Day 17 Saturday May 28, 2016

The past two days have been filled fill adventure. We moved to Skógar for two nights which is a little town situated near a huge cascading waterfall called Skógafoss. Huge green pastures with tons of sheep and lambs lie right behind the hostel. On Saturday we visited Reynirsrjara Hálsandefshellir pebble beach and cliffs. The columnar basalt was textbook perfect, and the crashing waves beautiful. Our big adventure for the day was hiking to the top of Skógafoss Waterfall, and on the the trail next to the rushing river far below. Just when I thought I had seen the most beautiful part of Iceland, I have to think again. Every turn there was a new view below. The cliffs were steep and covered with vibrant green moss and grass. Birds soared by gliding with the wind. We saw many many giant waterfalls which took my breath away. The hike was a difficult climb, but I loved moving forward to catch a glimpse of the next view. I felt like I was in a fantasy land where I should see fairies at any moment peaking out from the moss. A mound of dirt topped with grass looked like the Stone Table from Narnia. Around 5:30pm, we headed back to catch our 8:00pm dinner reservation of Icelandic cod.