Day 11 — Waterfall #152 (9 July)
Before describing the day (our last on the road and the longest — 8 AM to 10 PM), I need to tell you that the Icelandic quack is: brra, brra said in quick succession — the r is rolled like in Spanish. Herdis had to repeat this several times. You know my hearing is not…
Keep readingDay 10 — Mount Laki (8 July)
Mt. Laki, never heard of it until today. For almost a year starting in 1783, the mountain created a 15 mile fissure in the earth that produce a massive eruption that created 135 craters. The gases released into the air are said to have caused famine in Europe in 1784 and lost crops throughout that…
Keep readingDay 9 — Sky and Water (7 July)
Mulagljufur was our first trailhead this morning. The hiking path winds its way up the spine of one side of a canyon. Here are some images of from the climb. About 1000 feet up, one faces the waterfall at eyesight level. This waterfall can be seen in distance in the above image. This falls reminds…
Keep readingDay 8 — Crampons! (6 July)
Learning is lifelong. We old guys of this tour were anticipating our first ever walk on a glacier. We arrived at Skaftafell at the base of the largest glacier in Europe, Vatnajokull. If you look at a map of Iceland, Vatnajokull is its largest white circular feature. We were in a tiny corner at the…
Keep readingDay 7 — Iceland Southern Style (5 July)
We joined our new group at 10 AM, eleven in all: five Americans, four Australians, and two Canadians as photographed from the trail at Skogafoss (thank you Heather). We departed Rekyjavik via the #1, Ring Road, as we did on our Golden Circle trip. After Selfoss, we stayed to the right at the roundabout heading…
Keep readingDay 6 — Transitions (4 July)
Our dedicated hiking days ended yesterday. We were transitioning from Eastern Iceland back to Reykjavik to connect tomorrow with our Southern Iceland tour. Borgarfjordur was transitioning too from overcast, cold, and often rainy days to warmer temperatures. The result was fog this morning that blanketed the fjord. We were on our way to the airport…
Keep readingDay 5 — Rosta Rocks (3 July) — 12 miles
We started our walk this morning visiting the Islandic Down factory that is housed in a small building in central Borgarfjordur. The business purchases down from farmers who collect the feathers from ducks after they leave their nests. The total amount of this type of down retrieved in the world is 4,000 kilos a year…
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