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We tried to make a circle route by heading further east to get one of the infamous “F” roads (F338) back, but arriving at the start of the dirt road we found it was blocked off due to snow! We backtracked a bit and headed to the campground at Thingvellir.
https://farm1.staticflickr.com/388/1...2318e292_c.jpggolden circle 61 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr Here several other riders joined us. We had run into these 3 German guys several days in a row and so we felt it was time for a photo op. https://farm1.staticflickr.com/468/1...2095ce9e_c.jpgolafsvk 3 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3688/...4261c890_c.jpgolafsvk 1 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr https://farm1.staticflickr.com/508/1...e743ed33_c.jpggolden circle 62 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr https://farm1.staticflickr.com/270/1...9cc22ac3_c.jpgolafsvk 2 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr |
Our plan for the day was to head north to the Snaefellsnes Peninsula.
https://farm1.staticflickr.com/538/1...ec97bc86_z.jpgScreen Shot 2015-07-13 at 12.57.43 AM by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr We did take the long way around the fjord and not the tunnel shortcut and we also took 40 km loop on the dirt roads towards the west coast to see the wetlands. Here you can see a lot of the famous Icelandic horses. https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3719/...13bb0017_c.jpgolafsvk 32 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr https://farm1.staticflickr.com/524/1...78fcf3fe_c.jpgolafsvk 34 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr https://farm1.staticflickr.com/348/1...10d8ddc2_c.jpgolafsvk 31 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3696/...aa2d4fa0_c.jpgolafsvk 36 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr https://farm1.staticflickr.com/388/1...fdf07c1f_c.jpgolafsvk 37 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr https://farm1.staticflickr.com/519/1...1ecff004_c.jpgolafsvk 38 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr https://farm1.staticflickr.com/523/1...2814f198_c.jpgolafsvk 40 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr https://farm1.staticflickr.com/385/1...88421496_c.jpgolafsvk 43 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr https://farm1.staticflickr.com/557/1...4d75d3f2_c.jpgolafsvk 44 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr https://farm1.staticflickr.com/479/1...18d0f4cb_c.jpgolafsvk 46 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr https://farm1.staticflickr.com/361/1...8c1d5e11_c.jpgolafsvk 47 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3679/...9047f83d_c.jpgolafsvk 48 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr https://farm1.staticflickr.com/521/1...d1681dcd_c.jpgolafsvk 83 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr |
After you get out onto the Peninsula you head for the national park.
https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3685/...5ac70de2_c.jpgolafsvk 85 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3812/...6e60b9d9_c.jpgolafsvk 49 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr https://farm1.staticflickr.com/531/1...5c72e960_c.jpgolafsvk 50 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr https://farm1.staticflickr.com/519/1...2dd1f9e9_c.jpgolafsvk 51 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr |
We were just inside the Snaefellsjoekull National Park and driving down a side road to see a waterfall we found the 800 has a low rear tire.
https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3679/...f5604718_c.jpgolafsvk 52 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr https://farm1.staticflickr.com/422/1...4bf4d4d6_c.jpgolafsvk 53 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr We pumped it back up, but when we check it again in 10 k it was low again. At least we had a pullout off the road to change the tire. Inspecting the tube dry we could not find a hole and we could see nothing inside or outside on the tire. We put in a new tube and headed off. https://farm1.staticflickr.com/434/1...12038743_c.jpgolafsvk 56 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3776/...07e1f567_c.jpgolafsvk 54 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr https://farm1.staticflickr.com/519/1...542864fc_c.jpgolafsvk 58 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr https://farm1.staticflickr.com/367/1...52abd5e1_c.jpgolafsvk 60 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr https://farm1.staticflickr.com/498/1...056f11e1_c.jpgolafsvk 62 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr |
Driving along there are often signs and parking lots and you never know what you might find. Some are boring duds, but some are awesome like the bird wall at Vatnshellir Cave where we saw our second Puffin.
https://farm1.staticflickr.com/522/1...b1906134_c.jpgolafsvk 65 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr https://farm1.staticflickr.com/373/1...11a5fb7a_c.jpgolafsvk 64 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr https://farm1.staticflickr.com/446/1...1e1d98f8_c.jpgolafsvk 63 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr https://farm1.staticflickr.com/403/1...b3dc8099_c.jpgolafsvk 70 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr https://farm1.staticflickr.com/413/1...6dac800a_c.jpgolafsvk 69 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3807/...c6b55e38_c.jpgolafsvk 81 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr |
The volcanic peak dominates the park. The Snaefellsjokull glacier sits on top of an active volcano that is 4745 ft. We in fact saw its snow covered peak from Reykjavik about 200 away as the crow flies. Here you ride around the base of the volcano. On the north side we came across another small crater that you can hike to the top of in about 10 minutes.
https://farm1.staticflickr.com/491/1...d9c641bf_c.jpgolafsvk 94 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr https://farm1.staticflickr.com/477/1...fc022880_c.jpgolafsvk 87 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr https://farm1.staticflickr.com/315/1...29cf8b86_c.jpgolafsvk 88 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr https://farm1.staticflickr.com/316/1...ac202245_c.jpgolafsvk 89 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr |
Continuing on we drove thru an area with bird flight warning signs and they really mean it.
https://farm1.staticflickr.com/418/1...3e79076b_c.jpgolafsvk 91 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr https://farm1.staticflickr.com/355/1...8cd510bc_c.jpgolafsvk 92 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr https://farm1.staticflickr.com/561/1...7dcee7d4_c.jpgolafsvk 93 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr https://farm1.staticflickr.com/538/1...ca6951df_c.jpgolafsvk 96 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr |
We were about 4 km from the campsite and Dan’s tire was low again.
