Month: March 2014

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South Shore Adventure Gallery

Top of Skógafoss
Rocks Climbing at Skógafoss
Mountainside and Hillside at Skógafoss
Combs and Cop at Skógar Museum
Spindles and Whorls at Skógar Museum
Fish Skin Shoes with Knitted Liners at Skógar Museum
Spinning Wheel Bonanza at Skógar Museum
Skein it Up at Skógar Museum!
Skógar Turf Houses
Turn it Up! Bring the Noise!
Reconstructed Buildings at Skógar
Chapel at Skógar Museum
Chapel Interior at Skógar Museum
Reynisdrangar Morphosis
Basalt Columns at Reynisdrangar
Sea Basalt at Reynisdrangar
Reynisdrangar
Dyrhólaey from Reynisdrangar
Beach Grasses at Vik
Black Sand at Vik
Beach Grass at Vik
High Contrasts at Mýrdalsjökull
Icy at Mýrdalsjökull
Cloud Wave
Vestmannaeyjar from Seljalandsfoss
Seljalandsfoss
Ölfusá from Ring Road
Snow Covered Sunset South of Reykjavik
Dramatic Frozen Tjörnin
Tjörnin Looks Electric

Golden Circle Gallery

Behold the splendor of a few Golden Circle sights from today:

Roadside View
Roadside Wapors
Strokkur’s Admirers
Wapor
Chroma at Geysir
Geothermal Pool at Geysir
Strokkur Wapor
Gullfoss Overview
Gullfoss First Cascade
Icy Gullfoss Upper Banks
Gullfoss River Rift
Þingvallavyn Light
Þingvellir Rift Walls
Mountains at Þingvallavatn
Þingvallavatn

Lopi Love, As Promised

Lettlopi at Álafoss

Lettlopi at Álafoss

We rode the  #15 bus out to Mosfellsbær to go to the Álafoss Wool Store. Compared to Central Reykjavik, this area is on the rural end of a suburban spectrum.  That is, there’s not a lot going on out there in terms of commercial development or housing. Here’s the view from the bus:

#15 Bus to Mosfellsbær

#15 Bus to Mosfellsbær

Once we got off the bus, there was an over the river-and-through-the-woods walk to Álafoss.

Footpath to Álafoss

Footpath to Álafoss

The Álafoss wool factory was founded at the same spot in 1896. There were displays of old knitting and spinning equipment, knit garments for sale, and of course… yarn!

I indulged in a few yarn cakes. Yummy!