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Site of completion of transcontinental railroad May 10, 1869

Iron Horse RV Resort

Navigato guides us from Grover Hot Springs to Sorensen’s RV park for first night.

John (and Jessie) Thanks for the travelogue. Sounds like a beautiful adventure.
Safe and happy trails.
Marty

On Jun 16, 2019, at 1:48 AM, JB <jbeeley> wrote:

Virtually everything in Iceland is volcanic! It’s striking that everywhere we’ve been ice or glacier capped mountains are visible, many of them (currently) dormant volcanoes. Yesterday, on yet another beautiful warm sunny day here, we visited Lake Myvatn where I scampered up a 2700 year old volcano with a perfect cone shape, we drove thru acres of lava flow, visited bubbling mud pots and ended up soaking at a “natural” hot pool. Almost every town is heated by geothermal water and Myvatn has a large geothermal power plant. In the absence of geothermal power, hydroelectric is the norm. (No solar power evident.) in one small town, they are considering piping geothermal water from across a fiord miles away to heat the houses.

Other than a cooler day recently, temps have been 10-14 deg C (about 60+) but most people are still wearing warm jackets. A breeze is always present, if not a stronger wind. On the prior cruise reportedly it was cold and rained everyday and it snowed in Akureyri so we’ve been very fortunate.

Today we go whale and puffin watching.

From the Farm Hotel,
John

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On Jun 15, 2019, at 5:03 PM, Ann Duwe <ann.duwe> wrote:

It all looks volcanic. Is it?

On Jun 15, 2019, at 7:24 AM, Jessie Herr <jessie01> wrote:

Two views of the lake and John shows how warm it is (58 deg-F)

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Virtually everything in Iceland is volcanic! It’s striking that everywhere we’ve been ice or glacier capped mountains are visible, many of them (currently) dormant volcanoes. Yesterday, on yet another beautiful warm sunny day here, we visited Lake Myvatn where I scampered up a 2700 year old volcano with a perfect cone shape, we drove thru acres of lava flow, visited bubbling mud pots and ended up soaking at a “natural” hot pool. Almost every town is heated by geothermal water and Myvatn has a large geothermal power plant. In the absence of geothermal power, hydroelectric is the norm. (No solar power evident.) in one small town, they are considering piping geothermal water from across a fiord miles away to heat the houses.

Other than a cooler day recently, temps have been 10-14 deg C (about 60+) but most people are still wearing warm jackets. A breeze is always present, if not a stronger wind. On the prior cruise reportedly it was cold and rained everyday and it snowed in Akureyri so we’ve been very fortunate.

Today we go whale and puffin watching.

From the Farm Hotel,
John

Sent from my iPad

> On Jun 15, 2019, at 5:03 PM, Ann Duwe wrote: >
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It is. Very.

It all looks volcanic. Is it?

> On Jun 15, 2019, at 7:24 AM, Jessie Herr wrote: >
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Looks beautiful!

On Sat, Jun 15, 2019, 2:47 AM Jessie Herr <jessie01> wrote:

Our three masted ship in between the giant cruise ships in harbor. We’ve just left the Pan Orama heading for the farm hotel at Godsfoss and a soak in Lake Myvatn.

Two views of the lake and John shows how warm it is (58 deg-F)