The Times traveled recently with Barbara Updike of McDonough. “Our trip to Iceland included crossing a glacier field and exploring an ice cave.

We also explored a lava tube, and learned how the island was formed. Iceland is getting bigger instead of smaller as the plates separating the North American and European continents move away from each other. We celebrated Christmas early with a winter picnic in a forest near Fludir sharing traditional Icelandic foods and enjoyed dinner and an evening with a local family, after relaxing in one of the many hot springs in the afternoon,” said Barbara.