Today, we started the day in Fludir with a dip in the local hot springs, called Secret Springs. It was a pool that was filled by a nearby hot spring. The water comes out of the gound at 99 degrees Celsius and is only cooled a bit on the stream to the pool. The pool is large though so one end of it is very moderate and the other side next go the stream is extremely hot. The area around the pool had many different springs and even a geyser.
After a quick dip, we took off in good spirits from Fludir, where we had spent the night, eaten a gigantic breakfast and met some nice people from San Diego of all places. The trek was about 75 kilometers. We were very happy to roll through some flat areas and wind around small hills and then the road opened up to a vast plain of farm after farm. As we saw the hills get smaller, the wind picked up and we basically fought a strong headwind for the rest of the way, which was a majority of the leg of our journey. The highway we were on also had quite a few cars on it. It was basically a grind of a ride and we finally got to the cottage at 9 pm, after 9 hours on the road. We past through this town called Hella and a place called Hvoludir.
Our cottage is great but we decided to give up on our bike ride. Another day like today just isn't worth biking and our ride tomorrow appears longer, also along a heavily trafficked road and in the same direction as today, which probably means the same headwind.
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