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Yearly Archives: 2010

The Gulls of Reykjavik City Hall

I love birds … big birds, small birds, fat birds, tall birds. I used to have a bird zoo – 7 large parrots, peacocks, ginnie fowl, chickens, ducks. I even used to have a boss whose last name was Bird . So when Ragga took me into town for the day and we saw an…

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Iceland – Queen of Icelandic mountains, and an Oops…

We drove through the Highlands of Iceland where the beautiful Mt. Herdubreid is located. It’s on the Oskjuleið Route is a 1682m high table mountain. It is the national mountain of Iceland and often called the “Queen of Icelandic mountains” — it is beautiful and majestic… These are the views of the “Queen” and its…

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Iceland – Námaskarð, mud pots and fumaroles

Námaskarð, Mine Pass, one of Icelands geothermal lagoons, is located between Námafjall and Dalfjalland, east of Námafjall and is 410 meters (1300 feet) above sea level. Námaskarð is known for its volcanic clusters of bubbling mud pots, [solfataras], and its fizzing jets of volcanic gasses and steam [fumaroles]. Arriving at Námaskarð, the first thing I…

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