Lisa
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Lighthouses (Viti):
Typical Icelandic lighthouses are square-shaped with colors being white, orange or yellow. They have over one hundred; we didn’t see them all. Dyrholaey Lighthouse is where we saw our first puffins. They were on the cliff to the east of this lighthouse and relatively close to us. Skarsviti is on Vatnsnes peninsula where we watched…
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Waterfalls, East and North
After eating pizza in Egilsstadir, we decided nothing would be better on a full stomach than a waterfall hike before checking into our hotel. Fardagafoss is east of town and has a small parking lot. We had only two other groups there as we hiked. The views of the river valley were fantastic. Supposedly there…
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Waterfalls (foss), South
If you love waterfalls, Iceland is for you! They are all over the countryside. The most famous one is Gullfoss, the golden falls. It was privately owned and destined for being harnessed for electricity until the government bought it in 1979, and it became a tourist attraction instead. You can stay dry on top or…
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Fun in Ft. Collins
We had great weather and lots of activities while visiting Dad and my brother Kenny and his family in Ft. Collins. Highlights included: * This is a group of volunteers at Nix farms where bindweed “extraction”, as my dad calls it, seemed to be their most common activity. They love to gather for breakfast and…
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Birding Adventures
Wild Red-crowned Parrots have migrated from Mexico to the Rio Grande Valley between Brownsville and McAllen. We rode to Brownsville with Paul and Roxann do some shopping and stopped at the Joe and Tony Oliveira Park at sunset. Hundreds of very talkative parrots arrive from all directions to roost in the park trees each night.…
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USS John F. Kennedy
“Any of you boys seen an aircraft carrier around here?” Maverick’s movie line came to mind as we tried to figure out when to see the biggest ship we’d probably ever witness coming through the Brownsville Ship Channel, which starts at the southern tip of SPI. The rumor mills were alive and well at Isla…
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Happy New Year from South Padre Island
We arrived shortly after official check-in time on Jan. 1 to our winter destination—South Padre Island. So far it has been a cold couple of weeks, but we see neat things on the beach, get plenty of exercise and fresh air and are hopeful to see a Space X launch soon. Last April, we got…
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Mustang Island beach
Mustang Island is a barrier island that protects Corpus Christi Bay and has a miles-long beach with several access points. The past two years we stayed at the state park here, but this year we chose to be in the town of Port Aransas to try a different spot. This is a small beach community…
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Texas State Aquarium
I had a lovely visit to the aquarium in Corpus Christi this year. Tony stayed in the van working and keeping the cats company. Highway 181 with the Harbor Bridge is elevated here and there is a huge parking lot below. Makes for shady parking in the hot summer months. They had nice displays centered…
