Honorable Mentions

Things that have happened since Iceland that I didn’t post about while ranting about hiking that deserved to be mentioned:

1) All the awesome London people

- Salma- thank you giving Rich and I a home. I’m glad I could see you again after your trip to the US last year.

- Phil- So glad I could meet you. You are a beacon of positivity and cheerfulness. It was blast teaching you six degrees and watching you lose the game of "catching small chocolate objects in ones mouth" to Tirrill.

- Frankie- Also a pleasure to meet you. Thank you for all the trouble you went through to help us out in London, the free housing, the free showers, the awesome and cheap breakfasts at The Rockingham Arms, and the lessons in charm that you gave while interacting with the Nigerian security guards and pretty much every other person you talked to.

- Renata- Great to see again. Thanks for making plans even though we were late to everything.

- Vicky- Wonderful to meet you dear. Thanks for letting me swing dance with you in a crowded London Club. Thanks for the great conversation. Hopefully I can see you and all the rest of the gang when I return to London.

2) The awesome people we met in Scotland

- Merel and Dario (our coincidental and amazing dutch friends- It was a delight to meet you two and then run into on accident like 19 other times. I am so glad we could share a few beers and many good conversations

- Linda and Keith- The world travelled and world wise couple that we met on the ruins of Castle Moil and go to later share a beer and a good game of football (soccer) with. I can only hope my wife and I are as cool and fun to hang with as these two when I hit their age.

3) Family time

- My cousin Dan- an afternoon has never been better spent than having a good cigar, a few good drinks, and great conversation with a dear cousin from across the pond whom I never see often enough.

4) Great White Buffaloes

That one tall brunette girl in Iceland who walked by while we were in Cafe Loki eating traditional Icelandic food who was dressed impeccably in all black taking photographs of the flowers outside the cathedral that I wish I could have talked to because she may have been my soulmate.

5) Tirrill, Zeke, and I hunted a rabbit in the highlands. We failed. It was glorious.

6) I think that’s all for now….