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We left home June 16, 2004, and returned to Peoria, IL, July 4. Actually, we got to Peoria on July 5. We missed our Minneapolis to Peoria flight by less than 5 minutes. Iceland Air put us up in a luxury hotel for the night. Meals were also paid for by them.

I apologize for the number of pictures included but after removing over 50, I just couldn't force myself to eliminate any more. I'd already removed the West Fjords from N. Iceland to make room for the ones shown here. It isn't the quality of my photography that I'm claiming. Iceland just has so much diversity and beauty that each area deserves to be seen in its entirety. You wouldn't go to the Louvre, take a look at the Mona Lisa and leave would you?

I also added captions faster than usual since we are getting ready for an all-American trip to revisit our National Parks out west. I'll work some more on this article after we get back.

We also have other articles including one on Antarctica where we were in December, 2000, and January, 2001.

I know there will be some duplication of other articles I've seen on worldisround but hope I can add enough to make this one as interesting to you as it was to us.

I welcome any additions, corrections, etc., since we were sometimes lax in keeping notes for every picture taken. Just drop me an e-mail at the address below.

Note: For those of you who need to exchange American dollars for Icelandic Kronur, the major banks have the best exchange rates. Avoid currency exchanges, either as separate businesses or inside information centers or airports. Currency will always get you the best exchange rate but some banks pay the same for traveler's checks.

Thanks for stopping by.

Jim & Diane Tanner, Peoria, IL, USA. jdtanner@a5.com