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Now I'm wishing my flight to Paris was on Iceland Air so I could have my free stopover there for a few nights! A plan is forming though for a future Europe trip with the family....
Trying to catch up - based on the weather (warm up/snow melt) I assume the reason you are seeing so many geese is due to migration. Geese travel in large groups during migration. I have seen 100's in a single group of snow geese & trumpeters. During fall migration I saw once 100's of Canadian geese in group after group dotting the sky. I assume it would be the same in Iceland. If you had a close up of the geese I could try to identify it for you.
The falls were so beautiful. The layers of cascading "veils" were truly stunning. Nice job with the selfies. You stated the geyser was pretty dependable - does it erupt often? Was surprised to read ypu didn't pet those sweet looking horses.
If there were cows to be found - you would see them. The shop seemed very unique with all the viewing areas of the cows/calves. Too cute. I can see why you didn't want to leave.
Trying to catch up - based on the weather (warm up/snow melt) I assume the reason you are seeing so many geese is due to migration. Geese travel in large groups during migration. I have seen 100's in a single group of snow geese & trumpeters. During fall migration I saw once 100's of Canadian geese in group after group dotting the sky. I assume it would be the same in Iceland. If you had a close up of the geese I could try to identify it for you.
Interesting. Most of the birds we saw were swans - if they migrate, that would definitely explain it.
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The falls were so beautiful. The layers of cascading "veils" were truly stunning. Nice job with the selfies. You stated the geyser was pretty dependable - does it erupt often?
It's about every 10 minutes or so at the most, sometimes quicker than that. At one point, I think it went off three times in about five minutes.
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Was surprised to read ypu didn't pet those sweet looking horses.
They just don't do anything for me. Donkeys? Now that would be a different matter.
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If there were cows to be found - you would see them.
Saturday 29 April – part seven: this is how we saw it last time…
We stopped at one point to get some shots, as by now the wind wasn’t whipping too badly, and it didn’t blow us away…
As we drove away, we saw this sign, which got us both worried… Thankfully we didn’t see a single one, which was a great relief…
The lake and the snow capped mountains continued to dominate the scenery. We stopped here to get some shots of the lake, and the sun was so bright, and the wind so strong, I couldn’t see what I was taking. I was literally pointing and shooting, as my eyes were watering, so I couldn’t even use the viewfinder to get any shots. Despite that, they didn’t come out too badly…
We set off again, seeing lots more dizzying scenery, and with the rain still present in the distance, but thankfully not troubling us…
As we drove higher (about the only useful function on the Garmin was that it told us our height above (or occasionally below) sea level), we started to notice the snow on the ground everywhere we looked. Now it was starting to resemble how we’d seen it last February….
And then, almost without warning, we were out of the snow, and it had gone back to just being present on the mountains, and everywhere else was clear again. It was a very weird experience, seeing it change so quickly.
Before we knew it, we were starting to see signs of civilisation.
Elevation makes a huge difference with the snow. It's like driving through Colorado. I guess it's not called Iceland for nothing!
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Elevation makes a huge difference with the snow. It's like driving through Colorado. I guess it's not called Iceland for nothing!
True! And on the subject of snow, I am horrified to see photos of snow from friends in the States today... Colorado and northern New Mexico from what I understand...
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Thankfully we didn’t see a single one, which was a great relief… 
I simply cannot get over the beauty of Iceland!!
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