Armed with headnets, long sleeves and bug wipes we braved a day around Lake Myvatn, which didn’t end up very buggy at all. Hiking the crater wasn’t easy, but the view was otherworldly.
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- Our guide, Raga, led us to this thermal pool inside a cave.
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- Hiking up volcanic rock to the top of Hverfjall crater.
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- The crater is a perfect tephra ring, made up of particles thrown from a volcanic blast.
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- Dimmuborgir, literally Dark Castles, created when lava was dammed up by a fiery lake.
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- At Dimmuborgir’s hole in the rock, with my favorite hiking buddy.
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- Sod houses provided great insulation. Wood (mostly driftwood) was scarce.
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- Mike having a tug of war with the sod house dog.
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- The wildflowers were amazing – entire fields of bluebells.
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- Sometimes, you just gotta take a NAP.
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- Michèle, Kathy and I had our hiking poles in the air to avoid being dive-bombed by the artic terns.
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- Icelandic horses are famous for their special gait, called tolt, where one hoof is on the ground at all times. That’s so steady this guy didn’t spill a drop of his beer.
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- Since we were riding horses at dusk near Lake Myvatn, we wore the suggested headnets for bugs.
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- Tolting is harder than it looks. When it works, it’s really a smooth ride.
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- These horses are purebred, with the most beautiful manes.
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- Skál (which sounds like scowl) is the way to toast a great trip to Iceland.
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