Day 4
Believe it or not, Elly and Arnsteinn actually decided to take it easy for a day! The term “easy” defined loosely. The day started off as usual with some form of mush for breakfast. The two had the luxury of leaving the tent up all day since they were planning on staying two nights in Skaftafell, a popular access point for Vatnajokull National Park. Of course they did have something epic planned, but since it was early in the summer most of the trails were still covered with snow. Instead, they took a few easy hikes up to some view points for glaciers, ate delicious fish ‘n’ chips for lunch, and then went for an evening stroll to some more glaciers. Sounds like a good day to me!
Believe it or not, Elly and Arnsteinn actually decided to take it easy for a day! The term “easy” defined loosely. The day started off as usual with some form of mush for breakfast. The two had the luxury of leaving the tent up all day since they were planning on staying two nights in Skaftafell, a popular access point for Vatnajokull National Park. Of course they did have something epic planned, but since it was early in the summer most of the trails were still covered with snow. Instead, they took a few easy hikes up to some view points for glaciers, ate delicious fish ‘n’ chips for lunch, and then went for an evening stroll to some more glaciers. Sounds like a good day to me!
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| Enjoying the morning mush |
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| A map. The black tape indicates where the trails were closed because of snow. We hiked pretty much everything else. |
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| The highest point of the day |
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| The Skaftafellsjokull glacier |
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| Skeidararjokull glacier |
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| In front of the Svartifoss waterfall |
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| Look at those basalt columns!! |
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| Chillin' on a chunk of basalt |
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| Any ideas what those man-made formations are by the road? |
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| A traditional turf-roofed farmhouse in Sel (a stop along the hike) |
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| The back of the house |
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| The cows live under the house and heat up the upper floor where the people live! |
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| The cow stalls on the first floor. |
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| The beds for people on the second floor! |
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| The house is not Arnsteinn sized. |
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| Posing for a selfie by a pretty stream |
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| So many waterfalls... |
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| Dinner! |
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| Such a beautiful promise :) |
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| An evening stroll to the toe of a glacier! |
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| Such a cute couple :) |
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| And a beautiful sunset! |
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