{"id":32274,"date":"2022-04-27T13:29:00","date_gmt":"2022-04-27T13:29:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/?p=32274"},"modified":"2022-09-24T13:50:19","modified_gmt":"2022-09-24T13:50:19","slug":"hikes-work-outings-biking","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/2022\/04\/hikes-work-outings-biking\/","title":{"rendered":"Hikes, Work-Outings & Biking"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

[Photos taken 27 – 30 April 2022, posted online 24 September 2022. My last Marel Annual Ball (for now) is tonight!<\/em>]<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The busiest week in a long while continued (!)<\/a>, with an evening-hike, a work-trip and a team-building party, an evening-bike ride, and then a day-hike. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

As a pleasant non-sarcastic bonus, my knee got progressively better as time and activates piled up, go figure! I was frankly quite relieved once this week was over and done with, and patted myself on the back for getting through it in one piece. Also, it was fun! (70-ish images total!)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Wednesday 27 April 2022<\/h3>\n\n\n
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A hop and a skip outside the city limits is the ski-hill of Sk\u00e1lafell<\/a>.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n\n
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Excellent attendance!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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The parking lot below. The ground was pretty wet.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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Weirdly, there’s a cairn a little ways up the hill. It’s there in remembrance of a ski-hut built before there were big machines to ferry lumber, that sadly burned down.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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Lake \u00deingvallavatn<\/a> visible in the distance.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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Walking in the snow was surprisingly nice. Our goal were the antenna-pylons up ahead.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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Ran into my friend at the mall, told her what I was up to, and she decided to join!!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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Antennas! The electrical engineer in me was quite pleased.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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Weirdest artwork on top of a mountain, ever!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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Nicely color-coordinated!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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These light brown peaks are the Botns\u00falur <\/a>peaks, clearly visible from the city.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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Surprisingly, there was zero wind at the top, which almost never happens. Mostly it’s the opposite, as seen by the bent wind-measuring pole where we sat down to eat.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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The guides let us know that there is a sheltered space there that is always unlocked.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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Quick peak inside.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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We walked down the road.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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Off road for the last bit.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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It’s always a bonus when one of the guides is a physical therapist, as there is no getting back into the car without stretching!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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The route by Strava<\/a>.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

Thursday 28 April 2022<\/h3>\n\n\n
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The day began with a drive out into the country to check out a factory where we have a piece of equipment. We stopped in the newly and very successfully revamped center of Selfoss<\/a> to eat lunch on the way back.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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Good food!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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After a stint at the gym, I joined my work buddies at an event space<\/a> on the outskirts of Reykjavik. This was the view at 6 pm.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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Yay for good food!!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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That time where you barely have stomach space for dessert, but it’s just too. darn. good!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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This event space is also the location of the permanent installation of the Chromo Sapiens<\/a> art-piece. You walk in through a small door (no food!), go through a dark area, a colorful area, and then a mostly white room before exiting out in another spot,<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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The event space where everybody was had awful acoustics, just no sound dampening at all, so I literally hid out in a dark corner of a Chroma room for a while, to enjoy the quiet. At least 3 people walked past me without realizing it.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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Photo courtesy of Hrafnkell.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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The weather was nice enough to hang out outside for a bit. Spring evenings can be weird.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

Friday 29 April 2022<\/h3>\n\n\n
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I caved, and bought a proper bike-carrier for the big car that could handle two e-bikes (they’re heavier than standard bikes).<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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Shortly before noon, Bjarki returned from his 5-day school trip.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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A little tired but in one piece!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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Bike on a proper carrier. I’d stashed my bike inside the ID car for the first group-ride, but then the guide scared me by telling me that I run the risk of locking the disc brakes if I’m not careful, and accidentally grab the brakes with no front wheel on.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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On the other side of the big road from the first ride.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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In the land of teenage trees.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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Gorgeous weather, again!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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By one of the lakes up there on the heath. Yes, that’s a dog in a back-carrier!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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A tiny church in a random location.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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P\u00e9tur was there!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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Re-fueling, before continuing and closing the loop.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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The route according to Strava<\/a>.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

Saturday 30 April 2022<\/h3>\n\n\n
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Another day, another activity! Two hiking groups (belonging to the same company) joined up for a hike called Reykjavegur #1.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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Me and my friend by a lighthouse, which marks the starting point.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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The guides decided to shave a bit off of the hike by walking along the road for a bit. This is a highly geothermal area.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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Looking back towards the lighthouse. Eternal wind and salt from the ocean does not make big happy plants.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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Going off road…<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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There was a lot of sandy ground to cover.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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At least sand is soft to sit on!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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One of the guides by an art installation, I think this is Saturn, and the other planets are spread around at solar-system scale distances.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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Barren landscape is barren.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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A violently formed rock.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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There were a couple of dogs present, this one was young and ran at least five times the distance we hiked. The other one was older and more sensible.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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Trying to tread carefully on the fragile grasses. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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Finally we entered an actual ‘old’ path that had actual hard soil to walk on. Phew!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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Coming up upon an old row of craters.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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The sensible dog.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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Natural colors!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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People checking out the hole that was once probably full of lava.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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It was a long way down.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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Some people are less afraid of heights than others.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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The hiking path continued down below.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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More funky colors.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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Up on a red hill.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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Oh look, a bus!! This is the same end-spot as the first day-hike I went on with this group<\/a>.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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Happy greenery around the hot vents.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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Checking out the old-but-now-cooled bread-cave by the edge of the lot.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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Stretching is good after 16 km (10 miles).<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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Route by Strava<\/a>, the actual (commercial) Blue Lagoon<\/a> is in the upper right corner. Grindav\u00edk<\/a> town is on the lower right. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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Luxury!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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A sight for sore feet.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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A sight for hungry tummies!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

[Photos taken 27 – 30 April 2022, posted online 24 September 2022. My last Marel Annual Ball (for now) is tonight!<\/em>]<\/p>\n

The busiest week in a long while continued (!)<\/a>, with an evening-hike, a work-trip and a team-building party, an evening-bike ride, and then a day-hike. <\/p>\n

As a pleasant non-sarcastic bonus, my knee got progressively better as time and activates piled up, go figure! I was frankly quite relieved once this week was over and done with, and patted myself on the back for getting through it in one piece. Also, it was fun! (70-ish images total!)<\/p>\n

Wednesday 27 April 2022<\/h3>\n
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A hop and a skip outside the city limits is the ski-hill of Sk\u00e1lafell<\/a>.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n

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