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Photo by Andy Miller, UK, Taking a rest, Jokulsarlon, Iceland

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Photo by Andy Miller, UK,
Taking a rest,
Jokulsarlon, Iceland



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Wow, what a beautiful pictures !
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We tried to make a circle route by heading further east to get one of the infamous “F” roads (F338) back, but arriving at the start of the dirt road we found it was blocked off due to snow! We backtracked a bit and headed to the campground at Thingvellir.


golden circle 61 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr



Here several other riders joined us. We had run into these 3 German guys several days in a row and so we felt it was time for a photo op.


olafsvk 3 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr


olafsvk 1 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr

golden circle 62 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr


olafsvk 2 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr
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In the morning we toured the National Park. This is an important site as it was the location of the first parliament established in 930 and remaining here until 1798. The park was founded in 1930 to mark the 1000 th anniversary. It is also a location where you can see the continental plates are pulling apart.

olafsvk 4 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr


DSC01203 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr

olafsvk 17 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr

olafsvk 21 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr

olafsvk 7 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr

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olafsvk 11 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr





olafsvk 12 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr





olafsvk 14 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr


olafsvk 15 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr


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Our plan for the day was to head north to the Snaefellsnes Peninsula.


Screen Shot 2015-07-13 at 12.57.43 AM by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr



We did take the long way around the fjord and not the tunnel shortcut and we also took 40 km loop on the dirt roads towards the west coast to see the wetlands. Here you can see a lot of the famous Icelandic horses.

olafsvk 32 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr

olafsvk 34 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr


olafsvk 31 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr

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olafsvk 38 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr

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olafsvk 43 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr


olafsvk 44 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr

olafsvk 46 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr

olafsvk 47 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr

olafsvk 48 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr


olafsvk 83 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr
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After you get out onto the Peninsula you head for the national park.

olafsvk 85 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr


olafsvk 49 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr


olafsvk 50 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr

olafsvk 51 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr
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We were just inside the Snaefellsjoekull National Park and driving down a side road to see a waterfall we found the 800 has a low rear tire.

olafsvk 52 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr


olafsvk 53 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr


We pumped it back up, but when we check it again in 10 k it was low again. At least we had a pullout off the road to change the tire. Inspecting the tube dry we could not find a hole and we could see nothing inside or outside on the tire. We put in a new tube and headed off.


olafsvk 56 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr


olafsvk 54 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr


olafsvk 58 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr


olafsvk 60 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr

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Driving along there are often signs and parking lots and you never know what you might find. Some are boring duds, but some are awesome like the bird wall at Vatnshellir Cave where we saw our second Puffin.

olafsvk 65 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr

olafsvk 64 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr


olafsvk 63 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr

olafsvk 70 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr

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The volcanic peak dominates the park. The Snaefellsjokull glacier sits on top of an active volcano that is 4745 ft. We in fact saw its snow covered peak from Reykjavik about 200 away as the crow flies. Here you ride around the base of the volcano. On the north side we came across another small crater that you can hike to the top of in about 10 minutes.


olafsvk 94 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr

olafsvk 87 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr



olafsvk 88 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr





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Continuing on we drove thru an area with bird flight warning signs and they really mean it.


olafsvk 91 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr


olafsvk 92 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr

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We were about 4 km from the campsite and Dan’s tire was low again.



olafsvk 97 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr



He pumped it up and limped to the camping. Here when we took the tube out it was almost shredded and at about 10 cm from the valve. Looking at the tire there was noting! We tried to really compress it at that spot and finally saw a metal shard peaking thru. Like a sliver in your skin it took some effort to get it out. The new tube was toast, but Dan was able to patch up the old one once we had some soapy water on it you could identify the tiny punctures.




olafsvk 98 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr


olafsvk 99 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr


olafsvk 100 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr


olafsvk 101 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr
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This was quite a day for our 19 th wedding anniversary, but I still managed to pull off a nice dinner for the “sun set” at almost midnight.


olafsvk 102 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr


olafsvk 103 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr


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Today we are headed to the famed Western Fjords. We have a long day of 398 Km a lot of which is off road.



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But first we decided to try and see if we could get up the road near Olafsvik, which goes up to the glacier. It all went well for about 20 km until the road was blocked with snow!


north to puffins 2 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr


north to puffins 1 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr


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Back on the intermittently paved highway we were headed west and north past lava fields, lush green hills, and waterfall after waterfall.

north to puffins 31 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr


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