We woke up this morning, consolidated into one van and took it on the ferry to Vestmannaeyjabaer Islands. It was clearer and warmer than it had ever been when we’ve been on the ferry, so we went outside and up on the deck in the front and back, watching the birds and the boat coming…
This morning we woke up to a thick fog. We almost didn’t go on the boat tour to Grimsey island off of the town here, but we went anyway. Many of the islands here seem to have the same name. Grimsey is also the name of the island that sits on the artic circle –…
Yesterday we got up and drove out to see the puffins on the far end of the island one last time. Steve ran there as Sage and I drove. It looked like the kind of run you’d see as an option on my treadmill. There were lots of puffins, confirming our suspicion that the morning…
What a great day. After breakfast we drove to a bird watching hut that we had learned about on yesterday’s afternoon boat tour. It is a small hut with indoor and outdoor viewing of a cliff side with hundreds of puffin burrows. On the cliff we saw tons of puffins. Sage can very clearly say…
We woke up this morning and drove to a nearby lookout for breakfast. Then we drove to the end of the island and hiked around looking at the cliffs, the birds and sheep. We met another couple with a little girl that was 15 months. There were a lot of people at first, but once…
Yesterday we woke up and drove to a hike from the ring road. It was beautiful. We saw a few people as we arrived and a few on the way out, otherwise it was just us and birds and sheep along the whole valley. We walked for about 3.5 miles round trip. The trail followed…
On Saturday, we woke up and drove to the ferry to Vestmannaeyjabaer Island. It is also Sage’s second birthday today. She has already had two birthday parties at home before we came, so she was very excited about the idea and the song. She opened a gift from Sheryl and Brian on the ferry, of…