HUNTING THE NORTHERN LIGHTS

Hunting the Northern Lights

HAL offered a tour to see the Northern Lights ...$200...expensive, but well worth it if you see them. Well we drove for two hours and finally stopped. The stars were beautiful and then suddenly there they were. The only problem was the clouds came in and that was the end of it. For those having their first experience it was worth it, but after seeing the fantastic show in Iceland, this was nothing.

And then it happened....

During dinner they announced that the lights were visible.

The sky had more stars than I have ever seen. The Big Dipper was shining brightly and the lights, although only green, danced across the skies. There are many legends about the lights, mostly having to do with spirits returning home. As I watched the lights dancing in the skies it almost looked like a gate opening and then it closed and the lights disappeared. Could it have really been welcoming a spirit home? 

You can easily become mesmerized by the dancing lights, the twinkling stars, and the majestic, endless night sky in the middle of a deep and dark ocean. Your imagination takes flight and you truly feel at peace. It makes you want to come back to see them again and again.