More pics from our Iceland trip.

Some of (Well, a lot of) my photos look similar. For instance, many water falls were fantastic and I found myself taking photos of them from different angles and distances.  But hey, that's OK.  Here are a few more.

Light house and beach near the home we were staying at.

Beautiful church in down town Reykjavik.

This is the black sand volcanic beach at the town of Vik on the south side.

Not an uncommon sight... steam rising from the ground.. hot pools of water.

In many places the rocks formed from lava were covered with miss.. very spongy to walk on.

More hot pools.

Grass covered house.. no longer used other than a tourist attraction.

Took us a while but we finally noticed a pattern.. sheep (which were everywhere) usually travelled in groups of 3.  Turns out that the ewes from the previous year usually stayed with the momma until they were grown up and started their own family.  There were sheep everywhere and we are still wondering how the farmers kept track of their livestock.

And, here we go again...  more pics of Iceland to follow.. Life is Good.

Some pics from our trip to Iceland.

Well, we (Julie, Scott, and I) spent 12 days in Iceland and it was a fun trip.  We travelled Iceland Air and flew out of MSP on the 26 July and returned on the 7th of Aug.  The country was so interesting and not really what I expected.  The landscapes were covered with rock in many/most places... the type of rock was what you see from the volcanic eruptions that are a big part of the history of the island.

People were friendly... most spoke english and the most descriptive word we came up with to describe them was "stoic".  I had originally expected to try look up some relatives but we were so into travelling and taking in the sights that we just didn't find the time... maybe next trip?

OK... here's a bunch of pics from the trip.  If my transfer of pics to this blog works, I'll probably put more up later.. I transferred over 400 pics off my little camera when I got home so you can see how impressive the country is.  Translation = Waterfalls and Fjords!

There were beautiful and magnificent water falls EVERYWHERE.

This is the type of landscape in the flat areas covered with rocks from the volcanic eruptions.

My idea of a gourmet snack.  Hard fiskur drying on the racks... YUMMY!

We spent a lot of time in the north west part of the island .... the fjords were so so nice.

Line ups to buy the local gourmet meal of lamb based hot dogs. 

More pics to follow... yeah, Life is Good.

Is June done already....

So it was a nice warm sunny day so I decided to take my camera out and take a few pics on the house boat community.  I wanted to see if I could make it up the steps to pilot's monument as well as I've been a bit lax about keeping active and fit.. Too easy to over eat and drink a lot of beers in the evenings I suppose..

Anyways.. here's a few fotos I took today.

Love the colours on a bright summer's day.

Life is good.

Hiking the Frame Lake Trail

Took a hike around the city today.. the Frame Lake Trail circles the greater part of the city and gives some really nice views of the water with the skyline in the background.  It's about a 2 hour hike for an older person... like me... got some nice pics.

Knee throbbing a bit... back kinda stiff... will sleep good tonight.

Life is Good...

Yellowknife tourist..

I finally got to play tourist the past few days so I loaded up my camera and hit for some hotspots.

First stop with the Prince of Wales Museum... I was kind of disappointed with the displays as two of the main rooms were undergoing renovations and were closed up... great time to start a major renovation with tourist season just around the corner.

I did manage to take some pics at the wildlife gallery.. good mix of local Northern fauna...

It's a fun gallery... motion activated for the sounds the animals make.. the polar bear was the first one I saw and the growl of the bear almost scared this great white hunter.

Life is good.