After lunch we boarded 3 "Super Jeeps" for the trip0 to the base of the Langjokull Glacier.
Along the way, we passes many glacier run-off streams running along rock strewn valleys.
As we climbed the the terrain became rockier and the mountains and sky darker making photography
more difficult.
But there were still some interesting stark views.
When we reach our destination we entered a trailer and were outfitted with big boot that fit over our shoes, and raincoats etc if needed as the cave was very wet. We boarded a truck, similar to the one coming down here, for the ride up the glacier to the ice cave, and passed a group of snow mobiles
on the hill.
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| "Into the Glacier" |
We entered an opening and followed a downhill, dark, very wet. partly carpeted path. I was too busy trying to retain my balance and hang onto Chuck or the guide, when he saw I was having trouble to think of taking a picture. But we stopped at this sign part way down that was carved into the ice.
The guide scraped the wall of the first room to show us its crystal composition
I pulled out my little camera and snapped this picture of Chuck, cold and wet.
But when I gave it to someone else to get one of us both, he didn't hold it still. Oh well, I was feeling a bit blurry anyway at that moment.
Walking along the passage, carefully he showed us a crevasse in the floor, that didn't make me feel comfortable.
Nor did this one in the wall.
But a bit further on was this little Ice Chapel where one could be married.
With an Ice "Fish" in the wall.
Driving through the dramatic Kaldidalur Valley on one of the highest mountain roads in Iceland is spectacular, even on a cloudy day.
Look at this beautifully sculptured snow remaining of the side of this mountain.
The cloud hanging over this mountain only increases the drama.
Here with the water running in streams from the mountains.
And the clouds above.
And the clouds above.
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