We had another 3 days off work, but this time we stayed in the local area taking day-trips from the guesthouse. On our first day off we went to the closest town, Borgarnes, which is 20 miles away and did some shopping and some errands for the restaurant-guesthouse. Borgarnes has a population of about 1800 people and is in the Western district.
On Saturday we drove about an hour to hike what once was the tallest waterfall in Iceland at 198 meters (643 ft) until another waterfall was discovered in 2011 that measured a drop of 228 meters. The Glymur Waterfall (the word means to clash, or boom) was quite impressive!
Video of crossing the Botnsa' River
This view is about half way up the mountain; no siderails on these cliffs!
On our way to the top
These pictures don't do justice to the color of green in the moss or the depth of this canyon
Made it to the top! What a view!
Back down the mountain and back across the log
We came across this scene driving back from our hike. Every September the farmers go up into the mountains and gather their sheep that have been grazing in the mountains since Spring. They call this "Re`ttir" and it happens all over Iceland.
On Sunday we headed out again to visit another geothermal area. No bathing here as the water is 212 degrees.
We continued on and stopped at the Hraunfossar Waterfall. This waterfall is actually flowing through an old lava field.
Here's a pano of the area. Breathtaking!
The snowcap mountain in the background is the Langjokull Glacier.
After the waterfall we headed out to the West Peninsula of Iceland called "Snaefellsnes". We came across this incredible rock formation in the sea.
More ledges without barriers
At the end of the peninsula we headed up the mountain and into the snow and ice
It's really hard to make snow angels on a glacier
Coming out of the mountain and into "nothing"; more dirt roads to drive on.
Great view of the sea coming down from the mountain
On a working note....David was able to fix the sewer problem at the guesthouse; no one, not even plumbers were able to fix it! He found an old broken sewer pipe going to nowhere.
That's it for this week. We still have another 10 days at this location in Iceland before we head to Norway again. David will be working on repairing a room in the guesthouse this week and should have lots of progress. Please stay tuned for more posts; we plan on visiting the North region on our next days off. We really appreciate all of you following us.
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