itself at the last minute; mainly because I had been struggling to accommodate several varied destinations […]