IGuesthouse Kriunes, near Reykyavik |
Our first breakfast ... very tired! |
View from our guesthouse |
Beautiful lupine everywhere |
An attentive Redshank |
Amazing landscape |
Arriving at the Blue Lagoon |
The Blue Lagoon |
Lovely hot mineral water (cooling water for the power plant!!) |
Reykjavik (a bit empty at 6 pm ...) |
Mark posing in front of "funny words" |
hmmmmm |
Reykjavik |
At the water storage tanks of Reykjavik |
Jim sees wildlife ... Jim touches wildlife |
Pingrillir, the "oldest democracy" in the world (800 A.D.) |
A visit to "Geysir" (near the rift valley) |
Gulfoss waterfall |
Hella cool .... |
Tourists |
Random waterfalls along the coast |
Mark enjoying the waterfall |
Jessica is enjoying one, too ... |
The happy family! |
Cynthia and Jess with basalt Svartifoss |
there was some weird moss all along the coast |
The only highway! Rather empty ... |
Ubiquitous sheep |
Amphibious vehicle at Jokulsarlon (glacier lake where James Bond film was shot) |
Gorgeous calved glacier ice |
It's not too cold! |
Typical pristine farmhouse, with glacier behind |
Our summer solstice celebration (still light at midnight!) |
View from our room in Hofn (0200 hours!) |
Fishing village near Egilsstadir |
Snaefulls mountain |
Dettifoss waterfall |
Picnic dinner in $120/night dorm room! |
Having mother/daughter fun |
Posing at Asbyrgi (the footprint of Odinn's horse) |
Jess, protecting herself from ... |
... Killer Terns!! |
Warm sulphur lake |
The Krafla lava fields and bubbling sulfur pits |
Lava tube at Myvatn |
Dimmuborgir lava fields |
Amazing ... Jess had painted this picture for Mother's Day years before ... (notice the coincidence?!) |
Landing on Grimsey Island |
We're above the arctic circle! |
Tern protection for all |
Puffins on the cliffs |
Clowns ... |
Trying to lift the mighty stones (Fullsterker, Halfsterker, Halfdroettingur, and Amlodi) |
Jessica loved this spot |
A really cool guesthouse |
Typical evening activity (nice and hot) |
Particularly stubborn sheep |
Our HUGE rental car, at Snaefellsjokull glacier |
Sliding down the glacier! |
The kind of car we WISH we had |
Hraunfossar waterfalls |
Jim sees wildlife ... Jim feeds wildlife |
Family photo at Gulfoss waterfall |