Back in March I turned 70 years young, and for such a significant birthday Molly and I have a rule that the birthday person selects a “birthday trip”. I chose driving the Icelandic Ring Road. We are taking 8 nights (9 days) to circumnavigate Iceland. While most tours move a person every night and shorter distances, I chose planning my own journey. We have just three overnight locations … AirBnB cabins out in rural Iceland.

Yesterday we arrived in Reykyavik at 6:00 am local, and after passing through customs and picking up our rental car, drove to the small town of Hvammstangi. Our small cottage is perched right out over Midfjordur (long inlet off the sea). We are enjoying the area for two days and nights while we adjust to the time change. Right from our deck the birder in me is in 7th Heaven … sea ducks and shorebirds! I would heartily recommend our AirBnB! My impression is the listing’s photographs “do not” do the rental justice!

Leading off is the Eurasian Oystercatcher … photographed right from my rental’s deck. Blog posts may be infrequent as I need time to enjoy Iceland, its majestic land and the birds. I am already way behind on processing photographs after only one day. Finally, at this time of year the sun sets for only 10 minutes each night!