{"id":421,"date":"2023-11-11T23:08:00","date_gmt":"2023-11-11T23:08:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/echoesoficeland.com\/?p=421"},"modified":"2023-11-12T23:08:45","modified_gmt":"2023-11-12T23:08:45","slug":"day-11-stodvarfjordur","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/echoesoficeland.com\/index.php\/2023\/11\/11\/day-11-stodvarfjordur\/","title":{"rendered":"Day 11 &#8212; St\u00f6\u00f0varfj\u00f6r\u00f0ur"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Today, I did it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I forced my ass out of bed a little after 7 when it was still dark.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I got ready and was out the door around 7:15 when the first signs of dawn were just peaking over the horizon in the east.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Like most sights in Iceland, what I saw was breathtaking.  The crescent moon hung low in the sky as the pink light appeared and intensified.  I remember an English class in high school where we read Odysseus (I think) and one of the phrases used was &#8220;rosy-fingered dawn.&#8221;  I&#8217;ve seen sunrises and dawn before, but never truly appreciated that phrase until today.  <\/p>\n\n\n\nngg_shortcode_0_placeholder\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">And then, while the sun was slowly trying to get over the horizon, I stood by the edge of the water and I watched the waves.  This was unbelievably peaceful.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe title=\"Waves at dawn in the Eastfjords of Iceland\" width=\"950\" height=\"534\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/hhIDX3yytCQ?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">After I got back to the house and drank warm tea, I did laundry, flew the Sitka P. Coldfoot Memorial Drone to get some more footage, and went down to the Fish Factory.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Inspired by the Crescent Moon, I wrote a story called &#8220;Moon.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">And I stomped on some ice in a frozen puddle.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe title=\"Icelandic Puddle Stomping\" width=\"950\" height=\"534\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Nq8rmxbumRE?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Life is good.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"577\" src=\"https:\/\/echoesoficeland.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/20231111_133933-1024x577.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-456\" srcset=\"https:\/\/echoesoficeland.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/20231111_133933-1024x577.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/echoesoficeland.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/20231111_133933-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/echoesoficeland.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/20231111_133933-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/echoesoficeland.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/20231111_133933-1536x865.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/echoesoficeland.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/20231111_133933-2048x1153.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/echoesoficeland.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/20231111_133933-2000x1126.jpg 2000w, https:\/\/echoesoficeland.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/20231111_133933-600x338.jpg 600w, https:\/\/echoesoficeland.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/20231111_133933-1200x676.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">More later.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Today, I did it. I forced my ass out of bed a little after 7 when it was still dark. I got ready and was out the door around 7:15 when the first signs of dawn were just peaking over the horizon in the east. Like most sights in Iceland, what I saw was breathtaking. &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/echoesoficeland.com\/index.php\/2023\/11\/11\/day-11-stodvarfjordur\/\" class=\"more-link\">Read more<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Day 11 &#8212; St\u00f6\u00f0varfj\u00f6r\u00f0ur&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-421","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"featured_media_urls":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/echoesoficeland.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/421","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/echoesoficeland.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/echoesoficeland.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/echoesoficeland.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/echoesoficeland.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=421"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/echoesoficeland.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/421\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":463,"href":"https:\/\/echoesoficeland.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/421\/revisions\/463"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/echoesoficeland.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=421"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/echoesoficeland.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=421"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/echoesoficeland.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=421"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}