{"id":19646,"date":"2025-09-08T08:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-09-08T12:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tuckers.cc\/brian\/?p=19646"},"modified":"2025-08-27T20:36:37","modified_gmt":"2025-08-28T00:36:37","slug":"a-cool-summer-started-in-reykjavik","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/tuckers.cc\/brian\/a-cool-summer-started-in-reykjavik\/","title":{"rendered":"A Cool Summer Started in Reykjavik"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Summer vacation was a cool one in Iceland, where our first stop was about 30 hours in Reykjavik. We walked the central town, taking in Hallgr\u00edmskirkja Church, Rainbow Road and the quaint streets, shopping for warm gear, eating treats and even getting on the water with lots of waves to see dolphins and whales. Here&#8217;s a few highlights.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2500\" height=\"1875\" data-id=\"19655\" src=\"http:\/\/tuckers.cc\/brian\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/I1-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-19655\" srcset=\"http:\/\/tuckers.cc\/brian\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/I1-1.jpg 2500w, http:\/\/tuckers.cc\/brian\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/I1-1-1200x900.jpg 1200w, http:\/\/tuckers.cc\/brian\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/I1-1-768x576.jpg 768w, http:\/\/tuckers.cc\/brian\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/I1-1-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, http:\/\/tuckers.cc\/brian\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/I1-1-2048x1536.jpg 2048w, http:\/\/tuckers.cc\/brian\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/I1-1-400x300.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2500px) 100vw, 2500px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Made it!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2500\" height=\"1875\" data-id=\"19654\" src=\"http:\/\/tuckers.cc\/brian\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/I12.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-19654\" srcset=\"http:\/\/tuckers.cc\/brian\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/I12.jpg 2500w, http:\/\/tuckers.cc\/brian\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/I12-1200x900.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2500px) 100vw, 2500px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Our humble abode<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2500\" height=\"1406\" data-id=\"19650\" src=\"http:\/\/tuckers.cc\/brian\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/I1-6.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-19650\" srcset=\"http:\/\/tuckers.cc\/brian\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/I1-6.jpg 2500w, http:\/\/tuckers.cc\/brian\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/I1-6-1200x675.jpg 1200w, http:\/\/tuckers.cc\/brian\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/I1-6-768x432.jpg 768w, http:\/\/tuckers.cc\/brian\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/I1-6-1536x864.jpg 1536w, http:\/\/tuckers.cc\/brian\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/I1-6-2048x1152.jpg 2048w, http:\/\/tuckers.cc\/brian\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/I1-6-533x300.jpg 533w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2500px) 100vw, 2500px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Getting the wiggles out<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1875\" height=\"2500\" data-id=\"19651\" src=\"http:\/\/tuckers.cc\/brian\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/I15.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-19651\" srcset=\"http:\/\/tuckers.cc\/brian\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/I15.jpg 1875w, http:\/\/tuckers.cc\/brian\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/I15-900x1200.jpg 900w, 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class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1875\" height=\"2500\" data-id=\"19652\" src=\"http:\/\/tuckers.cc\/brian\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/I1-4-rotated.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-19652\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Photo opps everywhere<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-id=\"19649\" src=\"http:\/\/tuckers.cc\/brian\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/I1-7.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-19649\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">One bumpy boat ride<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2500\" height=\"1875\" data-id=\"19647\" src=\"http:\/\/tuckers.cc\/brian\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/I1-9.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-19647\" srcset=\"http:\/\/tuckers.cc\/brian\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/I1-9.jpg 2500w, http:\/\/tuckers.cc\/brian\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/I1-9-1200x900.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2500px) 100vw, 2500px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">One of several sightings<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2500\" height=\"1875\" data-id=\"19648\" src=\"http:\/\/tuckers.cc\/brian\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/I1-8.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-19648\" srcset=\"http:\/\/tuckers.cc\/brian\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/I1-8.jpg 2500w, http:\/\/tuckers.cc\/brian\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/I1-8-1200x900.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2500px) 100vw, 2500px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Easily their third hot chocolate in less than 24 hours<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Summer vacation was a cool one in Iceland, where our first stop was about 30 hours in Reykjavik. We walked the central town, taking in Hallgr\u00edmskirkja Church, Rainbow Road and the quaint streets, shopping for warm gear, eating treats and even getting on the water with lots of waves to see dolphins and whales. Here&#8217;s&#8230; <\/p>\n<div class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"http:\/\/tuckers.cc\/brian\/a-cool-summer-started-in-reykjavik\/\">Read More<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":19650,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[142,20],"class_list":["post-19646","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-picture","tag-iceland","tag-travel"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/tuckers.cc\/brian\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19646","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/tuckers.cc\/brian\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/tuckers.cc\/brian\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/tuckers.cc\/brian\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/tuckers.cc\/brian\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19646"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/tuckers.cc\/brian\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19646\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19657,"href":"http:\/\/tuckers.cc\/brian\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19646\/revisions\/19657"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/tuckers.cc\/brian\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/19650"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/tuckers.cc\/brian\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19646"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/tuckers.cc\/brian\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19646"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/tuckers.cc\/brian\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19646"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}