We first stopped at the huge Gullfoss waterfall.
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The entire Gullfoss waterfall |
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The top of the Gullfoss waterfall |
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Lori would be the talk of the town if she wore this in downtown San Francisco |
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We then walked around Geysir park.
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The Geysir park |
The Geysir geyser, which is dormant until there are earthquakes |
The brilliant blue hole of the Konungshver geyser |
Moments after a regular Strokkur eruption |
The Strokkur geyser |
Lori survives a soaking by the geyser |
This water is very, very hot |
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This is the rift valley where the Atlantic and Pacific plates meet so there are lots of earthquakes here. Homes are heated with their own thermal source. Most greenhouses are here too. We took a tour of the Friðheimer greenhouse where we had delicious tomato soup.
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A nasturtium leaf captures a large water droplet |
Innovative planters |
We visited the tomato greenhouse of the Friðheimar company |
Artificial lights allow these tomatoes to grow year round |
Once a week, the vine is twisted around the string, which is lengthened |
And older, ripe tomatoes are picked from the bottom |
A bag of dirt (and drip irrigation) is enough for these three tomato plants |
A clever scissors is used to shred basil into the fresh (and delicious!) tomato soup |
Lori in front of a Friðheimar sign, a pot of soup, and basil plants |
Finally, we made a short 4 mi hike to a warm stream where we bathed for half an hour.
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Rocks are colored and softened by the hot springs |
Steam hisses from this spring |
Bill and Lori over the steamy Reykjadalur valley |
Boiling water emerges in this stream |
Still more boiling water enters the stream |
An Icelandic tradition: Thermal pool, fermented shark,
and Brennivin |
Photo by Dan Heller |
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This water was boiling very vigorously |
Lori and Gunnar hike out of the Reykjadalur valley |
Waterfalls and steam |
Boiling mud |
An Icelandic horse (with long tail) |
Two Icelandic horses |
Gunnar the horse whisperer |
Gunnar and the horse laugh at one of Dan's jokes |
Yes, there are lots of sheep in Iceland |
These were the first sheep that didn't just show me their butts |
No, this wasn't posed at all! |
The hikers relax on the bus on the way to their next hotel after their hike and hot soak in the stream |
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