Goda Ferd and Takk Fyrir

My Iceland adventure is concluding and I have squeezed as much as I could into this trip considering the unfortunate closure of the Southeastern section of the ring road.  I love Iceland and it needs to be further explored.  The scenery is incredible, the people are intelligent and friendly (but not overly so) and there is so much to see and do here.  The center of the country needs 4wd vehicles, but has some outstanding scenery; there are hotpots, pools and hot springs everywhere that could take up weeks of exploration and, with the exception of the South, there are few people on the roads (especially the gravel ones!). A week is not enough but it is the time I allotted.  I’ve met some really interesting people and have seen some amazing sights, although no aurora was in my forecast for this trip.  Maybe next time . . .

There are a lot of photos for such a short trip, but I really had to pick and choose.  I have hundreds that I haven’t shared that are of incredible scenes.  Iceland is really a beautiful place and you could literally spend months exploring this place if the weather and your finances allowed.

For those who asked – here is what I have lived in for the past week.  It served me well, but the Wifi sucked!!!  Iceland is big on roundabouts to get around towns (always interesting) and one lane bridges (probably a necessity).  It’s been a driving challenge sometimes in a manual transmission van with six speeds.  Why?  It reminded me of Spinal Tap with the amp that goes to 11 and made me smile along the way.

I spent the last night in Dingvellir Park at the end of the Golden Circle.  It was super cold and I woke to a dusting of snow on the hills around me.  Time to head home!

By the way, the title means good luck and thank you.
See y'all soon.

Ta da!  Here it is! 

For inside pics, Happy Campers, Iceland

Love the moss in Iceland.  It covers everything!

This area is full of cairns and it's considered good luck to add a rock
(which of course I did).  The road department actually leaves a pile
of spare rocks for people so they can!

The beach in the town of Vik.

More beautiful scenes along the road.

Geysir (where the Icelanders say we got the word geyser).
I could have watched it go off all day.  Fascinating!

The real Gulfoss Falls (the falls in the first blog needs to be corrected, but I don't know what it's called!
This one is huge and noisy and wet!

The rift between the North American and Eurasian tectonic plates. 
Also the most important site to Icelanders as important meetings were
Held here by their Viking ancestors since somewhere between 800 and 900.
You can actually snorkel in lake and see the rift.  I met a nice couple from
the Toronto area that were going to do it the next day.  Cool!