The Day Has Arrived!

Saturday, August 12^th.

This was a very crazy busy day. I woke up at 4:30 am and decided to get up and get busy. I had hoped to have time to ride either my bicycle or my motorcycle, but time didn't allow it. I spent the day collecting and organizing all of the things I needed to take and then packing them in my two bags. Then I had last minute organizing and cleaning to do in the house. I had to park my motorcycle in my father's garage and my car in mine.

While having a beer and lunch with Dad, my friend Mike came to pick me up and drive me to the airport. I had an Economy Comfort ticket (it was on sale when Denise booked it) which meant there were two seats together instead of three. Therefore there was more leg room. After a very busy last day getting organized, I fell asleep quickly on the plane and slept through the meal.

It was only a five hour flight and I managed to sleep for about half of it. The rest of the time I watched some promotional videos about Iceland, that seemed to focus mostly on the fine dining opportunities. We landed at 6:00 am and the temperature was about 9 degrees.

The Intrepid trip Discover Iceland I booked starts on the evening of August 14^th. I had decided to arrive on the 13^th as that would give me almost two full days to adjust to the time change, catch up on my sleep and explore Reykjavik before the tour.

I bought an interesting book at the airport to read to while away the evenings.