Iceland - June 20 - July 2, 2017
Page Seven
We spent two days hiking in the Thorsmark region, which is
surrounded by mountains and glaciers and is only accessible via
4-wheel drive vehicles. We drove along the foothills of the Eyjafjallajokull
volcano that erupted in 2010.
Flowers on a trail that led back to an outlet glacier where
the flood from the 2010 eruption came down.
The large gap in the rock was created in 24 hours by the
Eyjafjallajokull volcanic eruption.
Main guide Kristjan and assistant guide Ivar (in red).
Kristjan was explaining some of the impacts of the 2010 eruption.
Listening to Kristjan (Ivar, Jeff, Polly and Gene (from Denver), Erica (Chicago)
The barren flood area
We did a second hike back into this canyon to see a small waterfall.
About to walk into a narrow section where the waterfall was
Part of the waterfall can be seen here.
Walking back out
Green moss on the canyon walls
We saw a variety of flowers on the hike.
On the way to a remote campsite called Godaland, our 4-wheel
drive van had to cross glacial rivers. As we were nearing the
campground, the van got stuck in one of them. Here our driver
has rolled up his pants legs and has just talked to another driver
who was going to use a rope to pull us out of the river.
While we were waiting in the van to be towed, this bus successfully
crossed in the
opposite direction. We eventually drove across the
river using the same lane this bus had.
Jeff putting up our tent while I'm taking a photo. Tents, sleeping bags,
mats, blankets, pillows were all provided by
REI Adventures.
All of the equipment were REI products, of course.
Our van with storage trailer attached, next to the
dining tent that the guides put up for group meals.
View we had from the front of our tent. The tent in
the background was one used by another pair from our group.
Flowers near our tent
Dinner in the dining tent
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