Day 6:
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| Cousins enjoying waterfall views |
Maddy and I made the most of another rainy day here in the east. We took a day trip to Seyðisfjörður, with a brief stop in Egilsstaðir (the big city) both coming and going. The fog driving up over the mountain to get into Seyðisfjörður was intense, to say the least. I could see about 10 feet in front of the car during the worst of it, and was crawling along, my eyes glued to the faded white lines on the road so I'd know where to drive. My knuckles were whiter than normal. It's a shame it was so foggy, because the views driving down into the fjord are spectacular on a clearer day.
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| Seyðisfjörður |
We visited a few local shops around town and had a nice lunch at Nordic Restaurant in Hotel Aldan. They have a great 2 for 1 lunch special so we enjoyed fancy fish, chips, and "mushy peas." It was all very tasty, including the mushy peas.
The weather was not exactly great for hiking, but Maddy and I decided to do at least one short walk up the mountain to see Tvísöngur, which is a strange "site specific sound sculpture" up on the side of the mountains near town. http://www.visitseydisfjordur.com/project/tvisongur-sound-sculpture/
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| Queen of the mountain |
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| Tvísöngur |
It was about a 15-20 minute hike, and relatively steep. Everything around us was lush and lovely and dripping with a light rain. We too were dripping with a light rain, but it didn't make any difference. It felt great to get out and stretch our legs in the cool mountain air after that tasty lunch.
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| Tvísöngur |
The sculpture is fascinating. Maddy figured she could live there quite happily for awhile. She has said that about several places along our route this week, and I'm half afraid that she is going to disappear into the mountains somewhere and I'll have some real explaining to do to her mother.
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| Inside Tvísöngur |
We tried out a series of notes and noises in the different domes to see how the sound was amplified differently in each spot. After we were through with silly noises we sat in silence for a long while and just soaked in the sounds of the mountains around us; the cries of the birds and the distant roar of waterfalls.
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| Seyðisfjörður |
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| Gufufoss 2018 (recreating a photo from this spot in 2009) |
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| Photo at Gufufoss in 2009 |
On the way out of town we made one last stop at a waterfall that my dad and I had visited in 2009. I tried to re-create a picture that I have from this waterfall on that trip.
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| Maddy at Gufufoss |
We stopped again in Egilsstaðir to replenish our snack supply for the big drive tomorrow. We are going to leave Fáskrúðsfjörður early and drive to a farm near Selfoss for Maddy's last night in Iceland. We will make a couple of stops tomorrow along the way, but mostly it will be a lot of driving. I think we will drive back into some sunshine at some point. Friday morning the forecast calls for a 99% chance of horseback riding, so we are both pretty stoked for that.
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