Tracy Jo Travels

Day 4

Ooof, getting up this morning was rough to say the least, I was still tired, my body was sore, my blisters from the day before felt fantastic {heavy on the sarcasm} but lord, the view outside of our tent in the morning was fantastic. I couldn't make this up if I tried...we were literally camping at the foothills of a mountain.

We hopped in the car, drove for just a bit, and then decided my need to put my feet in the Arctic Ocean were just too overwhelming so we stopped and did just that {side note....I have NEVER parked on the side of the road in so many random places as I did in Iceland!} and do you know what, that water was cold as *%#$...shocking I know! With that mini adventure out of the way we started driving and within an hour we hit a waterfall that we just couldn't pass up! It was decent sized, perfect rocks for climbing, a teeny parking area, and just begging us to climb and explore...so explore we did!

Next stop left us in the little town of Egilsstaðir {ok let's be real every town in Iceland is little lol} I'm not sure what we were expecting to find here, but we re-fueled, grabbed 2 hot bowls of lobster soup at a small cafe, and were back on our way. The town Seyðisfjörður was next on our list and one that Tina was super excited about! It was the most picturesque little town with a waterfall just outside of town and their famed rainbow road leading to the cutest little blue church you ever did see!

Our evening rounded out with checking out Rjukandafoss waterfall {I still may never know how these sheep got so stinking close to the waterfalls here lol}, the Viti Crater {reminded me a lot of the crater we saw earlier on our trip} and a stop in Hell's Kitchen just outside of Mytavn.

So like good little travelers, Tina and I did some research on places before we went to Iceland and discovered this place called Hell's Kitchen {or Namafjall to the locals}was a popular place to check out. It was described as this "high temperature geothermal area with fumaroles and hot pots. At the depth of 1,000m the temperature is above 200C"...If this means more to you than it did to me, congrats, but honestly we had no idea what to expect. So, let me break it down into simpler terms of what we saw. The ground was covered in bubbly, gloppy, muddy pools. The pools were turning and gurgling, and bubbling like out of a si-fi movie, and the whole area stunk horribly like sulfur. Like I had to cover my nose and mouth the whole time and still had to go sit in the car for a bit because I thought I was going to get sick. Interesting area, sure...would I visit again, maybe with a gas mask.

Goodnight Mytavn. Goodnight Iceland. Goodnight people snoring in the AirBnB room next door! {click the AirBnb link to check it out yourself and save money on your first booking!}