Leaving Iceland - the trip home

[tiggymalvern]

Just a few photos from the day getting back home. Flying from Europe to west coast US always makes for a long day, but so often a very worthwhile day.


The Icelandic coast in the snow, seen from the Flybus to Reykjavik airport.


The bus passing from glorious sunshine into an oncoming front - a dramatic wall of cloud.


Not something I expected to see in Reykjavik airport - but if you're going to have a 50s American diner style cafe in the international departure hall, why not have the 50s American car to go with it?


One of the best reasons to love flying from Europe to west coast US is that the flights typically leave in the late afternoon - which means close to sunset, if it's not high summer.


And since you're flying west at roughly the same speed as the time zone changes, it remains close to sunset for the whole flight. Views along the Cascade mountains.


Approaching Puget Sound. Flying into Seattle never gets old, it's gorgeous.


Lake Washington, with the 520 and I-90 bridges, and Puget Sound beyond.


I can see my house from here! Not literally, it's hiding among the trees, but it's within this photo. This is St Edward's State Park, the place where I do my regular quick little loop hikes. The only part of the Lake Washington shoreline that's still forested, instead of entirely built up.


So that's the last of the photos from the Iceland trip. I'm still not done, though, there's video editing to come yet...

Comments

[bymyverytoes]

Gorgeous. You are lucky to live in such a beautiful part of the world, and we're all lucky that Iceland still has wonders to show us.

[tiggymalvern]

Iceland is amazing, and we managed to do a quick tour of maybe a quarter of it. I'll definitely to back sometime to look at more. And meanwhile, like you say, I have beautiful places to look at here too. It could be so much worse.

[kronette]

!!!!!!! love!

[tiggymalvern]

I love pretty coastlines 😍

[tameiki]

The picture of the sun and sky immediately after the 50's car is absolutely stunning! How many hours on the plane to get to SEATAC?

Glad you had such a lovely trip.

[tiggymalvern]

That photo was shortly after we left Reykjavik. It's a little over seven hours for the trip.

[anirrationalseason]

Wow, loved all the photos of Iceland! And PNW plane views never stop being lovely. :)

[tiggymalvern]

I always take too many photos, and I'm still left with too many even after all the weeding! And yes, I seem to take photos of the Seattle area from the plane every time I fly home too...