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RE: Completing the Iceland Ring Road — Day 6: Jeweltones from Vatnajökull to Vik
Wow crimmy, you really went above and beyond. I would take a snatch strap and an ice spike or something, and a giant mallet. Hammer that sucker into the ice. snatch it, wrap that around wheel or wheel rim so you can lever it out. Rev engine super gentle. it would pull itself out of the hole I guess? You could maybe even lever it under the tarmac/asphalt. Or find a tree.
I don't see many trees there. I'll stick with the iron spike.
Those roads look super high quality. I wonder how horribad it would be riding there.
Anyways, glad you had a good time with this step in the journey, looking forward to the next one. Have a lovely day.
Much love, @sammosk.
the roads are actually shockingly good, all considered! Everyone in the country seems to be employed working on converting gravel and dirt F roads into beautiful highways. I imagine that immigration looks much like, "Welcome to Iceland, here's your excavator!"
The ring road was always good, but it's interesting that they're developing the F roads as well. Have you been to Iceland more than once to see how much the country has changed? I'm worried that I won't recognize it when I got back - I was last there in 2012. :\
By the way, I admire your prose. Oh to be able to write like that. :)
I haven't, no; I do hope to get back in a year or two in the opposite shoulder season — moving out of winter, instead of into it — but many roads that were said to be pretty rough were being actively graded (passed a ton of equipment) and in some places past Akureyri were being paved in huge stretches.
It only makes sense, with all the excess tourism. Did you happen to visit the Westfjords? That was always a lesser-traveled destination, and I hope it still is.
I did! I spent the first two days up there. It was my FAVOURITE. Hands down. So quiet and so mysterious. Small town life in the fjords, oh my heart.
Oh, wonderful! I'll check that out. I'm sorry you didn't see foxes though.