I'm not going to talk much here, but instead just say this: The auroras the night of January 2nd and morning of January 3rd were incredible. Clear and strong enough to be photographed by an iPhone right next to the moon. I'm not going to post it because it was
Before I post more about the wonderous and mystical auroras and landscapes that can be found in Icelend, I wanted to introduce you to Fred. Fred likes to make faces at people.
On my phone, I have an Aurora Forecast app. It labeled the 2nd and 3rd as activity levels 4 and 5 (5 is the highest). Actually, let me first preface this with a quick note: We left the scenic farm and drove back to Vik (just past Vik to the
When we got to the Jokulsarlon Glacier Lagoon, we first went to the glacier side (the road is smack in the middle of the glacier and beach where it flows to it's inevitable end in the Atlantic. It's really difficult to put into words what this place looked like. It's
After Dyrhólaey, we treked farther east and hooked north, around the other side of the volcano and glacier national park (photos coming soon). We stayed at quite the photogenic farm. This ended up being our home base for the next couple of days. We drove back south towards the glacial