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Iceland Land of Fire and Ice, March 2023

Brochure for this trip: Iceland Land of Fire and Ice

Feb 28, 2023: An Iceland Travelers’ Social was held at Carol Barrett’s beautiful house! Lots of pictures… 

Trip A – Iceland Aurora
Trip A – Aurora near hotel
Northern Lights at Midnight!
Trip A – Social Work Retirees
Trip A – 14 travelers!
Jean and Mark Harrison at the fissure
Trip A – Black Sand Beach
Bob Lawrence at Thingvellir
Black Sand Beach
Gullfoss
View from Bob Lawrence’s hotel room
Reykjavik
Sybil & Keith Momii, Randy & Jo Wallace
Reykjavik
Tany at the fissure
Baptismal Font in Church – single slab of crystal on volcanic base
Keith & Sybil Momii
Pathway down to the fissure
Sybil & Keith Momii
WELCOME TO ICELAND! WE DON’T DRINK MUCH.
Mary and Jim Crook
Carolyn, Jean and Sharon
FRIDHEIMER TOMATO AND HORSE FARM (BELOW)
Fridheimar Tomato and Horse Farm
Riding with beer
Iceland horse
Fridheimar Tomato and Horse Farm
Kiss my …
Amazing Iceland food
Fridheimer Menu
Learning how to grow tomatoes in Iceland
Tomato farmer
Bee swarms pollenate tomato plants before releasing the plants into the greenhouse
Fridheimar Tomato Farm
Fridheimar Tomato Farm
Fridheimar Tomato and Horse Farm
Iceland Horse ignoring us
Texans order nachos in Iceland
Sybil Momii considering riding away
Keith Momii saying, “I can grow bigger tomatos than this!”
Icelandic horses scratching each others’ backs
GORGEOUS VIEWS
View from the hotel
View from the hotel
Frozen bus views
Less-frozen bus views
Geyser at Strokkhur
Kliefarvatn Lake
Kliefarvatn Lake – Tristin Caramiho and Michael Brock
Kleifarvatn Lake
Lake Kleifarvatn
Lake Kleifarvatn
Kleifarvatn Lake
Lake Kleifarvatn – Randy Wallace photo
Lake Kleifarvatn – Randy Wallace photo
Selijalandsfoss Rainbow
Seljalandsfoss Waterfall – Randy Wallace photo
Selfoss
Sharon Justic and Jean Harrison add a little sunshine to a dreary day!
Selfoss – Keith and Sybil Momii
Selfoss
Gullfoss
Randy and Jo Wallace – Gullfoss Golden Waterfall
Gulfoss – Tristin Caramiho
Gulfoss Golden Circle Tour – Keith and Sybil Momii
Hook ‘Em – Joni Jellison
BLUE LAGOON (BELOW) – Special thanks to those who sneaked back to take “illegal” pictures!
Blue Lagoon
Blue Lagoon
Blue Lagoon – Sybil, Tany
Blue Lagoon
Blue Lagoon
Blue Lagoon
Blue Lagoon
Blue Lagoon
Lagoon shopping
SO MANY WONDERFUL ACTIVIES
Joni and John Jellison
Hofoi
Joni and John Jellison in Reykjavik
Reykjavik
Reykjavik troll?
Reykjavik
Rekykjavik Hofoi
Reykjavik
Fine dining in Iceland
Fine dining in Iceland
Alice and Randy
Robin, Bob, Tany (Holly should have been in this picture)
Reykjavik
Reykjavik Hallgrimskirkja Organ Pipes
Reykjavik Hallgrimskirkja
Reykjavik
Reykjavik Harbor
Reykjavik Hofoi
Statue honoring ghosts living in diplomatic residence
Reykjavik
Reykjavik
Reykjavik
Volcanic Rock Landscape
Gorgeous view!
Church
Reynisfjara Black Sand Beach and Basalt Calumns
Reynisfjara Black Sand Beach and Basalt Columns
Reynisfjara Black Sand Beach and Basalt Calumns
Reynisfjara Black Sand Beach and Basalt Calumns
Thingvellir National Park Tectonic Plates Eurasia and America
Thingvellir National Park
Thingvellir National Park
Landscape from the bus
Landscape from the bus
Thermal activity
Krysuvik Geothermal area
Krysuvik Geothermal area
Krysuvik Geothermal area
Lake Pingvallavatn – Randy Wallace photo
Lake Pingvallavatn – Randy Wallace photo
Eurasian North American Tectonic Plate Rift
Undercover houses and … shark bones?
Icelandic Horses