OK, 11 ½ hours from London to LAX, a night at an airport hotel, and 5 ½ hours more, from L.A. to Hawaii. Always nice to come home, with a quick arrival/aerial glance at our wonderful reefs, not to mention reuniting with the two juvenile delinquents.

The Ring of Brodgar, on Orkney.

Ring of Brodgar

Scalloway Castle.

https://www.historicenvironment.scot/visit-a-place/places/scalloway-castle/

The sushi service onboard has really upped their game recently. mmmmmmmmmm.

Shetland Island ….ponies. What else? The foal’s Mom is the brown/white one with the utterly fabulous mane. He’s 3 ½ weeks old, we’re told, and obviously at this point, has had a long hard day of pony-ing.

*Way* more sheep than humans, in the Faroe/Shetland/Orkney Islands. Good for the sheep I guess, but also good for those of us who like lamb chops.

While they are incredibly adept at the near-vertical environment, they can only graze down to a certain point above the ocean, without the danger of falling. And the wildflowers and other plant life know that, and thrive, inches below danger-level.

Obviously there are sheep everywhere you look around here. On the Vestmanna cliffs, they are contentedly grazing on what looks like perilously-close to vertical cliffs, above the ocean. Would have to think that if you picked one up and put him on a flat surface, he’d fall over. “I don’t know how to do that”.

Wonderful cruise of the Vestmanna cliffs, in the Faroe Islands.

Out of Husavik. Some of the other-worldly stuff for which Iceland is justly famous.

In Siglufjörður, took a tour in an old restored oak boat - used to be a fishing boat, now taking tourist/passengers. They set up a few folks with fishing gear, and most were successful. VERY windy and VERY cold.

Church architecture whiplash.

Spectacular.