We have had an awesome day!

Most days, I have written the blog posts at breakfast time, but it has been such an exciting day, that I feel compelled to write about it before going to bed!

We started with another nice breakfast at our abode and after a tardy pack-up, we left our fine hosts and headed down the track for the last time.

 

The light was fabulous and we stopped down the road to take some reflection shots.

 

It is very easy to understand the most Icelandic folk believe in Elves and trolls. Everywhere you look, there are faces or figures. Look at the one I captured ‘on film’ today!

 

 

The road twisted and turned and the landscape on the right went from being rocky and unar like to moss-covered lava fields within a blink of an eye! The cliff tops on the left changed form from time to time, but a magnificent sight was had at one point.

The glacier fields began to appear, and it was magical to see three of the magnificent beasts in one sweep of the eye. A couple of days ago, we were getting a bit tired of seeing waterfalls, but we soon lost count of how many glacier tongues were licking their way down the slopes.

 

If the sight of the glaciers weren’t enough, we finally came across the glacier lagoon. That was the most magnificent sights I have ever seen. Gobsmacking – even better than the mirror finish on the river Seine, which was literally jaw dropping in itself.

 

We did not have time to stop for long, but did return later. We were on a timeline to meet a group to go on a ski-doo ride on the glacier top. Now, that was an interesting journey, following our guide to save about $200. We had still not had the opportunity to get a spare tyre, so driving for 30 minutes up the mountain was a bit of a gamble, but we did have support from our guide if we needed it.

It was a fantastic activity to do. Riding trail ride style on snow mobiles, playing in the pristine snow at the top of the glacier. Fantastic! It was interesting to see the deep crevasses and we had fun taking it in turns driving the mobile. Mitch and Lawrie, ad Dave and me.

Getting up the mountain was one thing, as the guide was expecting up to be behind him, but getting down was another. Dave did a superlative job of getting us down the mountain in low visibility, as the clouds had begun to roll in. The other thing was the guide did not stop to help us down the mountain. Thankfully we did not pop a tyre… That is a job for tomorrow morning.

 

We then made our way back to the glacier pool and stayed there for a little while - not long enough for me, but Lawrie and I can spend some more time there tomorrow whilst Dave and Mitch do something else.

 

We arrived at Hufn (pronounced Hupb), wishing that we had booked somewhere closer to tomorrow’s activities. On arrival, we found out that we probably could have, as our apartment that we booked had burst a pipe. The owner was very helpful and found somewhere else for us to stay. She was very apologetic, but the place we are in, she said is much nicer (it is beautiful), and more expensive, but she paid the difference in price and gave us a reduced fee. Great service. We do still have to go way back down the road tomorrow, but the weather report is looking great!