As my virtual journey continues, I am 35.5 miles in, actually seemingly in the middle of nowhere, but not too far from the small fishing village of Hofn, famous for a Europe’s largest glacier, called Vatnajokull. Don’t ask me how to pronounce any of the names. There is also a Lobster Festival there in July.
My virtual ride across Iceland brings me tonight to the gift of finding The Imagine Peace tower. Wow. Talk about ending up in the right place at the right time. I find myself another 7 miles along the Ring Road in Grundarhferfi, just across from the island of Viðey Island, Iceland, still on the outskirts of Reykjavík. Yoko Ono dedicated this tower of imagining peace in 2007, on John Lennon’s birthday. As we face a president who refuses to bow gracefully (or otherwise) to defeat, and instead is riling up violence and racism in the US, I am so happy to be (virtually) somewhere else right now.
Today, my virtual ride would have been ridden in 0 degrees F., whereas my real ride was at Pleasant Ridge County Park, at 55 degrees.
Tonight I will stay in a 100 year old cottage by the sea, which the photo of which would not let me copy, but this will be the view:
Good night, cheers and Peace. Above all, Peace.
A Thousand Dreams 