https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3771/...588ef372_c.jpgolafsvk 97 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr He pumped it up and limped to the camping. Here when we took the tube out it was almost shredded and at about 10 cm from the valve. Looking at the tire there was noting! We tried to really compress it at that spot and finally saw a metal shard peaking thru. Like a sliver in your skin it took some effort to get it out. The new tube was toast, but Dan was able to patch up the old one once we had some soapy water on it you could identify the tiny punctures. https://farm1.staticflickr.com/308/1...c92c0086_c.jpgolafsvk 98 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr https://farm1.staticflickr.com/412/1...61f21929_c.jpgolafsvk 99 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3668/...938bc6fc_c.jpgolafsvk 100 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr https://farm1.staticflickr.com/274/1...3bbbd038_c.jpgolafsvk 101 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr |
This was quite a day for our 19 th wedding anniversary, but I still managed to pull off a nice dinner for the “sun set” at almost midnight.
https://farm1.staticflickr.com/413/1...17fb43b9_c.jpgolafsvk 102 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr https://farm1.staticflickr.com/298/1...ac9eaaa3_c.jpgolafsvk 103 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr https://farm1.staticflickr.com/337/1...a8c78d12_c.jpgolafsvk 106 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr https://farm1.staticflickr.com/538/1...654b6e59_c.jpgolafsvk 104 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr https://farm1.staticflickr.com/482/1...de0631d2_c.jpgolafsvk 105 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr |
Today we are headed to the famed Western Fjords. We have a long day of 398 Km a lot of which is off road.
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But first we decided to try and see if we could get up the road near Olafsvik, which goes up to the glacier. It all went well for about 20 km until the road was blocked with snow!
https://farm1.staticflickr.com/366/1...dc378ed7_c.jpgnorth to puffins 2 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr https://farm1.staticflickr.com/263/1...ca07c418_c.jpgnorth to puffins 1 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr https://farm1.staticflickr.com/401/1...6cdf1341_c.jpgnorth to puffins 4 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3763/...84dd48fb_c.jpgnorth to puffins 5 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3834/...7376bdfd_c.jpgnorth to puffins 7 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr https://farm1.staticflickr.com/377/1...d5f802db_c.jpgnorth to puffins 9 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr https://farm1.staticflickr.com/304/1...35b406b7_c.jpgnorth to puffins 12 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr https://farm1.staticflickr.com/337/1...8c7cb3b0_c.jpgnorth to puffins 11 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr https://farm1.staticflickr.com/256/1...1b58e659_c.jpgnorth to puffins 13 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3724/...42b87d7a_c.jpgnorth to puffins 15 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr https://farm1.staticflickr.com/394/1...e9bfca8c_c.jpgnorth to puffins 16 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr https://farm1.staticflickr.com/287/1...8bdba58d_c.jpgnorth to puffins 17 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr https://farm1.staticflickr.com/265/1...95e012de_c.jpgFILE2346 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr https://farm1.staticflickr.com/369/1...6297dc75_c.jpgnorth to puffins 19 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr https://farm1.staticflickr.com/357/1...9f3eeae7_c.jpgnorth to puffins 21 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3757/...48c87a91_c.jpgnorth to puffins 25 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr |
Back on the intermittently paved highway we were headed west and north past lava fields, lush green hills, and waterfall after waterfall.
https://farm1.staticflickr.com/459/1...567cfcaa_c.jpgnorth to puffins 31 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr https://farm1.staticflickr.com/447/1...b22998c0_c.jpgIMG_4170 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr https://farm1.staticflickr.com/331/1...bace8444_c.jpgnorth to puffins 32 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr https://farm1.staticflickr.com/374/1...c0a0ab13_c.jpgnorth to puffins 35 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3827/...e078b444_c.jpgnorth to puffins 26 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr https://farm1.staticflickr.com/531/1...da458f23_c.jpgnorth to puffins 29 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr https://farm1.staticflickr.com/539/1...a8af29d3_c.jpgnorth to puffins 27 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr https://farm1.staticflickr.com/356/1...dc95f3d1_c.jpgnorth to puffins 33 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr https://farm1.staticflickr.com/381/1...5b8809ed_c.jpgnorth to puffins 34 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr https://farm1.staticflickr.com/302/1...c76240a6_c.jpgnorth to puffins 39 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr https://farm1.staticflickr.com/556/1...74dd96a6_c.jpgnorth to puffins 41 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr https://farm1.staticflickr.com/390/1...53a38a05_c.jpgnorth to puffins 47 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr https://farm1.staticflickr.com/450/1...a12d9588_c.jpgnorth to puffins 48 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3829/...d63a0c93_c.jpgnorth to puffins 42 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr https://farm1.staticflickr.com/425/1...54b38e8c_c.jpgnorth to puffins 43 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3733/...37325a23_c.jpgnorth to puffins 44 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr https://farm1.staticflickr.com/275/1...7489dcbc_c.jpgnorth to puffins 46 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr https://farm1.staticflickr.com/340/1...9c97b937_c.jpgnorth to puffins 49 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr https://farm1.staticflickr.com/368/1...5252df6e_c.jpgnorth to puffins 50 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr https://farm1.staticflickr.com/262/1...7a08a6c9_c.jpgnorth to puffins 51 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr https://farm1.staticflickr.com/407/1...4d699eb7_c.jpgnorth to puffins 53 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr https://farm1.staticflickr.com/344/1...20aa51c4_c.jpgnorth to puffins 55 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3714/...7c7029d5_c.jpgnorth to puffins 56 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr https://farm1.staticflickr.com/308/1...a33882f9_c.jpgnorth to puffins 57 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr |
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