Back to the USA

For the first time in weeks, we saw a completely dark sky last night. Although the days in Greenland were getting shorter, the sky was always a little lit up for the entire night. And the ground below our feet is not perma-frost underneath a spongy layer of strange vegetation like the tiny flower in the photo above: it's around the size of a fingertip, surrounded by lichens.

I'm now back int the USA, and will be writing a few posts on our very lovely trip to Iceland and Greenland from July 30 to August 17, 2022. I'm also looking forward to resuming contact with many bloggers that are now my friends, after taking a vacation from almost all Internet activities.

The final two days of our trip were spent in transit from Kangerlussuaq, Greenland, to Reykjavík, Iceland, and then back to Dulles Airport and our family in Fairfax, VA. Both the flights worked just as planned, and even clearing Passport Control, Baggage Claim, and Customs at Dulles went smoothly, taking around an hour.

The final day began quite early, with an insanely wild and windy day with lashings of heavy rain, which continued throughout the morning. Our tour bus took us to the nearby geothermal area but it was impossible to walk around, so we arrived early at the restaurant where our lunch was planned. Through a glass wall in the restaurant we could see that the space also housed a fishing operation – two men were mending nets, and gear was stowed all around.

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