A Morning Walk in Iceland

 Hi everyone. Happy Friday. 

Today I want to share some photos from Iceland for Nicole's  Friday Face Off  and also for Gillena's Friday Lunch Break ..

Today's photos take us to Lake Myvatn. We are in northeast Iceland, just off the Ring Road and not  at the shore. In this first photo you can see the view from our hotel room. I took this first photo at about 5 AM since I was up and wide awake. 

You can see the lake and some pseudo-craters in the background. There were also some  great walking trails across from the parking lot. 

The traveling and the time change  had caught up with my husband the night before.  I was more awake and had been thinking of going out walking on these trails that previous evening.  However, the translation of Myvatn is midge lake, and since there was no wind to blow the bugs away, I made due with the evening view from my window.  (I could tell there were a lot of midges because of the number that were on the window of our hotel room.)

 At 5 that morning there was a good breeze blowing which would keep the midges at bay, so it seemed like a good time to explore the pseudo-craters.  Since I didn't know there were these great short trails across the street when I'd booked the hotel,  they were an unexpected treat. 

Here's some photos and faces from that walk.

a silhouette of an arctic tern

part of my hubby and some "locals" who were snoozing on the trail

the sky was constantly changing and created some great views

I know you might not want to see the back end of a sheep,😃 but they finally decided to move as we walked closer. Smile.

I'm not sure what type of birds these 2 are. I think tufted ducks.  I can't seem to find a good match on the internet.  David, if you read this post perhaps you could let me know.

There were a whole lot of sheep along the trail. In Iceland sheep are free-ranging from spring until early fall.

From the top of one of the pseudo-craters

More faces for Friday Face Off.

I must say the little lambs were very cute.

More sky and landscape views, including the addition of a crow to one of the photos

It was a great morning walk. We were back just in time for the breakfast buffet to begin.  And we were ready to eat at that point too. 😀

That's all for me today. I'll be back with more photos some other post. Have a great start to your weekend, and thanks for stopping by my blog.