Today, we drove from Seydisfjordur to a place close to Husavik. It was a pretty long day or driving but there were a couple of very cool parts. The first was a drive through the barren highlands of Iceland. The mountains appeared to be lime giant dunes of black sand and were surrounded by flat long stretches of lava rock without vegetation. The lack of scenery was the interesting part.
Another highlight was a falls called Dettifoss. This is a gigantic waterfall in northern Iceland where a massive river flows into a V shaped crevice to make a stunning falls. The mist from it rolls all the way the canyon walls to our viewpoint and created some dramatic rainbows around the water. Though this falls is massive, it is really well hidden and is quite a find in an otherwise desolate environment.
The last great place we visited was lake Myvatn, where the earth comes to life again. There were boiling mud pots, steamy fumeroles and a lot of activity around a very large lava flow that covers a large portion of the land around the lake. One place had 20 meter tall jagged lava formations that we walked around for a while. Another area had a lot of little craters where gas once explosively escaped from the ground. Another section had rolling lava the was broken in sections and covered with white moss. Liz commented that it looked like those brown flour cookies you make and the powder with sugar when finished.
Tonight's guesthouse is really nice. Brekka is the name of the farm. We have a 4 room cottage to ourselves tonight and are staying up way too late to take advantage of it, and to get some laundry done.
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