Rebecca M. Douglass, Author

This is part of my on-going series of photo posts about my trip to Iceland in September 2025, including a  my 2-week  campervan tour of the Ring Road. If you haven't seen the previous posts and want to read them in order, here are the links to post #1     post #2     post #3     post #4     post # 5   post #6    post #7 , and post #8 .  Day 11 (Sept. 21): Skogafoss Waterfall hike. Nothing about waking up at Skogafoss was as nice as the campground the previous morning. The bare parking lot, the dingy loos (though they were a lot closer), and the weather were none a match. But the hike! Wow. I might wish I'd done it in bright, sunny weather, but I'm not sure that light would have been as good as what I had. Unlike most other people camped there, I was up at first light, and on the trail as early as possible (7:40 a.m., which isn't bad given we were at the autumn equinox--sunrise at 7:08, if it had been clear enough...

As you can see from the counter on the side-bar, I've hit the 80K mark on  Painted Over,  and from the outside it might look like I'm done. In fact, though I reached the end, thanks to some big changes that happened in the middle (major deviations from my plan!), I have to go back and change some things to make the ending work. I want to do some of that now, while it's fresh in my mind, so I'll be working on it the next couple of days, re-writing some parts and leaving lots of notes to myself in others.  This draft has been a bear, and I feel a  like I've been wrestling a bear! I can't lie: I'll be glad to put it aside until sometime next year. In the meantime, I have short stories that have been waiting patiently for attention, and can start after the holidays with the edits on Seffi Wardwell #4,  Logged Off  (or maybe  Logged Off at the Library,  but I'm leaning to the short and crisp for my titles just now. Feel free to offer opinions). Just on...

I'm making myself a little crazy trying to finish drafting  Painted Over , but finally made myself take time to put together a blog post for the weekend.  For those who want to read   about my 2-week  campervan tour of Iceland's Ring Road in September 2025  in order, here are the links to post #1     post #2     post #3     post #4     post # 5   post #6   and post #7 . Day 10 (Sept. 20): Skaftafell and other scenic highlights  I had the pleasure of waking up in possibly my most scenic campsite of the trip, and seeing that the weather was good. Breezy, yes, but sunny and clear. I was up at first light, and ready to roll by 7:45. Sunrise over the campervans. A couple of Icelandic sheep in the overgrown parts of the campground were up to watch me go. The trail climbed steadily, but at an easy grade, so that I was soon up above the glacial lagoon and getting impressive views. Skaftafellsjökull glacier...