{"id":36320,"date":"2023-07-08T10:59:00","date_gmt":"2023-07-08T10:59:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/?p=36320"},"modified":"2024-04-14T12:40:50","modified_gmt":"2024-04-14T12:40:50","slug":"kayaking-eruption-monitoring-on-vacation-eve","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/2023\/07\/kayaking-eruption-monitoring-on-vacation-eve\/","title":{"rendered":"Kayaking & Eruption-Monitoring on Vacation Eve"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

[Photos taken 08 – 13 July 2023, posted online 14 April 2024. Today I want to clear out the garage, ooof.<\/em>]<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We’d gone ahead and bought a couple of kayaks at Costco, and then scratched our heads long and hard on how to transport them to and from the lake. Thankfully we found roof-racks for the big car, and after some more head-scratches, the roof racks were installed, and a YouTube video consulted on how to fasten kayaks on top. We invited the soon-to-be-Swedes to the summer-house for a bit of a farewell, and lucked out with the weather!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We then held our collective breath until yet another volcanic eruption began. It was far away from everywhere, and would last for just under a month.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Finnur remained at the summer house, working remotely during the day, and oiling\/staining wood outside of working hours. There’s a lot of wood that needs to be taken care of there… Meanwhile I cooked (once), weeded, gymmed, and prepped for my formal summer vacation!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Saturday 08 July 2023<\/h2>\n\n\n
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Success! Emma in one of our kayaks on the Skorra-valley-lake.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n\n
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Finnur and my brother trying to work out how to attach the roof-rack to the big car. Instructions were read!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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Meanwhile, the rest of us were toasting on the deck.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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Whoa!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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Double success! Kayaks fastened!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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Emma doing the jump-jump.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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My brother had gone kayaking with Bjarki and his son in the other kayak. Emma impatiently waited for them to return.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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They crossed the lake! I could see them returning in the far distance.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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P\u00e9tur approaching the shore.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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Bjarki and his passenger, both light-weights!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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The water is very shallow until it suddenly isn’t.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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I somehow managed to talk P\u00e9tur into taking Emma out for a bit, but on a timer because dinner was approaching fast.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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Dinner time!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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Mom with her steak.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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Making sure he didn’t dive head-first into the tub!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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Still sitting comfortably outside at 9 in the evening.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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Roping new people into the Skyjo<\/a>-cult while the sky sunset-burns in the background.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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Midnight sky.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

Sunday 09 July 2023<\/h2>\n\n\n
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The following day was also sunny!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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The kids wanted to kayak some more, so the kayaks were readied.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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Our guests were packing up, so Finnur went out with the boys and then Emma on a quick timed tour.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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While I hung out at by the water’s edge, a large group of horses appeared and thundered by!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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Animated gif of the horses running by my car (wait for it to load).<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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Emma getting her photo taken.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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Saying goodbye, as our guess had to return home and resume packing!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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Useful for shoe-drying!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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We headed back to town around 5 pm, and decided to stop and eat at our favorite Borgarnes cafe. First, obligatory photo towards mount Hafnarfjall<\/a>.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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It was weirdly empty inside…<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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… because everyone was outside!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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At home, Anna had made a strawberry-rhubarb-pie!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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Looks so good.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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About to disappear!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

Monday 10 July 2023<\/h2>\n\n\n
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Pie and volcanic eruption at Litli-Hr\u00fatur<\/a> on TV! However… our tv-screen is quite old and out of sync with today’s phones so it photographs particularly poorly…<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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Pre-dinner dandelion-fight about to commence.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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Finnur was away oiling the wood at the summer house, so I cooked, this time chicken fajitas…<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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Finnur reported on his progress sanding a side of the house…<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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By 9 the dandelions were no more.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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Dude hiking by the webcams showing the eruption by Litli-Hr\u00fatur (Little-Ram). <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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Not sure where I copied this from, but people are a little nuts.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

Tuesday 11 July 2023<\/h2>\n\n\n
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The eruption cloud was visible from the 6th floor of my workplace.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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A post-it reminding people to keep the door open, as the little computer inside the cupboard was getting a bit warm streaming the eruption video.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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Waiting for lunch to arrive. We pre-ordered lunch the week before, and then got deliveries from various restaurants. I’m told this pool table is rented along with the floor!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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Finnur was still up at the other house, staining the deck, so to Ikea we went for dinner.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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Reliably meh-food.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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Anna tried a bed, and found a hidden message!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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Blurry message.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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Emma abusing her status as youngest sibling.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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Oiling\/staining in progress…<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

Wednesday 12 July 2023<\/h2>\n\n\n
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My psych-medication.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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This gym excels at re-inventing its insides. That time they decided to decimate the old office, which was taking up a lot of precious space, relocate it where the small child-care-space used to be (it fell out of use during Covid, and never came back), and installed a new fancy exercise-room instead.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

Thursday 13 July 2023<\/h2>\n\n\n
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Biked to work!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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Sloshed tea at work! It was my last day before going on summer vacation!!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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Packing for a 10-lady-trip to gorgeous Th\u00f3rsm\u00f6rk<\/a> the following day!! I reckoned that the red linens would be hard to misplace!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

[Photos taken 08 – 13 July 2023, posted online 14 April 2024. Today I want to clear out the garage, ooof.<\/em>]<\/p>\n

We’d gone ahead and bought a couple of kayaks at Costco, and then scratched our heads long and hard on how to transport them to and from the lake. Thankfully we found roof-racks for the big car, and after some more head-scratches, the roof racks were installed, and a YouTube video consulted on how to fasten kayaks on top. We invited the soon-to-be-Swedes to the summer-house for a bit of a farewell, and lucked out with the weather!<\/p>\n

We then held our collective breath until yet another volcanic eruption began. It was far away from everywhere, and would last for just under a month.<\/p>\n

Finnur remained at the summer house, working remotely during the day, and oiling\/staining wood outside of working hours. There’s a lot of wood that needs to be taken care of there… Meanwhile I cooked (once), weeded, gymmed, and prepped for my formal summer vacation!<\/p>\n

Saturday 08 July 2023<\/h2>\n
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Success! Emma in one of our kayaks on the Skorra-valley-lake.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n

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