There are so many highlights of our trip here. Our time in Porsmork is definitely one of them. We are coming back next week with my parents. Steve suggested we should come again beforehand, a great idea. We took the bus here on Thursday morning and went on a hike across to the other road…
Today the forecast suggested wasn’t great, and tomorrow we take the bus to Porsmork for two days, so we took today to do errands. We drove, went grocery shopping, had Thai food for lunch, did laundry, packed, and Steve did some work and cooked delicious dinner. Sage played. She loves the see saws. There was…
Sunday we woke up at the Hofn campground earlier than two of us wanted… Up until now we’ve always parked as close to the bathrooms as we could. This campground was quite busy and therefore quite noisy that close to the bathrooms. I wonder if that woke Sage up. Once ready we looked around Hofn…
On Wednesday we explored around the lake at Egilsstadir a bit more. The country has very few trees, so it’s notable to see trees. There are a bunch in this area. We drove around the lake while it rained lightly, stopping for Steve to run to see a waterfall. Then we went on to a…
Yesterday we had an easy day after our big hike the previous day. We drove from Borgarfjörður Eystri to Egilsstadir, the largest town in Eastern Iceland. We remembered being here back in 2018, and specifically that we arrived so late that only one restaurant was open, a diner that was so terrible it has become…
Today we woke up with a hike in mind. We worked out and got ready, but there was a thick fog sticking around. The hike boasted beautiful vistas, so we decided to wait out the fog a bit. We went a few minutes up the road to a peninsula with a puffin colony on it,…
We spent Thursday and Friday exploring around this area. Jokulsargljufur canyon is part of the Vatnajokull National Park and is a huge canyon that follows a river from dettifoss to Ásbyrgi. Along the way there are many beautiful waterfalls and rock formations to enjoy. There is one trail that goes all the way from Ásbyrgi…
Last night we stayed in Ásbyrgi at a campground right in the canyon. It’s a beautiful spot, but pricey for the limited amount of services they have. Sage liked the playground. Today we explored around the path and river that goes from Dettifoss to Ásbyrgi. It’s a beautiful spot with a long basalt canyon that…
The weather was great again today. Steve worked out while Sage and I hung out. Then we did a bunch of smaller walks around the lake. First we did the 1.5 mile hike at the spot I had ran at yesterday. It was gorgeous. Then we went for a quick visit of grjótagjá, a Thermal…
The weather today was as nice and even warmer than yesterday. We woke up, worked out, showered and played with Sage, then went grocery shopping before we headed to Leirhnjukur for a hike. The area is still an active volcanic area and was very active in the late 70s and early 80s, though it hasn’t…