Saturday, 21 May 2016

The Long and Winding Road - Day 5

The majority of today was spent covering some ground as we traveled through the East Fjords.  These were beautiful large inlets along the east that had us weaving in and out along the coast.  The views were phenomenal! Also..the pictures do not do any justice as far as capturing the cliffs that the road is situated on!




We took a little car break in a cute little town called Djúpivogur.  Logan was again impressed by the boats!



There was a perfect little field beside the harbour that Logan played soccer in as we stretched our legs for a bit!



Back on the road, we continued to travel beside the sea, between and through the mountains.

As we got higher into the mountains, we started to encounter snow...

...as well as lots of cloudy fog!







On our travels we encountered a beautiful waterfall (Gufufoss) and decided to get out and stretch our legs again.  

Logan took this as another opportunity to throw rocks into the water!

Down the road a little way, we came to a gorgeous little arts village called Seydisfjordur where we took a stroll around. 

We checked into our hotel in Egilstardir and decided to go back out for a bit.  We drove to Borgarfjörður Eystri  to see the Puffins!  This trip was a challenging drive through the mountains....and on pretty sheer cliffs!









As we drove along this dirt cliffside road, we found a plaque explaining that this road is haunted by a monster! ...but there have not been any recent attacks ;)

Most of the Puffins had gone to bed for the night, but there were thousands of little puffin houses in the hills here.  A few came out to say "hello"!





Logan was equally impressed by the seagulls...he perfected his seagull squawk! 

This little area is also home to the Lindarbakki hairy house which we stopped to snap a picture of. 

We made our way back to the hotel for the night...and Angus was super excited to travel on the same road back!

Friday, 20 May 2016

The Long and Winding Road - Day 4

We are making our way to Höfn today.  Our first interesting sight were the vast black-lava sand flats of Mýrdalssandur   It was very much like driving through a desert!  At one point we did drive through a wall of sand that was crossing the highway. 


Our first stop of the day was at Fjaðrárgljúfur Canyon.  We strapped Logan into the carrier and did a really nice walk along the canyon edge.  It was really pretty! 



Once we were back on the road, we spotted a beautiful waterfall and picnic area.  We decided to stop for lunch, and let Logan have a run! Like many places in Iceland this location came with a fascinating story about a woman in 1904 who encountered an Elf here! 



On our way to Jökulsárlón Glacier Lagoon, we continued to be in awe of the landscape. 





Jökulsárlón Glacier Lagoon was really beautiful! We took a boat ride to see the seals and icebergs! 



We even got to sample some of the thousand year old ice!

Logan has learned to love throwing rocks in the water, so we stood on the edge for a while to let him play. 





Terns are nesting in this area right now, so we tried to avoid them! We did see a few people getting warnings from the birds to keep away! 


We continued on to Höfn... 



We were staying in a Harbour. The boats were incredibly thrilling to Logan! After dinner we went out to play in an old fishing boat that is on display there! 






Tomorrow is a scenic driving day through the East Fjords!