Let us look at some Iceland photos from the fourth day, and even the unofficial fifth, as that was basically one morning of photos, and the rest of the time spent blazing our way back to the airport.


A reflecting lake on a foggy morning.


Blue skies, white clouds.


High clouds with the fisheye lens.


Sunset. The majestic body of water in the foreground is nothing but a small stream whose primary purpose is to provide sheep with water. As I took the sunset photos, there were sheep bleating about sixty feet away!


A waterfall, from the morning of the last day of our trip.


foggy road in the early morning. It’ll be a few hours before it clears up.


Reflecting farmhouses.


And more overcast.


Reflecting cows. Here, all the cows start coming down from the hill, wondering what is going on.


Not a happy cow. Seriously, he came down as close as he could, and he started bellowing at me.


I did the only sensible thing I could think of – I bellowed back. So we bellowed at each other for a while. I have no idea what I just said; for all I know, I just sold Manhattan to the cows for $26.


What’s this – the sun’s coming out?


And a non-reflecting sheep. Run, road-sheep, run.


Abe said: “where do you want this killing done?”
God said: “no, Abe – not what I meant.”


Back to highway 1, heading towards that distant peak.


Not that fast (about 85mph), but it is the fastest we went in Iceland. Triple suicide pass!


Hello random English.


Daniel services the filthy vehicle.


Random convoy of identical vehicles.


Daylight! Look at that, we get a normal-resembling landscape photo.


The road winds between the shore and the mountains, so sometimes it turns directly into the sun.


Out the passenger side window. Duck, Dan!


Green cliffs. Last we saw of these, it was overcast – here is what they look like in direct sunlight.


No, the volcano isn’t erupting – it just looks that way at first glance!


Iceland: home to many bulldozers.


Same high clouds as I had near the beginning of this post. Note the halo at upper right – Dan and I both failed to notice it! I just spotted it when processing the pictures.


Nothing to see here, just a guy walking his cow. (Don’t mind the “JFK, moments before half his brains went missing” pose on the dude – he’s just adjusting his jacket zipper!)


High clouds over the mountains.


Crossing the fjord, as it gets closer and closer to sunset.


A really good road by Iceland standards. Yes, it’s dirt – but at least it isn’t a 43% incline.


Driving fast along the fjord road to set us up for the sunset correctly.


Getting there!


Behold the majestic lake… sort of.


A cloud that makes it look like the sun is trailing smoke behind it as it sets.


And back to the landscape in general.


With a special close-up on the rocks in the foreground.


One with the fisheye – note the silhouette of the bridge on the left side.


Getting pretty near the end.


After an overcast sequence that prevented us from seeing any potential northern lights… here is sunrise!


More waterfalls from the morning of the last day.


Time to drive back to the airport. Why yes, this road looks completely promising!


Ominous clouds.


And we’re back on highway 1 – making a beeline to the airport!


The sun hides behind a cloud momentarily.


Uh oh! Approaching urbanized Reykjavík. What’s this about a freeway bypass to allow traffic to avoid the congestion? Why no, such a thing does not exist!


It sure does look like a freeway, with overhead gantries and all… but there are red lights at every block! I didn’t get a picture of any, since I was too busy attempting to not biff the stick shift by launching in third gear.


Back at the Flugstöð – the airport.


And back in the air. Leaving Iceland. Come back soon!