Low Cloud, Seydisfjordur
Before leaving Seydisfjordur, we topped off Snow
Dragon’s water tanks with the dock hose that was fed directly by a powerful
stream, giving the continuously running hose a life of its own as we wrestled
it onboard trying not to douse each other in the ice cold water. Krystina took
advantage of the exceptional water pressure and hosed Snow Dragon off to clear
the salt from the deck, hardware and windows. A quick task with no scrubbing
required thanks to the force of the water.
After spending a good portion of the previous day
glued to our computers trying to download the mac version of our satellite
weather program which turned into a true test of patience. For both us and the
staff of the Hotel Aldan Cafe. Luckily
the staff at the Café were very understanding and allowed us to stay as long as
we needed. The upside of spending the beautiful day inside was Krystina was
able to use the time to uploaded two new blog posts and photo albums while
enjoying the view from the Café. With Ocens WeatherNet finally installed and tested,
we were ready to leave Seydisfjordur and go somewhere a little more remote.
Lodmundarfjordur
Lodmundarfjordur, the next fjord to the north, was
not an official anchorage but the chart showed appropriate anchoring depths and
we thought with the settled weather we would give it a shot. Surrounded by
horizontal bands of rock, raised beaches and snow scattered table top mountains
with no town and only 4WD access. Lodmundarfjordur was indeed the quiet,
spectacular fjord anchorage that we were hoping for.
On shore we joined the gravel road and followed it
along the raised beach admiring the orchids, dwarf willow and buttercups before
turning uphill to the snow, which was unfortunately too rotten to walk on in
trail shoes. We continued around the snow and up to a point were we could see
the next range of snow-covered mountains and overlook the fjord. Along the
trail their were thousands of moths fluttering near the ground seeming to enjoy
the relatively warm day, showing no fear that we might accidentally step on
them.
Krystina Running, Lodmundarfjordur
The 4WD drive trail was a pleasure to walk on and in
the morning Krystina decided to take advantage of the spectacular surroundings
and go for a run. This time we went in the direction of the river valley and
beach at the head of the fjord. Frances started off running as well but kept
getting distracted by photographing orchids. At first we thought the stream was
going to prevent us from reaching the beach but then we found the primitive log
bridge that was put in to allow adventurous 4WD access. Before heading back we
sat on a rock near the water and enjoyed watching families of eider ducks and a
curious seal who swam over and inspected us.
Primative Bridge on 4WD Track
For More Photos Please Click On
Lodmundarfjordur Album
Running !! after what ? ;-) I think for us it'll be shorter to sail south Iceland , don't run too fast we don't want miss you ! Coralie is running too and will be on board the 15th !
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