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I rode my bike today
Paul Evan Jacobs
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Photos because I forget where they fit in on our Iceland trip
Vistas from the road
We had a 5 mile long tunnel
Our Route
1,251 miles
Horseback riding
Travel Scenes
Glacier bay
Vehicles
Most of the vehicles are similar to USA, but a few are different. The Dacis Duster is a ubiquitous little car. Dacia was a Romanian brand bought by Renault in 1999.
A gorge
A bunch of photos from a museum.
The van
We had Pizza
Second Waterfall
Waterfall
Friðheimar farm
Hellisheidi Power Station
We toured one of the main Geothermal plants outside of Reykjavik. We learned that all the electricity AND hot water in the city comes from this plant. The hot water is pumped through insulated pipes to big water tanks in the middle of the city. Our heat and showers...
Reykjavik
Day 1
On our first day we went from the airport to a restaurant with a buffet English breakfast, and large picture windows overlooking a geothermal plant. It seemed a little wierd to choose this man-made vista, rather than a sight of natural beauty. But I thought it was...
Plate tectonics with our own eyes
There is a pedestrian bridge joining the two plates.
Automobile, plane and van
Heading north east today
Test
House Centipedes
These house centipedes always give me a shock, even though I know they are harmless to me.
YMCA
Saturdays are weightlifting class for Lisa and me. I always wonder what event precipitated the need for this sign.
Grilling Kialbasa
Kuat Sherpa2
I need a new bike rack since I have a new car that doesn't work so well with my previous roof racks. I do miss my old roof racks! I borrowed a hitch mount rack from a friend at work, and was very impressed with how easy it was to operate, and how stable it was while...
Native Milkweeds
My native milkweeds are covered with insects!
behind the beautiful forevers
behind the beautiful forevers, Life death, and hope in a Mumbai undercity. by Katherine Boo. I found this book to be compelling and a bit disturbing. It's a tragic study of our modern world. Here is an excerpt: But the slumdwellers rarely got mad together-not even...
Hammond’s
Hammond's broken pretzels taste better than the whole ones. They call them "broked."