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As mentioned yesterday (2-JUL) we are now back in Reykjavik. We still had the car for a day so we decided to head south toward the airport and the Blue Lagoon – about 30-40 km south of Reykjavik. So, we got on out of town and down to the Blue Lagoon. The Blue Lagoon is […]

Have a long day today – leave Vik and head for Reykjavik with several stops along the way. Started off by backtracking a short distance to the coast to see some rock formations along the coast. Most were formed by erosion from an eruption about 80,000 years ago – really quite interesting. From there went […]

Headed to Vik today, one of the longest if not the longest drive in one day. We will spend all day along the east coast. The major sight will be the largest glacier in Iceland – Vatnajokull. The coast was certainly different from what we have seen thus far. Mentioned the alluvial areas from yesterday […]

Headed out this morning leaving the north coast and cutting across the NE section of Iceland to the east coast and the East Coast fjords. Not a long drive today and really not many places to visit except to see the new terrain. Fortunately, no dirt roads today. The mountains are higher and slope more […]

Left Husavik this morning about 0815 as we have a long day ahead of us! The weather was supposed to be 80-90% rain BUT it turned out to be a really nice day with mostly sun the whole day. There were two sights we were to see: one was a really spectacular canyon and the […]