Lake Myvatn

Last I wrote, I was about to travel from Akureyri to Egilsstaðir. Supposedly, the maps said that most of it was gravel, but we asked some bikers and the tourist office who confirmed that it was all paved. Phew! It was a long journey through desolate lava landscapes, but the mountains in the distance were quite beautiful. Also, people here have a …

We get up early, have breakfast and leave by 8 am continuing along Route 1 to the east. The plan is to drive to our furthest east point (hopefully Lake Myvatn) and return to Akureyri to stay overnight. We pass through over a range of hills and up a valley to Blönduós through more hills and valleys we arrive in Akureyri at 11:30. We walk to the …

... and dripped it in piles, each taking on it's own personality and hardening.  We explore the area around beautiful Myvatn, which is a lake surrounded by craters and birds...and that evening we drive to Akyreyri, where we stay with a couchsurfing ...

So, here I am in Myvatn the fizz, bang, bubble and pop capital of Iceland!  The weather has treated me well, so for that I´m grateful - a much needed reprieve from the wind has been well received.  It´s not exactly tropical, but hey I´m ...

... a very cool area. Tommorow I am going to go closer to the volcano area and check it all out. But for now I am at a Lake where several eruptions occured causing like 30 mini calderas that are now islands in the lake. Its very beautiful. Yesterday I went ...

... . The other nights I added a third shirt and it was less cold outside, so those were more comfortable. I was excited to see northern Iceland in part because it borders the Arctic Ocean. I guess that should have been a clue that it would be cold. But it ...

... ;then got the bike out (so much for a no bike day) and went out around the various bubbling and steaming areas and around Myvatn lake.   This is the penultimate night, the trip is almost over.     After dinner I had another ride out to ...

... nbsp; We are able to divert around it through a farm.     We make Akuyeri by 16:30 and it is only 97km to Myvatn so we go for it and find a very nice campsite right on the lake side, perfect. Another dose of pasta then off to the Jardbodin ...

So I am still at that one lake. It´s nice not having to pack up everything every morning and just to stay in one spot for a while. I rented a poj(piece of junk) moutain bike today. It was so much fun, Luc (i spelled it wrong yesterday) and I went biking ...

... . I'd been told that the foggy weather might lift come mid-morning so I was hoping that by the time I returned to the Lake Myvatn area, the weather would have improved. Alas, it stayed cloudy and therefore a tad dark almost all day. I set off at ...

We had a leisurely drive from Husavik to Myvatn.  The name of the lake implies that there are lots of flies and we heard that this was true...but it wasn't bad at all.  And the weather had changed and it was actually warm and sunny!  ...

... into my mouth?!!? I left the national park at about 1:30 and headed back on route 1 to Akureyri. Just before Lake Myvatn, I spotted a hot springs called Hverarond, and enthusiastically paid a visit. Having never visited Yellowstone or any other hot ...