Iceland - Ring Road northwest

Our bed-and-breakfast actually included breakfast this morning, which is our only overnight to do so. And what a breakfast - 3 homemade breads, 2 homemade jams, smoked trout, Icelandic butter, Icelandic cream cheese, meat slices and pâté from the farm’s sheep, cucumber slices, and hard-boiled egg slices. The picture is after everyone ate, so it looked even better before we started. 

Iceland has several western peninsulas that are beautiful, but we didn't have time to see them. Today was our longest drive (over 6 hours) to just north of Reykjavík but we did see a few more waterfalls.

The 41-foot-high 650-foot-wide Hraunfossar waterfall is formed by seeps coming out of the edge of a lava field.

Nearby is the 30-foot-high 35-foot-wide Barnafoss gorge and waterfall.

Further south is the 649-foot-high 350-foot-wide Glymur waterfall. It was thought to be the highest waterfall in Iceland, but a higher one was recently discovered. The 4-mile round-trip hike to see it is more challenging than I realized, with steep sections, drop-offs, and a stream crossing over a log. Carrie was a great sport.

crossing the stream - the log is longer than it appears in the picture!

Glymur