| 1. Day 1: Reykjanes Peninsula; Landmark; Drive from Keflavik to Reykjavik |  |
21. Godafoss falls; 1000 A.D. when a chieftain decided Iceland would adopt Christianity, all Pagan statues were thrown into the falls |  |
| 2. Solfar Sun Voyager sculpture in Reykjavik; I soon checked in to the Radisson Saga Hotel, which was good quality except for the impossible TV remote that was needed to use the video alarm clock |  |
22. Lake Myvatn, far more interesting by air, has many "pseudocraters" that mimic volcanoes |  |
| 3. Elf School; learn of Iceland's "hidden people;" Magnus shows pot given by a "hidden person" to a lady |  |
23. A steaming hot pool in the area of a geothermal plant and diatomite plant |  |
| 4. Instructor Magnus stands by the "Chicken Strike Stone" of hidden-people legend |  |
24. The very volcanic Namafjall Ridge behind Hverarond volcanic vents area |  |
| 5. Day: 2 Horses on southern side of Hvalfjordur fjord in West Iceland |  |
25. Hverarond; location of bubbling volcanic pools and vents; boardwalk tour |  |
| 6. Hvalfjordur Fjord's southern coast drive |  |
26. Volcanic vent at Hverarond |  |
| 7. First of many prominent rhyolite hills seen |  |
27. Flowers on floor of canyon in Asbyrgi National Park |  |
| 8. One of many lava fields seen in western Iceland |  |
28. Asbyrgi Park, formed by floods released after landscapes altered by volcanic events |  |
| 9. One of many views of flatlands around Borgarfjordur, western Iceland |  |
29. Climbing by rope up a low spot in cliffs of Asbyrgi's canyon |  |
| 10. View at top of waterfall above cliff looking toward Hvitserkur sea stack near Osar, NW Iceland |  |
30. Trail on plateau East of Asbyrgi |  |
| 11. Zoom of Hvitserkur, said to be a troll who was frozen's by the light of dawn |  |
31. Day 3: Slept in car at Husavik; picture of church in Husavik with surprising accompaniment of modern art sculpture |  |
| 12. View southward from Osar area |  |
32. Skjalfandi, a broad bay sheltering Husavik; known for whale watching tours |  |
| 13. Glaumbaer; reconstruction of turf houses that were used here prior to ashfall from volcanic eruption |  |
33. Sea stacks east of Husavik, N/NE Iceland coastline |  |
| 14. All-wood organ (even the pipes) in church at Glaumbaer |  |
34. Driftwood on one of Iceland's black sand/grit beaches |  |
| 15. A farm in northern Iceland near a cascading gorge |  |
35. More black sand at the same northern Iceland beach |  |
| 16. Spires of Hrandrangi, once thought to have a pot of gold, above long Oxnadalur valley west of Akureyri |  |
36. Bumpy N/NE Iceland terrain near coastline |  |
| 17. Akureyri, Iceland's second largest city, viewed from across fjord |  |
37. Jrollid; one of many volcanic basalt formations at Hljodaklettar |  |
| 18. Kjarnaskogur, one of the most popular forests in Iceland, much natural, some planted |  |
38. Jokulsa River runs northward through basalt formations of Hljodaklettar and long canyons to Asbyrgi |  |
| 19. One of many bridges along trails at Kjarnaskogur Park |  |
39. Hljodaklettar, close-up of hexagonal basalt shapes |  |
| 20. Natural trees in Iceland growing on a ridge side; tree size decreases with altitude |  |
40. Hljodaklettar, close-up of converging series of hexagonal basalt shapes |  |
