{"id":825,"date":"2021-06-29T05:30:45","date_gmt":"2021-06-29T10:30:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/debbiewebbie.net\/blog\/?p=825"},"modified":"2023-12-26T21:34:44","modified_gmt":"2023-12-27T02:34:44","slug":"mon-june-28-day-13-vik-beach-a-couple-of-waterfalls","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/debbiewebbie.net\/blog\/?p=825","title":{"rendered":"Day 13: Vik beach & a couple of waterfalls"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n

It was kind of a slow day for us today. Our trip is winding down and we\u00e2\u20ac™ll start making our was westward, getting closer to Reykjavik. Today we work up to more wind and dense fog over Vik, obscuring everything around us.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

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Haze is still with us.<\/figcaption>\r\n<\/figure>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

But, as the morning progressed a small bit of blue sky poked through the haze and most of the thick stuff cleared up enough to see our surroundings and a mostly cloudless sky.\u00c2\u00a0However some haze did lingered.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

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Haze cleared and a mountain appeared<\/figcaption>\r\n<\/figure>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

We headed for the amazing black beach, with the ever present wind ensuing that we would ingest some of that very sand we were treading upon. The tide was out, so we had a bit more beach to wonder. The wind would try to push back the waves as they came ashore sending spray backwards as the waves tried to break on the beach. The cliffs were full of sea birds. Sadly, I didn\u00e2\u20ac™t see or hear Puffins among them. I was hoping Bob would get a chance to see one in action.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

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Wind trying to push back the waves from the beach.<\/figcaption>\r\n<\/figure>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

We headed westward to see the famous waterfalls, Sk\u00c3\u00b3gafoss & Seljalandsfoss which is extra special because you can walk behind it. The waterfalls were beautiful as usual and we were among many people gawking at them.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

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A quick snap of Sk\u00c3\u00b3gafoss, if you are a Viking TV series fan you may have seen these falls in the show.
My black and white photo from a number of years ago in my Flickr feed is a much nicer shot.<\/figcaption>\r\n<\/figure>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
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At Seljalandsfoss You can walk behind the falls. A totally different experience than when we came in Oct. 2014.<\/figcaption>\r\n<\/figure>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

Scrambling over slippery rocks and slick mud paths. Rainbows sparking and dancing beneath the waterfall.\u00c2\u00a0

It seems some things have changed a bit since we last visited. Roads were changed up, cafes on the premises and pay and display parking.\u00c2\u00a0<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

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Behind the waterfalls where the moss covers the rocks, the rock ceiling, rock walls, and the few handrails there to help you along the path.<\/figcaption>\r\n<\/figure>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

Basically that was it for our sightseeing adventures. But this gives us time for some reflection on this and our other visits to this amazingly beautiful country.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

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We never knew there were so many Lupins covering the country. Here they are reaching out to a glacier.<\/figcaption>\r\n<\/figure>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

We passed lots of farms, some of them much bigger than we have seen in previous parts of the country. Large fields of green grass, hay being raked into mounds or wrapped in big plastic bails. We are also now in horse country again. They are everywhere and lots of places that offer riding & horse rentals.\u00c2\u00a0
We\u00e2\u20ac™re also seeing more cows, larger herds of them. But no where near the type size of the farming operations you see in the US. All that butter and Skyr had to come from somewhere, and we think we may have found the motherlode.Absent from your standard farm livestock fare were pigs, chickens and ducks, tho they do see them parts at the grocery stores.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

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The wind would occasions blow him off his perch, but he would set himself back down when there was a break.<\/figcaption>\r\n<\/figure>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
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Don\u00e2\u20ac™t know what these are yet but there grow in a mix of black lava sand and dirt and even the flies find something to eat on them.<\/figcaption>\r\n<\/figure>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

We are camping in a small city campground in Hveragerdi a bit north of Selfoss, off the Ring Road. The campground is really nice very organized with numbered sights and everything! We are hoping the local pool with have a hot pot for Paul to wallow in. It has been awhile since he had a good soak in a 112 degrees hot pot.

Had pizza and beer at a local pub. Bob took us for a ride around the the town after dinner and we found another golf course. Bob wanted to join so he could play a round. Then it was off to bed as we have to sign up for out virus test in Reykjavik test in order to come home.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

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