From our campsite at Skaftafell:
I love the way these two get along. They are about a year apart in age and are great at entertaining each other. Even on long drives in an RV.
9/24/14
Cousin pals - Iceland 2014
A football, sunshine, and a cousin/friend. What more does a kid need?
From our campsite at Skaftafell:
I love the way these two get along. They are about a year apart in age and are great at entertaining each other. Even on long drives in an RV.
From our campsite at Skaftafell:
I love the way these two get along. They are about a year apart in age and are great at entertaining each other. Even on long drives in an RV.
9/21/14
The glacier - Iceland 2014
In southern Iceland we made a stop at Skaftafell to see the glacier. I could tell you some facts about glaciers and geology, but isn't that what Google is for? In fact, here is Skaftafell on Wikipedia, if you feel like doing some reading. Instead, here are my personal observations based on the bit of glacier we explored.
1. It's cold on a glacier. I mean, duh, it's ice. But, just a short walk away at our campsite on the national park grounds, we were perfectly comfortable in t-shirts.
2. It's slippery on a glacier. Again, duh, it's ice. But it doesn't LOOK slippery. Very deceiving, those glaciers. We had to be very careful hikers.
3. Glaciers are dirty. Which makes total sense since it's pushing it's way over the earth, moving tons of dirt along with it. BUT...
4. The ice is SO CLEAR! Nothing like those cloudy cubes that come out of your ice maker at home.
Hmmm... chances are, you could have found all that information with Google too. Oh well. On to the photos!
1. It's cold on a glacier. I mean, duh, it's ice. But, just a short walk away at our campsite on the national park grounds, we were perfectly comfortable in t-shirts.
2. It's slippery on a glacier. Again, duh, it's ice. But it doesn't LOOK slippery. Very deceiving, those glaciers. We had to be very careful hikers.
3. Glaciers are dirty. Which makes total sense since it's pushing it's way over the earth, moving tons of dirt along with it. BUT...
4. The ice is SO CLEAR! Nothing like those cloudy cubes that come out of your ice maker at home.
Hmmm... chances are, you could have found all that information with Google too. Oh well. On to the photos!
9/7/14
A rainy day in Iceland
The south of Iceland was rainy. Really rainy. Which made hikes a little less comfortable, and the RVs a little more crowded. (Wet clothes hanging off every available surface, hoping they would dry.) But, there's always a bright side. The rainy weather really didn't matter when it came to hiking behind waterfalls. And if it weren't for the rain, we may not have seen the puffins. You see, puffins fish all day and come back to nest at night. But in the rain they come home from fishing to seek shelter. Lucky for us. Lucky to have rain.
Behind the falls:
And at the next waterfall, we hiked to the top:
The puffins, coming in from the rain:
And when it got too bad to watch the puffins outside, Grampa had his spotting scope set up inside.
Behind the falls:
And at the next waterfall, we hiked to the top:
The puffins, coming in from the rain:
And when it got too bad to watch the puffins outside, Grampa had his spotting scope set up inside.
9/5/14
School starts again!
It's back to school time again. Walter is three days in to his first grade year and so far he loves it! Here he is on the first day of school.
And the three previous first days, for comparison.
And the three previous first days, for comparison.
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