Les Bleamaster

#planet_explorer #problem_solver #educator #proud_veteran #taco_truck_lover #forged_in_water #whiskey_beer_drinker #beard_grower #futbol_fanatic

[Les Bleamaster @lbleamas]

@TUXHXR_X @atensnut Oh look, now it has streamers.

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@elonmusk Yes! And who the F@&$ are you?

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Such a great day at @Trinity_U. Eclipse festival exceeded all expectations. So happy to see so many community members join us today.

[Les Bleamaster @lbleamas]

What’s happening? Only my phone having to be fished from the metro tracks. In country for 45 minutes, at least maybe this is the one catastrophe of the trip. #goTUiceland goes to Japan. Onlookers are like WTF, then a round of applause. Thank you 東京メトロ!

[Les Bleamaster @lbleamas]

#goTUiceland is ready for some cross-culture integration. On my way to meet @dr_gojira and the Japan Program in Tokyo. 🇮🇸 ♥️ 🇯🇵

[Les Bleamaster @lbleamas]

@iceland

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@TingleJK @dr_gojira Wait! Y’all seriously added the pens in the pocket, right?!?

[Les Bleamaster @lbleamas]

@NASA_Johnson @Space_Station @NASA_Astronauts Godspeed Nicole.

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@DanCrenshawTX https://t.co/pkNH1fW1cf

[Les Bleamaster @lbleamas]

A slight glitch with flights had me traveling home from Iceland on its Independence Day (1944), so of course @Icelandair provided everyone with cake! Coupled with picking up a copy of Secrets of the Sprakkar by @elizajreid made for a nice flight home. @PresidentISL #goTUiceland

[Les Bleamaster @lbleamas]

Day 15, part 2: original manuscripts, Brim fishery, US Embassy, tourism council, and a traditional Icelandic meal at Loki with Hárkarl (yes, the shark)!!! What an end to an amazing trip. Best part of trip for me is seeing their wide eyes and smiling faces. #goTUiceland @Trinity_U

[Les Bleamaster @lbleamas]

Day 15, part 1: Many thanks to @MichelleYerkin for taking time to meet with @Trinity_U at the 🇺🇸US Embassy to discuss foreign service in 🇮🇸Iceland and around the world. #goTUiceland

[Les Bleamaster @lbleamas]

Day 14: some free time in Akureyri before the flight back to Reykjavik; art museum and some more free time (a tat or two might have happened). Dinner at the “bus stop” (super cool downtown revitalization project, kinda like the Pearl). Close to the end. 😢#goTUiceland

[Les Bleamaster @lbleamas]

Day 13: 66* 33’ 58”, Arctic Circle. We took Saefari to Grímsey Island. We talked about the migration of the Arctic Circle due to Earth’s changing obliquity. The Orbis et Globus marks the current location and is moved annually about 50 feet to the north. #goTUiceland @Trinity_U

[Les Bleamaster @lbleamas]

Day 12: amazing Polar Law conversation and the current Ukraine situation, volcano dogs in Akureyri, and a visit to Kaldi (Iceland’s first independent craft brewer-Iceland had a beer wine prohibition until 1989) where we learned about beer making and restrictive alcohol laws.

[Les Bleamaster @lbleamas]

Day 11: Dettifoss (EUROPE’S LARGEST WATERFALL), Husavik (home of Apollo Astronaut training and Fire Saga), and Godafoss. #goTUiceland with @Trinity_U

[Les Bleamaster @lbleamas]

@ggood69 @Jon_Gnarr @Trinity_U Yes, stones & charcoal. The smitty (smith area) was located at the other end of the hall - different from settlement era halls. Also signs of separate dry and sour storage rooms. They need to find tephra layers to conclusively declare pre-874. Look forward to new developments

[Les Bleamaster @lbleamas]

Day 9: headed east to a possible pre-settlement (874) archeological dig (thank you @Jon_Gnarr for letting us know!) Bjarni was incredible. The Hall, or long house, has several unique characteristics from a typical settlement era hall. @Trinity_U #goTUiceland

[Les Bleamaster @lbleamas]

Just a few of the pieces that have spoken to me this trip. While some have been quite abstract, they tend to always evoke an emotional connection to nature and natural phenomena. @Trinity_U #goTUiceland

[Les Bleamaster @lbleamas]

Day 10: Myvatn (translation fly water/lake). A chance to ride Icelandic horses (a breed unique to Iceland), meet some young lambs, hike the Krafla lava from 1984, and a midnight walk to the most expensive salmon river in the world (celebrities pay big money to fish its banks).

[Les Bleamaster @lbleamas]

Day 9, part 2: longest day of driving had us continuing east and north through the fjords and the mountain (relatively new tunnel cut 50 km off the normal route). Then a stop at historic turf houses (red) from 1770, before our modern turf hotel (blue). @Trinity_U #goTUiceland