My wife and I are in Iceland serving at Naval
Air Station Keflavik. We've been up here for about 2 years.
Iceland is a 4x4'ing paradise. Even with my stock auto-trans 94,
I've been on glaciers, volcanoes, boiling mud-pots, and tons' of waterfalls.
The four wheeling pictures were taken during
a trip this spring to the waterfall "Haifoss" (High-falls), located towards
the interior of Iceland (west of Mt Hekla, and south of the Langjokull
glacier). Nearly all of Iceland's interior is uninhabited, and all
of it is prime 4x4'ing country! 4x4'ing is quite popular among the Icelanders
and it's a common site to see lifted trucks on their way out to drive on
the glaciers. Ford Econoline vans and Toyota pick-ups seem to be
the most popular 'glacier mobiles', but I've spotted a few Explorers as
well.
The U.S. Naval Air Station is in Keflavik,
a small town on the southwest coast of Iceland. Keflavik is 48 kilometers
away from the capital city of Reykjavik. There are about 2,300 members
of the Armed Forces stationed here, with representatives from all four
services. The base has two 4x4 wheeling clubs. Information
on the base is available at www.nctskef.navy.mil. |
