Lögberg-Heimskringla - 04.02.1994, Blaðsíða 2

2 • Lögberg-Heimskringla • Föstudagur 4. febrúar 1994
Touring lceland in the summer
Djúpivogur with Mt. Búlandstindur in the background.
Submltted by Johanna Wilson
A letter from lceland
We thank you for the
greetings and pictures
that we received from
you a few days ago.
We took a tour of Iceland 5-
12 of August. We drove east
over the south part and stayed
at Höfn in Homafirði the first
night. The weather was very
nice and good, sunny and clear
skies for viewing.
We continued east over the
Almannaskarð (mountain
divide) and could see west out
to Suðursveit and Vatnajökull,
and to the east we saw a mag-
nificent mountain view over
Lón county and Lón bay.
When one comes east of
Almannaskarð, one sees wind-
ing there Vesturhor to the
southwest and Austurhorn to
the east, with Lónsvík in
between. Here is very nice
scenery, but there are few farm
homes in this district.
Then we kept on to the
town that is called Djúpivogur.
There the wonderful scenery is
the magnificent mountain,
Búlandstindur, and to the east
under its peaks is Teigarhorn.
There is a mine of beautiful
and precious stones that are
much in demand. From
Djúpivogur to Teigarhorn we
travelled inland in Berufjörd.
That is an exceptionally
beautiful valley, and in that
good weather the scenery was
remarkable, both to the moun-
tains and over the bay.
The road runs both sides
of Berufjörður and to
Breiðdalsvík. We drove past
the famous parsonage in
Heydölum and the road lay in
along the Breiðdals valley.
That valley is successful farm-
land, but quite long to drive
along it all going into the
Breiðdalshills, there are many
long and steep hillsides to trav-
el. This trail we followed on
the ring road trip of ours with
Jon Böðvason in the summer
of 1982. Up there where it is
the highest, one can easily see
over the country and out on
Breiðdalsbay. That is a magnif-
icent sight.
Our travel went from
Breiðdalsmountain to Egils-
staðir in Héraði over Suður-
dal and Skriðdal past
Hallormsstaða forest by
Lagarfljot. We came to our
son’s home and stayed there
with his family for four days.
We went from there to
Borgarfjörður Eystri. From
there one travels through
high mountain passes and
avalanche country that is
called Njarðvíkurskriður.
At “Borgarfirði east” is a
remarkable mining of stones
called Álfasteinn (elf stone).
We had much pleasure from
that trip and the weather was
very good all that time. The
day after this trip we went to
Reyðarfjörður and Eskifjörður.
There are fish production sta-
tions there, all surrounded by
mountains.
The same day we took a
long walking tour to see the
famous high waterfall. The
higher one is called Hengifoss
(Hanging Falls) in Hengifossá
in Fljótsdal, but the lower one
is called Litlanesfoss in the
same river. That waterfall cas-
cades down an especially
grand-looking stuðlaberg
(basalt rock). This waterfall is
sometimes called Stuðlafoss.
We were about an hour walk-
ing each way, but it was worth
it to make that effort.
From Egilsstöðum we went
on a road that goes in towards
Jökuldal and Jökuldalsheiði
(moor), over Möðrudalsheiði,
through Mývatnsheiði and to
Mývatn lake.
At Lake Mývatn we
stopped in sunny and hot
weather, then continued
through farmlands to Reykja-
dal, past Laugum where we
dwelt in the summer, and on
to Akureyri. There is, of
course, much to see. The park
is well known for its beauty
and variety. We stayed at the
Edda Hotel in Akureyri.
From Akureyri we went to
Reykjavík, but stopped at few
places on the way for we have
so often travelled it, and that is
about 450 km. from Akureyri
to Reykjavík. We wanted to go
that stretch in one day.
This trip was very enjoyable
and we took many pictures to
help us to renew our memories
later.
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