27 September to Akureyri

IMG 3643  Early morning outside the metal tent 20170927 082207  golf course-like IMG 3642 20170927 080223  inside kitchen
IMG 3645  outside sheep 20170927 081308  a good breakfast IMG 3658  geothermal station IMG 3424
IMG 3425 IMG 3426 IMG 3431 20170927 102026  cooling towers
20170927 102139 20170927 102541  from a vantage point above the station IMG 3661  crater lake IMG 3666  extremely high winds
IMG 3670  struggling across the moonscape IMG 3671 20170927 105119  active vents 20170927 105133  don't slip
20170927 105236  could be a painting 20170927 105246 IMG 3673  back to the car IMG 3674  back past the station
IMG 3676 IMG 3677  back on the road IMG 3680  Bri and I spent several hours in these hot springs yesterday IMG 3684  lakescape
20170927 114150  lenticular IMG 3685  cinder cone from Dimmuborgir 20170927 114227  very strong weather to the south 20170927 114317  Entrance to Dimmuborgir, a collapse lava lake
IMG 3700  foliages studies 20170927 114702 IMG 3705 IMG 3708
IMG 3709 20170927 115159 IMG 3711 20170927 115848  more atmospheric phenomena
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20170927 120143  It was great to get out of the car for a few hours 20170927 120704 20170927 120719 IMG 3718
20170927 120928 IMG 3719 20170927 121719  as we were hiking around, the south coast was getting hammered, with bridge washouts 20170927 121758  we took the "difficult" trail
20170927 121915 IMG 3720 20170927 122409 20170927 123436  tree art
20170927 123459  sky art IMG 3726  panorama IMG 3727  dramatic shadows IMG 3728  Lake Myvatn
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IMG 3434 IMG 3740  sheep of course IMG 3741 IMG 3744  we have a movie of these sheep
IMG 3435 IMG 3746  can't get enough of the sky IMG 3747 IMG 3750  horse and clouds
IMG 3755  crater 20170927 132516  waterfowl as the waterfowl center IMG 3759  same craters IMG 3760  same van
IMG 5728  Back to civilization in Akureyri: a Suzuki violon class filled with little blond girls IMG 5730  public space IMG 5731  private space in a bookstore IMG 5732  with a coffee counter, electricity and wifi
IMG 3761  stuff for sale IMG 3762 IMG 5733  someone took our portrait IMG 5736  I stayed in the bookstore while...
IMG 3763  Christine and Bri visited the botanical garden IMG 3764 IMG 3439 IMG 3765
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IMG 3444 IMG 3767 IMG 3769  Then we tried to find a place to sleep. We visited multiple sites... IMG 3770  including this one right in the town of Hauganes
IMG 3771  It could've been okay but the road in was too muddy IMG 3773  so we ended up at a closed campsite Davlik, where the handicap toilet was still open. It was rainy and dark, so we cooked in the van.