Zest Adventure #1

About a year ago Jeremy wrote a little bio and entered me in an adventure contest. His entry won me/us a $15k adventure travel award from Zest Soap.





For our first dip into the winnings we decided that we would go to the Lofoten Islands of Norway. Every time I have seen a picture of that area my heart has stirred and Jeremy was very interested to check out the potential climbing of the the amazing granite rocks jumping out of the Norwegian Sea. Not to mention, it was my most desired place to visit on earth.


The scenery had us in constant awe and at times seemed fake. None of these shots have been edited and were all taken with your basic digital camera.






We kept ourselves plenty busy in the mid-40's, always rainy weather. (we had about 6 hours of sunshine in our 7 day stay)

Playing on fish racks, climbing on boulders, and making up workouts on random structures were just a few of the items on our daily checklist.




And as it turns out: camping + city = homelessness...
something you don't quite realize until you look at the pics. :)

*uggh, can't get shot to load*

Toss in some quality hitchhiking and before you know it, you're a bonafide bum travelling northern Europe...

Thus the coined phrase for the trip, "This is no more than irresponsibility... disguised as adventure."

But,

"Irresponsibility breeds adventure!"



But that's okay, the break, the beauty, and the bonding made everything all worth it.