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 4 of Our Icelandic Road Trip
Today is a day of rest(?) because we’re not driving to a new town tonight. The fog worsened overnight, so we cancelled our planned hike to the waterfall. Instead, we took a day trip to Borgarfjordur. It was dreary, but here are some of the sights along the way: And we found Lands End to…
Day 3 of Our Icelandic Road Trip
Today we’re going to cover some serious territory, and we’ll probably get into the hotel late. Good thing it’s still light at 10 pm! Here’s the day’s map: Our first find of the day was a giant chair attached to a boulder alongside the road: And, here’s today’s lunch stop: We had our first TWO…
Day 2 of Our Icelandic Road Trip
We woke up today in pain… The bed in this motorhome is NOT going to work. We have two choices, drive back and return it (probably without a refund) or go forward with nights spent in hotels. We chose the latter – it’s more expensive, but we have a refrigerator, a stove and a coffee…
Day 1 of Our Icelandic Road Trip
I no longer have those cute little maps the cruise line provided, so our blue dot is done! Instead, I found this post card of Iceland, showing in dashes the “Ring Road” we plan to drive. I’ve marked our beginning and ending points for Day 1 in red. We're on our own now... We were…
Day 8 (Last Day) of our Icelandic Cruise
We’re still in Reykjavik, but we left our ship at 8:30 am, saying good-bye to the wonderful crew and staff. Here's a final shot of the harbor as we headed out. For our final day of the cruise, we chose a shore excursion that took us through the geothermal landscape of Krysuvik-Solfataras. We also visited…
Day 7 of our Icelandic Cruise
Our blue dot has docked in Reykjavik again, and our shore excursion was an 8-hour tour of the “Golden Circle.” At our first stop, we visited Thingvellir National Park, a UNESCO site. We walked along the rift valley between the North American tectonic plate and the Eurasian plate. So, we stepped on two continents today.…
Addendum to Day 6 of the Icelandic Cruise
I must have been in a rush this morning, because I missed a couple of things from Day 6. First, here’s the Norwegian church in town and the local cemetery: AND… A little before dinner we were visited by a pod of orcas (killer whales)! Jay’s photos are in a format that I can’t use…
Day 6 of our Icelandic Cruise
Today, our blue dot is located at Heimaey, an island off the southern coast of Iceland. It is the only one of 15 Westman Islands inhabited by humans, but since they’re in a very active volcanic area, there is definitely a risk! Here are some shots around the island: In 1973, an eruption on the…
Day 5 of the Icelandic Cruise
Our blue dot shows we’ve docked in the fishing town of Isafjordur. In spite of its relative isolation, the town is known for its rather urban atmosphere, flourishing cultural life and rich heritage of music and art. We started our shore excursion with a scenic bus drive bus drive to a hike. This is the…
Jay's & Pat's Adventures 