Despite a late start, signing a new contract, 200km behind the previous day, we set forth again on the Ring Road, Iceland route #1, in our third Lava cars and campers rental. Despite this latest setback, we had another excellent day, seeing waterfalls, glacial scenes, coastal scenes, and one of the most striking gorges we have yet encountered. Southern Iceland is scenically extraordinary.
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Route 1, the Ring Road, goes all around the island, sometimes
on the coast, more often not; interestingly, in eleven days, we
were rarely if ever out of a cell service area; the road is mostly
two-lane, paved, and includes some engineering marvels; nothing
much goes into the interior...it's mostly ice, tundra, and volcanic
waste |
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| Often a volcano in view |
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| Across an estuary, looking toward the sea to the south |
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| Waterfalls everywhere; this one Seljalandsfoss |
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| A neighbor down the escarpment |
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| The volcano that halted air traffic in 2010, Eyja Fajalla Jokull |
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| Peaceful on June 20th |
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| Beautiful stiles and other wood here and there |
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Entrance (sod roof) to a traditional cave dwelling; the settlers,
as in Ireland and other places, wasted no time in deforesting the
land, leaving only stone to build with; or caves |
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| Same day, different waterfall: Skogafoss |
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On the trail leading up to the Solheimajokull glacier: icebergs
in its lagoon; Icelanders have some interesting ideas about lagoons |
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| Tongue of the glacier |
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| Longer view |
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Amazing waterfalls everywhere!
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