Day 5 - Lake Myvatn (and surrounding areas)

Today was a jam packed day and we didn't get to all of the things on our list.  We started off with a trip to see Dettifoss, which is the largest volume falls in Europe.  It was cool this morning and we got pretty wet.

After the falls, we stopped at a thermal area with sulfer vents and bubbling goo... We hiked to the top of a "mountain" and back again.

(Look closely, you can see the parking lot)

We visited a sod house from the early 19th century.

We then had dinner at a working farm and had a terrific dinner with a view of the cows being milked.  After that we walked some trails across from our hotel around some craters in the lake.

Today we also learned about the earthquakes in the highlands and have been assured that they will close the roads if it an issue in the areas we are traveling.  They are on high alert 4/5, but they were at this level in January too.  We won't take any chances and are watching the situation at:  http://www.vedur.is

For the truck lovers... (David)

Day 4 - 66 parallel and back.

We started off the morning walking around Akureyri to visit the botanical gardens and do a little shopping.  We ate at the Hamborgarafabrikkan for lunch and purchased some authentic Icelandic clothing.

Before leaving, we saw even more neat houses/buildings:

On the way out, we got to see some people out sailing in the fjord!

We stopped next at Godafoss waterfall, where tourists were everywhere.  We saw a guy fall face first into the water, if only we had been filming it!

(Not this guy.)

Our next stop promised to provide some Puffin colonies, but no such luck.  We climbed down the bluff and walked the northern most coastline of our trip.  Although not quite to the arctic circle, but we were close!  We were at Tjornes.  We also met and talked to a guy who has been here for a month and he clued us in to some guaranteed Puffin viewing, but it isn't near our route.

I found a giant golf ball!

We have just arrived at the Lake Myvatn area and there will be some interesting stuff to visit here, but here is a late (10:15) sunset to end the post!

Day 3 - a few more pictures...

Our ride:

Day 3 - Travel to Akureyri

Today has been a very busy day.  Very little rain, but very windy.  We started the day with the free breakfast at the hotel again, and it was the exact same thing as the last one, cereal, toast, meat, fish, veggies. 

Our first real stop is at the basalt columns which were really cool.

From there we went to Stykkisholmur and climbed to the lighthouse to enjoy the view.

Kevin tried the Icelandic shark (it was nasty), and I had Puffin!

We drove on a lot of dirt highways, and saw some incredible scenery.  David, the last photo is for you!