21 September to Budardalur

20170921 091900 Our first night in our metal tent was a bit noisy with rain ticking down and wind buffeting the vehicle 20170921 091939 We have not yet quite figured out how to stash everything 20170921 102523 mushrooms near the campsite in Akranes 20170921 083723 First stop the Akranes lighthouse
20170921 083903 Tank farm at the port IMG 3069 Lighthouse 20170921 084008 birds sheltering behind the breakwater 20170921 084017 wind rips off the tops of the waves
20170921 084209 Looks like a giant biberon! IMG 3075 Then we drive up country IMG 3077 toward Borgarnes IMG 3078 still clean
IMG 3079 West Iceland IMG 3080 and the Snaefellsnes Peninsula. We will drive around it and spend the night north of it on the mainland at Budardalur IMG 3083 The first of many rainbows IMG 3085 what does that tell you about a place? Rainy...
20170921 094431 Steam is not your friend in a metal tent 20170921 094435 but impossible to make coffee outside 20170921 094440 so we endure IMG 5716 colors in Borgarnes
IMG 5717 The church IMG 5718 very Protestant inside IMG 5720 a rather nice building IMG 5723 closed for the season
20170921 102217(0) one can't stand up in the van 20170921 102219 so it could be hard on one's back over the long term IMG 3088 landscape - a wet Nevada IMG 3090 sheep and improved pastures
IMG 3092 horses IMG 3094 IMG 3095 shaggy 20170921 123728 more Nevada-esque
IMG 3096 driving along the southern side of the peninsula IMG 3098 isolated farms IMG 3099 are the main form of settlement IMG 3100 Snaefellsjokull in the clouds
IMG 3103 more sheep and pasture with volcano in the distance IMG 3104 black sheep white sheep: we used the tablet and hot spot to research sheep genetics IMG 3108 lava colonized by sphagnum IMG 3111
IMG 3112 fall colors IMG 3113 there is a road in there over a pass to the north side IMG 3115 foliage IMG 3116
20170921 140609 in the National Park IMG 3118 ocean and lava IMG 3119 tall rocks IMG 3120 stairs up a crater on the NW side
IMG 3121 from the crater S toward the volcano IMG 3123 landcover IMG 3124 volcano in clouds IMG 3128 back along the north side
IMG 3129 isolated fjords IMG 3133 looking back at volcano IMG 3134 IMG 3135 almost cloud free
IMG 3136 butte near Grundurfjordur IMG 3143 clouds to the south IMG 3148 could be the set for "Rams" IMG 3149 an isolated fjord on the north side of the peninsula