Our Trip to Iceland (if interested---nine months later LOL)

So, I am about eight months or more late in posting this. Back in June of 2018, my Dh, twin 10 year old boys, my brother, SIL, eight year old niece, my disabled early 70's parents and I traveled to Iceland.  It was an amazing and difficult trip.  I spent many many hours planning it out and trying to make sure everything went as smoothly as possible.

My dad was on O2 and needed a scooter.  Iceland does not have an ADA standard, and it was hard to find disabled information and multi-aged family information before we went.  Overall, the trip was not without incident, but as a whole, it was successful, gorgeous and a trip of a lifetime.  It was a place my dad had really wanted to go.  A few of you may remember that my dad passed away, quite literally, on the night of our return home.  We dropped my parents off at their home around 1 PM.  That night, on his way to bed, without warning, he fell leaving the bedroom.  EMTs tried to revive him, but he was gone.  He had a terminal condition, but he really had been pretty stable prior to the trip and traveled "OK."  When I left, he was doing laundry.  Right before he died, he had a glass of wine and a quick conversation with my mom.  So, of course, this affected my processing of photos, but by Christmas time, I finally got through all the photos and made a quick book for my mom.  

This book, at some point, I have all intentions to "fix."  It is pretty basic and the journaling is taken directly from my Facebook postings (typos and ALL.  Actually, it is kind of a hot mess, but my mom didn't care---for now). I just ran out of time...so... Sometime this summer, when I am off from school, I hope to make a nicer version, but it obviously hasn't happened yet, and I know some people are headed or thinking of heading to Iceland this summer/fall, so I thought I would post a link to the book.  Also, I want to show people that multi-generations can do complex travel and disabled people, although limited, can travel a country like Iceland.  The people, as a whole, were very accommodating and tried to help us in any way they could.

A few quick facts if you don't want to read my rambling FB posts in the book:

• June = Midnight sun.  A couple gloomy nights got pretty dark, but I could still read without a light. Obviously no northern lights at that time of year (Sept-May for the lights)
• These photos for this book are a mix of my prosumer Canon and my iPhone...some phone photos get pretty grainy when blown up.
• Yes, it is very VERY expensive to eat there ($20 for soup and bread), but almost all sites are free.
• Yes, the Blue Lagoon is $$$ and very busy and commercial, but it was fun and the kids loved it.
• A few places were quite busy on the couple sunny days we had, but most of the time it, by American tourist spot standards, it wasn't too busy.  Yes, I did photoshop out some people at times in my photos.
• It did snow little bit the last day.  Temps were mostly 40's and low 50's.  We may have hit 60 one day for a brief moment, and the last day probably the low 30's.
• Mid to late June = all roads were open that we went on. The F roads are pretty rocky--but being from rural MN, originally,  I didn't think they were that bad.
• We did not go to all these places, but we did get to all of the areas on this map.  If you want opinions on anything, please message me.  Google My Maps that I made before the trip: Link

Here is the LINK to the book

This one might work too, now. Not sure.

Thanks for looking.  If you have any questions, I will try to answer them all here or you can message me.  No need for condolences on my dad.  Many of you have already done that, and we really are doing well.  I am SO grateful we have these photos.  On the last night, I MADE him come out and take the annual obligatory vacation "Christmas card" photo with my mom and the grandkids.  We almost didn't do it because we were tired, stressed and he was getting ready for bed.  He looks tired and doesn't have his glasses on, but I am glad we took them anyway.  Not many people can live a life like he did.  We are so grateful we got to spend the last ten days of his life traveling with him and surrounding him with love.