Thursday, 16-May-2024


After taking a walk down the nature trail, I headed out onto the road again, to explore the little corner of the WestFjords that I’d brought myself to. There wasn’t much, truth be told – a few farms, some cliffs and waterfalls, and a small harbor at the very end of the road.

Well, that makes exploration quite easy, doesn’t it? A single road, with an interesting thing at the end… Yeah, okay. I can work with this!

I drove, making mental note of all the interesting places that I’d aim to stop by on my way back. I checked out a few as a drove, but mainly just headed straight in for the harbor.
(Ed Note: Many of these small views got bundled into Ben’s “van life” post from earlier, since they were fairly minor stops)

Once I got to the harbor, I found a sea of glass awaiting me.

It’d been raining and windy earlier in the day, but by the time I made my way out to the dock the weather was calm. Still, it was almost like the whole world was in stasis, holding its breath for something yet to come.

The sun was hidden behind the clouds – not quite enough to make it impossible to tell where the ocean ended and the sky began, but close enough that it took a moment to find that differentiating line.

The water was crystal clear, and I could see the massive kelp forests just below the surface… not knowing how far down they must go, since my view got quickly muddied by the entangled strands of kelp. It was beautiful, and a little bit scary, and I wish that I had been better able to capture the depth and clarity of the water around the docks.

Instead of the ocean depth, I was gifted these amazing photos of the dock itself. Similar to the pallet that I saw at Grettislaug, I’m exceptionally proud of how these came out. Enjoy!