Iceland 2019 - Land of Fire and Ice

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This was an unreal site. The sun was out (not a usual occurrence in this part of Iceland) and there were many many icebergs in the Lagoon. We went out in the Lagoon in a boat.

The Lagoon is about a mile across. The guide said her grandmother told her the Lagoon was about 50 ft in the 1940's. At the rate it is disappearing, the glacier will be gone within 100 years. Considering that the glacier has been there over 1,000 years that is a pretty big deal.

Jökulsárlón is a glacial lagoon, bordering Vatnajökull National Park in southeastern Iceland. Its still, blue waters are dotted with icebergs from the surrounding Breiðamerkurjökull Glacier, part of larger Vatnajökull Glacier.

We hoped to see puffins, but they are only in Iceland from April to August. These puffins are from postcards; I just thought they needed to be included.

This is 1 of 6 sod churches left in Iceland; it is still in use. The mounds in the lawn are gravesites. There were sheep grazing right next to the church.

We stopped to see a sweet little church that we had seen several times way up the hill from the road. We also saw some of the production of Ice Wear Icelandic wool products.

The glacier was in the distance from the road as we were passing. Dyrhólaey overlooked the Black Pebble Beach that we visited this morning. The waves were heavy. The volcanoes have left so much behind like the structures in the water that seem to come out of nowhere.

The Skógafoss Waterfall was really something! Both Joanne and I got just as close to the Waterfall as we possibly could. Joanne is in the black coat and I am in the blue coat.

Everywhere we look is a photo op in Iceland.

There was a cave to hide in. Check out my new Icelandic sweater.

These waves could be ferocious. Joanne and I watched the point where the wave was coming and ventured out to touch the ocean. This time the wave exploded and came at least 15 feet further. You never saw two citizens run back so fast!