{"id":40126,"date":"2024-07-25T12:45:00","date_gmt":"2024-07-25T12:45:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/?p=40126"},"modified":"2024-10-14T11:32:07","modified_gmt":"2024-10-14T11:32:07","slug":"faxi-campsite-fludir-folf-finnurs-50th","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/2024\/07\/faxi-campsite-fludir-folf-finnurs-50th\/","title":{"rendered":"Faxi Campsite \/ Fl\u00fa\u00f0ir Folf \/ Finnur’s 50th"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

[Photos taken 25 – 31 July 2024, posted online 14 October 2024. It’s chilly but beautiful out there.<\/em>]<\/p>\n\n\n\n

One day, Emma noted that she’d never slept in a tent, and we decided that was something we should probably fix. A few days later, we lucked out in getting invited to join some friends at a campsite<\/a> by the waterfall Faxi<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We arrived just as the most recent rain-storm was passing, stayed for a couple of nights, and managed to pack up the tent just before the next rain-storm arrived. We tried Frisbee golfing (folfing)<\/a> for the first time, and it was a resounding success for all.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We returned home in the rain, caught out breaths for a few moments before attending a multi-Christening\/Confirmation, and then it was Finnur’s 50th birthday! <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Thursday 25 July 2024<\/h2>\n\n\n
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Checking out the waterfall Faxi (“horse’s mane”).<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n\n
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Bjarki saying farewell, with his most teenage-y face, as he opted to stay behind with Anna, who had work.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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When we arrived at 6 in the afternoon, it was to a deluge of rain, but it thankfully didn’t last very long.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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The weather was nice enough to sit outside, as long as you had a roof.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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Once the rain passed, we made short work of putting our very, very old tent up.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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We borrowed a really powerful air-pump for the air-mattress, but that was also when I realized the air-mattress was quite a bit skinnier than I’d thought. Both myself and Emma still somehow managed to fit on it.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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Proof that we’d used this tent in the Westman Islands<\/a> on…<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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… 20 July 1999!! Yup, this was the tent Finnur and I bought when we were a young couple, so it’s somewhere between 25 and 30 years old!?!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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The hungry people being drawn to the food-maker.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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Dinner in the palace. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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There was a short walk to the bathrooms, and dish-washing facilities.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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The manly-kitchen-men.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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The path back to our site went through a tree-line.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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After dinner, Emma and myself decided to check out the waterfall, at the edge of the site.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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There’s a fish-ladder next to the waterfall! People for scale.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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Selfie-time!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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Close-up of the fish-ladder.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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The view from the ladder.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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Lovely flowers.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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One final overview photo.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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A sheep-sorting fence.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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Walking back as a rainbow appeared.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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Thinking hard while playing Just One<\/a>.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

Friday 26 July 2024<\/h2>\n\n\n
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The tent-dwellers after the first night. Finnur got to sleep in the mobile-home, as I was feeling adventurous. I heard some rain in the night, but the old tent held, and we were dry and quite toasty.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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There was a smattering of people on the site. This is just a tiny part of it.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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The skies trying to decide what the weather was going to be like.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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The big-car was having an issue, so we’d traveled in “my” car. It did pretty good.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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Driving to Fl\u00fa\u00f0ir<\/a> town.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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Park-map.
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Time for some disc-golf!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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At the frisbee golf course start<\/a>. We played “Texas scramble”, where the group is split into teams, and the best throw per team is used as the basis for the next throw.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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Every park needs a pretty bridge.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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Action shot!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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A couple of discs and the goal.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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We found a play-area among the trees.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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Classic.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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Making progress.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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There were owls in the trees!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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A picturesque spot. I almost threw my disc into the river.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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Posing with nature.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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The latter half of the course was hillier than the first half.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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Proof I was there.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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Sooo close!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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Once the fun folf was over, (we didn’t keep track of the scores) we headed to the local swimming pool<\/a>.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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I snuck a photo over the fence. There’s a whole pool to the right as well, and it was almost hot enough to be a hot tub.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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Steam coming out of the ground all over the place around the parking lot. There’s a lot of hot water in the ground there.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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On the hunt for ice-cream.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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Found it!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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Dinner was a classic affair.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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Emma and myself did the dishes.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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Finally some calm skies.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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S’mores in the making.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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Homeblest<\/a> and marshmallows. It works!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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Skyjo-time!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

