Whales and Waterfalls

Our July 4th showed us some shock and awe but not the kind that you are hearing outside right now.  Our entourage boarded a ship called Gadar to look at whales in the North Atlantic.  Iceland's Humpback whales adopt similar migratory patterns to Alaska's.  The whales "summer" in the colder waters near Iceland to eat their fill, which is considerable. As winter approaches the whales migrate to warmer waters to give birth.

One big difference I observed during our whale watch in Iceland is that the boats get much closer to the whales.  Alaska prohibits tours from getting closer than 100 yards and the tour operators honor that.  In Iceland they will get right on top of the whale, which is probably not a good thing.

Unlike our Alaska whale watching adventures we shared this one with nearly 3 dozen voyagers.  In Alaska we typically tour with no more than 8.  At least a dozen of our passengers were not sea worthy and did not tolerate the motion of the ocean.  

Following whales the Land Cruiser drove us to yet another spectacular waterfall.  It seems that each one is more beautiful than the other.

We are over-nighting in a quaint little Iceland village and staying in the vintage 1930's hotel.  Tomorrow our itinerary is long but exciting.