Travel

Our final full day of this epic Iceland 2022 trip! To frame the day, imagine that each of us had a few things on our list that we wanted to get done before we finished our trip. The net of that is a lot of walking around, various tasks, and a wide variety of things!

Breakfast at Sandholt.
Walk down Laugavegur.
Walk along harbor to a small lighthouse
Escaped from Reykjavik Escape!
More shopping on Laugavegur, with long stop at Hörg but no purchases.
Yummy snack at Loo Koo Mas.
Watch the Reykjavik Pride Parade.
More shopping, resulting in shoes!
Drop off shopping at Airbnb.
Never having enough baked goods, stop to try Brauð & Co.
Visit the Kattakaffihusid (Cat Cafe) for cappuccino with Cats!
More shopping at 66° North to get Mazie a shirt.
Much deliberation at art gallery.
Go see the Sun Voyager.
Shop at Museum Shop in Harpa.
Tried to see if we could use the Hopp scooters to get around, but decided wouldn’t work.
Visit Vínberið candy store.
Visit Rammagerðin to get Icelandic Wool Blanket.
Visit Kronan to get some local snacks to bring home.
Go to Fly Over Iceland! Stunning visuals, and a lot of places we had been to on the trip.
We got super lucky and found another street spot to park car in after driving to Fly Over Iceland! 😅
Final dinner in Iceland at Íslenski Barinn. Very good food and a very fun waitress.

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Aug 6, 2022 ∞

Iceland Log Day 14

Friday, August 5th
Nice, warm in sun. Sprinkles in afternoon.

Depart Blue View Cabin and travel to Reykjavik.
Breakfast at Sandholt.
Shopping and strolling on Laugavegur: Skúmaskot, 66° North, Blue Lagoon, Nordic Store, Nielsen Sérverzlun
Icelandic Punk Rock museum. Very fun!
Cappuccino at Te & Kaffe
Snack at Sandholt
Visit Hallgrímskirkja Church.
Walk around looking for Fish & Chips stand that Tammy had found online but we never were able to find it.
check into Airbnb at Baldursgata 22.
Dinner at Bastard Brew & Food
Dessert at Sandholt. Seems everyone really liked Sandholt. 🤩
More shopping and exploring on Laugavegur.
Go to the Icelandic Sagas: The Greatest Hits at Harpa. Very fun! 🎭

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Aug 4, 2022 ∞

Iceland Log Day 13

Thursday, August 4th
Morning was very cold and windy, and improved throughout day.

Morning hot tub time.
Depart Blue View Cabin.
Explore Gullfoss. Beautiful!
Explore Geysir in Haukadalur Valley.
Visit Þingvellir National Park (part 1 and part 2): Öxarárfoss, Langistígur, and Lögberg.
Dinner at Restaurant Mika. The Hot Chocolate (really, Drinking Chocolate) was amazing!
Return to Blue View Cabin for relaxing evening.
Second session in hot tub. Great!

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Aug 3, 2022 ∞

Iceland Log Day 12

Wednesday, August 3rd
Sunny & Windy

Checkout of The Garage. Final visit with the horses and dogs. We enjoyed our time here.
Take Herjólfur Ferry to Westman Islands.
Delicious breakfast pastries and coffee at Vigtun Bakhús.
Shoping at 66° North store.
Take hiking trail to museum Eldheimar Museum.
Explore Eldheimar Museum. Very engaging recounting of eruption in 1973 on the island.
Walk back to harbor.
Return to Vigtor Bakhús to get tomorrows breakfast
3p ATV tour pushed to 3:45
ATV Tour with Volcano ATV. Very fun time!
Some more shoping: Icewear, Póley, and Penninn.
Good dinner at Gott.
7:30p Ferry back to mainland.
Drive to Blue View Cabins to check-in.

Team Update: On Day 9 while descending the Vatnajökull Glacier I (Jamie) got tripped up a bit in my crampons. I placed my right foot down and caught the crampon on my left foot. I stumbled, and took a few big steps but didn’t fall. Everything seemed okay at the time, but my right knee has been hurting me since. I’ve been hoping it would get better but so far it isn’t. Due to my knee issues we have changed our plans for tomorrow. We were planning to go to Landmannalaugar and hike a bit. Since my knee isn’t doing so well, we are going to instead do the Golden Circle tomorrow. Landmannalaugar will have to wait for another time. I’m sure my knee will be fine with some rest.

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Aug 2, 2022 ∞

Iceland Log Day 11

Tuesday, August 2nd
Great overall weather. Sunny. A few sprinkles.

Up early for 8:30a departure with Into the Wild to go on Super Jeep tour of Þórsmörk (Thorsmork) including: Eyjafjallajökull Volcano, Stakkholtsgjá Canyon Hike, Lunch at Thorsmork. We then transitioned to ATV’s for some fun riding and a stop for Gljúfrafoss Hike. Final stop at the very popular Seljalandsfoss waterfall before returning to The Garage.
Wonderful late afternoon hot tub time under the waterfall at The Garage. This place is great to stay at.
Return visit to Black Crust Pizzeria. We went there yesterday, and the place was too busy, dinner was rushed, and seating wasn’t great. Tammy felt strongly there was a better experience to be had so we went an hour earlier and had a delightful dinner.
Visit Reynisfjara Black Sand Beach and the kids had a great time playing on the beach, climbing on columnar geology, exploring the giant cave.
Mazie insisted that we stop at this cave just a bit down the road from The Garage on the way back. She read the sign and discovered it was Steinahellir Cave. It had a varied history, including some superstitions. Mazie insisted that we all get out and go through the door and see it. But then she got super scared about the stories of bad luck and insisted none of us go in and then we had to let Steinahellir Cave know that we were good people. 🤞

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