Day 5 of Our Iceland Road Trip

Today we traveled from Egilsstadir to Husavik. However, we deviated from the Ring Road for a very special waterfall. Here are sights on the way toward Dettifoss.  First a really nice one named Rjukandafoss, where we captured our first rainbow: Continuing on: Today’s lunch stop: This is Dettifoss, which seems to be in the Icelandic equivalent…

Day 3 Puffins (Cont’d)

Here are the REAL photos of the puffins from Grimsey Island. As I mentioned, terns and puffins share cliffs -- and sometimes gulls do too, so if you see any white birds, those are either terns or gulls. Puffins are not especially graceful on land... But they ARE beautiful!  Notice how the parents hold the…

Day 3 of the Icelandic Cruise

Today we’re on Grimsey Island.  You’ll notice that the blue dot on this map is as far north as we’ll go. It’s a very small island with a summertime human population of less than 100 and a bird population of probably more than 1,000,000! We were taken to the Island by tender. In addition to…