Saturday 27 July 2024<\/h2>\n\n\n
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The owners of the parked mobile-home next to us showed up for a bit, and Emma got to pet their dog. They also packed up and left before the rain hit.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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Vehicles were on the move, as rain was coming. The roads were not in great shape.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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Some decided to stay put, like this crazy contraption.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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Evidence of mud.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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With rain on the way, we hurried to pack the tent, and the palace-foyer.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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Almost done!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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The palace-foyer coming down.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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We decided to have a late lunch at a nearby restaurant, Mika’s<\/a>.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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They sell their own handmade chocolates!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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The food was good!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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More food!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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Emma loved the chocolate horse that came with her dessert.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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The dessert in question.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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Must. Not. Buy. Chocolate… It was close but I managed to leave empty handed.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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Hello rain at home.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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The 2024 Summer Olympics<\/a> had started in Paris, and I watched a lot of the gymnastics coverage.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

Sunday 28 July 2024<\/h2>\n\n\n
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Walking to a church downtown for a family Christening and Confirmation.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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A lovely group of kids that live abroad.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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Clothing choice on point.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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“Our” table at the post-ceremony-feast.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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Sometimes the light hits just right.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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Posing for photos.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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Siblings!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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Also siblings!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

Monday 29 July 2024<\/h2>\n\n\n
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Bjarki suggested months before the day that we bring Finnur this on his 50th birthday for breakfast (inspired by Breaking Bad<\/a>), and Bjarki even reminded me on the day!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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Happy 50th Finnur!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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It was a relatively quiet day, but shortly before dinner we all sat down, and Finnur opened his presents.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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The birthday “boy”.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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The presents were basically a “rip-off” of our camping trip: frisbee golf discs, a disc-bag, a telescopic disc-fetcher, and the Just One game.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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We went out for dinner so the birthday-man wouldn’t have to do the cooking.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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“Can I eat now?”<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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The kids got ice-cream for dessert!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

Tuesday 30 July 2024<\/h2>\n\n\n
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For years, we’ve handed Bjarki’s clothes down to his first cousin, who now lives in Sweden. There was a trip to Sweden happening, so I finally sorted through the piles of textiles that had accumulated. Much of it went straight to the recycling center. I love a good deadline!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

Wednesday 31 July 2024<\/h2>\n\n\n
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The weather kept being weird with unusually high winds in what is usually a calm time of year.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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I stepped on the Boditrax machine at the gym, and am still “in the green”…<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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I did 2 km of rowing, the pace was pretty good.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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Anna was cooking, and she needed sugar snap peas. They took forever to find at the store!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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The chef. It was yummy! Thus endeth July!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

[Photos taken 25 – 31 July 2024, posted online 14 October 2024. It’s chilly but beautiful out there.<\/em>]<\/p>\n

One day, Emma noted that she’d never slept in a tent, and we decided that was something we should probably fix. A few days later, we lucked out in getting invited to join some friends at a campsite<\/a> by the waterfall Faxi<\/a>.<\/p>\n

We arrived just as the most recent rain-storm was passing, stayed for a couple of nights, and managed to pack up the tent just before the next rain-storm arrived. We tried Frisbee golfing (folfing)<\/a> for the first time, and it was a resounding success for all.<\/p>\n

We returned home in the rain, caught out breaths for a few moments before attending a multi-Christening\/Confirmation, and then it was Finnur’s 50th birthday! <\/p>\n

Thursday 25 July 2024<\/h2>\n
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Checking out the waterfall Faxi (“horse’s mane”).<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n

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