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Iceland Day 8
September 2015
Iceland Day 8, September 2015 Index
Iceland Day 8 001 - Interesting 3 dimensional map of Iceland in our room at the Guesthouse Hvammur
Iceland Day 8 002 - Older fishing veeesl in Höfn
Iceland Day 8 003 - Driving around downtown Höfn
Iceland Day 8 004 - Back on the Ring Road heading West
Iceland Day 8 005 - Some of the buildings in Bjarnanes
Iceland Day 8 006 - Route 984 on the right leads a short way up a valley
Iceland Day 8 007 - Large farm under construction near Brunnholl
Iceland Day 8 008 - Hotel advertisements on the Ring Road
Iceland Day 8 009 - We have a mountain to our right and a long narrow lagoon on the left
Iceland Day 8 010 - Bridge over the Jökulsárlón river
Iceland Day 8 011 - Icebergs flow out from Jökulsárlón Lagoon through the river that passes under the bridge
Iceland Day 8 012 - Crossing the Jökulsárlón bridge
Iceland Day 8 013 - Looking out onto the Jökulsárlón Lagoon from the West shore
Iceland Day 8 014 - Back on the Ring Road heading West
Iceland Day 8 015 - Notification of the upcoming Skaftafell National Park
Iceland Day 8 016 - Bridge in Skeidararsandur
Iceland Day 8 017 - There are some nice mountains here in Haoldukvisl, we just can't see them
Iceland Day 8 018 - Still crossing the lava sand river delta
Iceland Day 8 019 - The base of Lomagnupur Mountain
Iceland Day 8 020 - Continuing West on Route 1 just past Kálfafell
Iceland Day 8 021 - The Fossálar River
Iceland Day 8 022 - Old sheep pen
Iceland Day 8 023 - The town of Kirkjubćjarklaustur
Iceland Day 8 024 - The abundant rain in this part of Iceland near Kirkjubćjarklaustur keeps the landscape green
Iceland Day 8 025 - If we can't see the mountains, at least we can see these neat moss covered lava boulders
Iceland Day 8 026 - Another river crossing between the intersections with Routes 204 and 209
Iceland Day 8 027 - Looks like the cloud deck has lifted to near 1000 feet
Iceland Day 8 028 - The view is great now that the clouds have lifted a bit
Iceland Day 8 029 - The intersection with Route 214
Iceland Day 8 030 - Sheep in front of a neat rock formation
Iceland Day 8 031 - We made it to Vík, unfortunately in the fog
Iceland Day 8 032 - Leaving Vik heading West we get a distance sign
Iceland Day 8 033 - We will turn left on Route 215 to reach Reynisfjara
Iceland Day 8 034 - The Guesthouse Reynir is on the right
Iceland Day 8 035 - We have reached the parking area for Reynisfjara at the end of Route 215
Iceland Day 8 036 - Reynisfjara
Iceland Day 8 037 - Rock formations at Reynisfjara
Iceland Day 8 038 - The ocean is very rough here with waves reaching about four feet
Iceland Day 8 039 - Angelita by the rock wall
Iceland Day 8 040 - Back on Route 215 heading North past the Reyniskirkja church
Iceland Day 8 041 - Now we are back on the Ring Road heading West
Iceland Day 8 042 - Interesting building perched on the side of the hill
Iceland Day 8 043 - Crossing the Mýrdalsjökull Glacier River
Iceland Day 8 044 - Turn off to Skogar, location of the Skogafoss Waterfall
Iceland Day 8 045 - The Skogafoss Waterfall
Iceland Day 8 046 - We return to the Ring Road and pass this neat old stone farm building
Iceland Day 8 047 - Entrance to the Rutshellir Caves
Iceland Day 8 048 - This place is rather delapidated as well
Iceland Day 8 049 - Neat unnamed waterfall
Iceland Day 8 050 - Cool cow sign
Iceland Day 8 051 - Route 249 goes 30 kilometers back to the Ţórsmörk Nature Preserve
Iceland Day 8 052 - A few miles Northwest of the waterfall we reach Hvolsvöllur, population 950
Iceland Day 8 053 - We turned right in Hvolsvöllur to head East on Route 261 toward tonight's lodgning
Iceland Day 8 054 - After dropping our stuff off at our hotel we return to Hvolsvöllur
Iceland Day 8 055 - Now heading back East on Route 261 toward our guesthouse
Iceland Day 8 056 - Tired traveller outside the Guesthouse Húsiđ