We booked a ticket on WOW airlines, rented a van for a week, packed our bags and headed to freezing cold Iceland. There are pros to visiting during the off season, but I have to say...a seven-night camping trip, in freezing temps wasn’t exactly what we expected.

Through the rainy water and you could see the clear opening to Bear Glacier, it was like a secret entrance into the ice world. I had been dreaming of seeing glaciers my whole life and here we were paddling towards them in the Kenai Fjords National Park.

The Hatcher Pass view is stunning within a mile of starting your hike. Opening up to the vast, green valley it’s hard to gain perspective as we search for our climbing route.