22 September to Hverinn

IMG 3151  From Budardalur we drove north over the peninsula that links Westfjords to the main island and then down to an isolated town, Holmavik.  The map was useful to find a restaurant/bathroom/info desk. IMG 3152  the port IMG 3153  this seemed like a bright day to us 20170922 104700  public "hot pots"
IMG 3158  ground cover IMG 3159  streamscape IMG 3160 IMG 3162  ground cover
20170922 111001  blueberries IMG 3164  new CP FB photo IMG 3165  blueberries IMG 3166
20170922 111106  examining the terrain with Holmavik in the distance 20170922 111215 IMG 3167 IMG 3168  really this was good weather!
20170922 111320 IMG 3169  sheep IMG 3170  Holmavik sous lumière IMG 3171  shadows!
IMG 3172 IMG 3173  reflections IMG 3175 IMG 3176
IMG 3180  then south on a gravel road, up over a peninsula (so into the fog) then down. IMG 3189  a lonely landscape 20170922 150808  further south near Grabok Crater, colorful ground cover 20170922 150822
20170922 150938 IMG 3190 IMG 3191 20170922 151039  "jello" landscape : moss on lava
IMG 3193 IMG 3195  mountain as IMG 3196 IMG 3197
IMG 3201 20170922 152545  climbing the stairs to the crater 20170922 152907  surreal IMG 3203  another cinder cone
IMG 3205  and a settlement below IMG 3206  boardwalk and river valley IMG 3207 20170922 154511
20170922 162032  next stop Hverinn, source of hot water for Borgarnes and Akranes 20170922 162136  old hot springs 20170922 163655  new hot springs 20170922 164112  rebuilding the viewing platform as water boils next to your feet
IMG 3208  driving up one of the valleys in West Iceland 20170922 172544  to the Barnafoss Waterfalls... IMG 3209  where the real attration is not the falls per se... 20170922 173025  but rather these springs which pour into the river here
IMG 3211  river and the springs from upstream IMG 3213 20170922 172227  lava... IMG 3215  and a rainbow..
IMG 3217  which we followed up the canyon and out of the forest.. IMG 3219  onto the lava plains IMG 3220  it never wavered... IMG 3226  while vast landscapes revealed themselves...
IMG 3227  but the rainbow persisted IMG 3230  and persisted... IMG 3231  and persisted... IMG 3232  and even stretched across the whole valley. Camping in Hverinn behind a restaurant where I could work outside of the van.