Iceland Part III ~ Feeling at Home and Feeling Fresh

After a busy traveling day we made our way "home" to the Alftroo Guesthouse.  Nestled in the countryside we immediately felt comfortable - put on our slippers - made a few cocktails - and prepped dinner together with our guide, Oliver.

 Pam prepping tomorrow nights meal - lamb cooked in the outdoor fire pit~fabulous!

 Paula and Sandi with the table all set - enjoy a bonding moment and a martini!

 ....and before we knew it.

The dinner bell!

 Oliver serves up his famous Icelandic fish stew.  A cozy dinner - family style

 with a toast to our adventures of the day ~ with more promised for tomorrow.

Today we head out and stretch our legs as Oliver gets us going in the right direction.  Our morning begins with a hike at Reykjadalur. Where a few of our brave souls will take a dip in the natural hot springs.

 Jim, my happy hiker!

 We begin our hike seeing a few small thermal springs popping up along the mountain side.

 As we turn each corner we are greeted with more steam billowing up from the springs.

 It was an amazing sight watching the sun come up over the mountains to welcome us as we made our way along the mountain path with water bubbling alongside of us.

 The "changing rooms" as you can see with well exposed.  To the few that decided to take a dip in the warm waters realized it wasn't as easy as they thought to get themselves "put back together" without a few frozen appendages!

 The rest of the group continued on to the end of the path and were greeted with more waterfalls and rock formations.  It was a delightful hike - unlike hikes here in NH where we are predominantly surrounded by trees blocking our view.  This day we had the splendor of the countryside along with the rising sun every step of our journey.

 Fog

 Steam

 and sunshine and we walked back to our starting place.

 As you look forward you are greeted with the coming of the new day.

As you look back you see the grandness of all you've experienced.  If you look closely you can see Diane on the far right.  She provides that sense of scale and justice due to the ground we covered.

enjoy,

k