Snæfellsnes Peninsula, north of Reykjavík |
Rocky ridge along Route 54 headed towards Snæfellsnes |
Route 54 headed towards Snæfellsnes |
Fáskrúðarbakki Church, just before the Route 54/56 junction |
Welcome to Snæfellsbæ |
The top of Snæfellsjökull (1446m) visible just above the clouds |
Route 56 passing through farmland along the Snæfellsnes Peninsula |
Cows belonging to the Hoftún farm, Snæfellsnes |
Cows belonging to the Hoftún farm, Snæfellsnes |
Milk me, please! |
Waterfall behind a farm, Snæfellsnes Peninsula |
Waterfalls, Snæfellsnes |
Southern side of Snæfellsnes Peninsula |
Snæfellsnes - main road along the south shore |
Snæfellsnes |
Snæfellsnes |
Route 56, Snæfellsnes |
Route 56, Snæfellsnes |
Lava field, Snæfellsnes Peninsula |
Turnoff for the mountain road to Snæfellsnesjökull |
Warning sign of the dangers of glaciers, Snæfellsnesjökull |
Stapafell (526m), a prominent volcanic peak on the flank of Snæfellsnesjökull |
Sönghellir, the Song Cave, and mountain road 570 which climbs Snæfellsnesjökull |
Gully headed towards Sönghellir, the Song Cave |
Snæfellsnesjökull road |
Snæfellsnesjökull road |
The first patches of snow we passed headed up Snæfellsnesjökull |
Hmmm...that's probably far enough...up in the cloup capping Snæfellsnesjökull |
Roy on a snow field, Snæfellsnesjökull |
Pose, dammit! |
Backtracking down Snæfellsnesjökull |
Stapafell (526m) |
View of the southern coast of Snæfellsnes Peninsula from Route 570 |
Turf roofed cafe at Arnarstapi, Snæfellsnes Peninsula |
Cafe at Arnarstapi |
Bárður Snæfellsás, guardian spirit of the peninsula |
Close-up of the rock slab sculpture of Bárður Snæfellsás |
Basalt lava cliffs at Arnastapi, Snæfellsnes Peninsula |
Basalt lava cliffs at Arnastapi |
Basalt lava cliffs at Arnastapi |
Sea caved in the base of the cliff at Arnastapi |
Fisher harbor at Arnastapi, Snæfellsnes Peninsula |
Sea stacks at Arnastapi |
Arnastapi with Stapafell (526m) |
Clifftop house at Arnastapi |
Sea stacks at Arnastapi |
Sea stack at Arnastapi |
Hellnar Church, Snæfellsnes Peninsula |
Hellnar Church, Snæfellsnes Peninsula |
Malariff Lighthouse at the tip of Snæfellsnes Peninsula |
Snæfellsjökull peaking through the clouds at the end of Snæfellsnes Peninsula |
Snæfellsjökull (1446m) |
A small volcanic cone near Hellissandur |
Snæfellsjökull glacier warning sign on the north side of the peninsula |
Former LORAN-C Station Iceland, Hellissandur (412m) |
Sjómmagarður near Hellissandur |
Sjómmagarður near Hellissandur |
Sjómmagarður near Hellissandur |
One of Iceland's many ultra-modern churches, this one in Ólafsvík |
Icelandic horses along the northern shore of Snæfellsnes |
Snæfellsnes |
Vegetation covered lava field makes for an uneven surface |
Waterfall, north shore of Snæfellsnes Peninsula |
Snæfellsnes |
The summer sun in the northern sky over Breiðafjörður |
Roy, Breiðafjörður |
Approaching Kirkjufell (463m) across Lárvaðall, north shore, Snæfellsnes Peninsula |
Kirkjufell (463m) Snæfellsnes Peninsula |
Kirkjufell (463m) Snæfellsnes Peninsula |
Kirkjufell (463m) Snæfellsnes Peninsula |
Grundarfjörður, Snæfellsnes Peninsula |
Grundarfjörður, Snæfellsnes Peninsula |
Grundarfjörður Church |
Grundarfjörður Church |
Grundarfjörður |
Grundarfjörður |
Grundarfjörður |
Grundarfjörður |
Farmland, north shore of Snæfellsnes Peninsula |
Route 54 pointed at Klakkur (380m) Snæfellsnes Peninsula |
Kolgrafamúli, near Grundarfjörður |
Route 54 passing through Helgafellsveit, Snæfellsnes Peninsula |
Same photo with shadow of us cast by low sun |
Lavafield at Helgafellsveit |
Intersection of Routes 54 and 56 on the north shore of Snæfellsnes |
Volcanic cone, Helgafellsveit |
Turnoff for Stykkishólmur |
Pavement ends if we continued on Route 54 East |
Pretty harbor of Stykkishólmur |
Stykkishólmur - Old church and Narfeyrarstofa, a decent restaurant |
Stykkishólmur - Tang & Riis |
Stykkishólmur - Tang & Riis |
Stykkishólmur's modern church |
Stykkishólmur's modern church |
Mosaic on the hospital of Stykkishólmur |
August sunset, 21:15, over Breiðafjörður |