Iceland Adventure {9.11.16 - 9.17.16} Day Two

Day two of our Iceland trip starts by leaving our nice, warm, cozy and expensive Airbnb. We spent the day walking black sand beaches,visiting several waterfalls and canyons, and climbing hills to see beautiful natural arches and lighthouses.

Breakfast is served at Eldsto Cafe

Apparently Icelanders like oreos for breakfast or they think Americans do 

Gljufurafoss waterfall

Seljalandsfoss waterfall 

Embracing my inner Mary Poppins

This volcano exploded in 2010. The snow capped mountain in the picture below is what the volcano looks like today.

Skogafoss Waterfall 

Admiring the beautiful scenery and geology along the Ring Road. 

Dyrholaey Ocean Arch and Elephant rock. Believe it or not, but that arch is large enough that small planes can fly through it.

Reynisfjara & Halsanefshellir – Black sand beach and sea cave surrounded by columnar basalt columns - a geologist's dream. 

Fjadrargljufur Canyon: One of my favorite places in Iceland. It was breathtaking! 

This was not part of the canyon, but just along the road on our way to the canyon. The rocks were covered in thick moss that went on for endless miles. To me it looked like a place right out of "The Lord of the Rings." 

On our way back from our canyon hike, Colby insisted we take a picture of this sign. It was in the middle of NO where! That is all I will say. You can interpret it as you would like

Made it to our first campground for the night! We managed to hide in the very few trees it had to offer. Everyone else set up in the grass fields.