The Road Home

By the time we tacked south

towards Laugarvatn,

we were out of words:

Except for Finn, who wanted a real bathroom

in the middle of nowhere,

on top of the world.

Ask and ye shall receive:

He's in there:

As it turns out,

in the middle of nowhere,

on top of the world,

there is an outhouse.

There is also a cabin:

Glacier Road

Further east, the terrain gave way to slate grey sand,

glaciers to our left, green vertical cliffs to our right. 

 

We had thirty kilometers

and four hours to go.

It is really difficult to capture a glacier at a distance.

It looks like low lying cloud cover:

 There were two glaciers on this road.

One was massive and sprawling,

the other seemed to perch on top of the mountain ridge:

Honestly, the sheep are everywhere.

It was difficult to spot the food source out there.

The Lake Road

After we left Guðrún, we traveled east along a lake road that transitioned rather quickly from pavement to gravel to rocks and water:

Our trusty horse:

Neil putting the horse into 4-wheel drive,

while Finn and I took pictures of ourselves:

The big beautiful open road: