Hotel Reynihild Myvatn

... On the way there we were pleased to be able to discern, after a week in "lava country", the exact line where we crossed into the knobbly, craggy, obviously-solidified-molten-lava field. <br><br>Out in the Northern rift area:<br>Mt. Krafla is in one of the most geothermally active areas in the country. This picture shows the area around the volcano and the power station built near it. 90% of the country's electricity ...

... Ring Road Highway #1 was built. Recently, in 1977, a huge volcano exploded and it seems there was a lot more volcanic activity in the 1800s. How could someone walk in this environment? Never knowing if a volcanoes would erupt beside you, always risking you life in setting your feet down in a spot which could give way to a crater or waterfall. A lot of the gourd is hidden under snow drifts - I wonder how many people have died on this land.

... empty. Now I know that if i can´t go to the Blue Lagoon on my last day if i run out of money, I´ve had a very similar (and probably better) experience here. I was so relaxed after that but I still had to walk back to town (about 4km) even though i really diddn´t want to. Oh well, it wasn´t so bad. Tomorrow I take the bus to Egilsstaðir where I´m stuck for a day until the next bus to Skaftafell National Park

... the Earth's insides going on around here...we drive up to Viti and there's this pristine lake in the crater masking the ferocity of the volcano...downstream from the power plant is this stream that's hot and loaded with sulfur compounds, it glows eerily neon-like even at midday. I wouldn't put my hand in this stream for anything... One thing that amazes me around here is the complete access you have to everything...whether it's the crater that could ...

... would do here!?! Unfortunately, or perhaps fortunately, it was closed. We stopped by the whaling museum, but I refused to pay 500k to support whaling so we all left. We continued up the road to our northernmost point. We all walked to the shore of the Arctic Ocean. The latitude was N66&#730; 12.2', less than 18' shy of the Arctic Circle. Around the bend, we stopped at a clifftop overlook for lunch. To our delight, dozens of puffins swam in the ...

... and a little windy.  We drove back to camp.  Kathy, Rain, and I went down to the hotel bar for a $9 beer and good conversation.  Then we did some very expensive food shopping, getting shrimp for the evening's burritos.              Rain and I were standing outside the cook tent when Sigfus, the campground owner, came up and spoke with us.  It was good to see him again.  We made plans to go look at volcanoes the next evening ...

... had clear weather for that drive before because I was astounded by its amazing beauty.  There were many cirques cut into the stacked basalt flows.  We reached Akureyri on the Eyjafjörður without incident.  The shopping center was next to the Goodyear store so Audrey, several others, and I did grocery shopping while Magnus got two new tires.              We left town about an hour and a half after we arrived and drove north up the east side of the fjord ...