We took a short hike along a very scenic canyon. It wasn't raining that hard.
These falls were just along the highway |
The deep, mossy canyon of the Holtsdalur |
Photo by Dan Heller |
Photo by Dan Heller |
The falls and a solitary tree at the head of the canyon |
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We took refuge in a cave to eat lunch out of the rain. The beach here was amazingly vast. I walked out towards the water at least five minutes and as you can see from the map, I was nowhere near the coast.
We then drove past Gunnar's old home to Vík and then walked along the coast and visited the local wool and clothing shop.
Vast fields of lava beds covered by a thick blanket of moss were a common scene |
The inland side of the butte where we had lunch |
The vast, black sand beach |
The cave, where we ate lunch to get out of the rain |
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A church in Vík, Gunnar's hometown |
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Legend has it that these sea stacks called Reynisdrangar off the coast of Vík were trolls that were turned to stone |
Stones on the beach |
The bluffs behind Vík |
The Reynisdrangar framed by this restaurant sign |
We finally had our first sunny hike at Dyrhólaey, the southernmost tip of Iceland.
Gunnar's glasses with the Icelandic flag |
Gunnar didn't think we'd see puffins this late in the season, but I was lucky enough to catch this two-second appearance |
A nearby caldera |
The Dyrhólaey lighthouse |
Reynisdrangar from the other side |
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Darth Lori |
I'm on the southernmost point of Iceland |
Lori and Bill on the Dyrholaey bluff |
Wow, look at that! |
It's just sooo amazing! |
Photo by Dan Heller |
Dyrhólaey from the beach below |
Our first hot tub, and this one at the Hótel Skógar was really, really hot! |
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