Húsavík to Mývatn (54.4km): We expected bad headwinds again, but in fact we had a nice ride through some rolling hills and a post-volcanic cratery landscape. We had lunch on top of a big windy plateau, then rode down to Lake Mývatn. After a quiet afternoon at our hotel, we had dinner at Gamli!, the hotel restaurant, then took our covid tests in preparation for being allowed onto the return flight in three days.
sunrise clouds in Húsavík |
sunrise clouds over the water in Húsavík |
more sunrise clouds in Húsavík |
i am honestly not sure whether this is decorative rocks in the hotel, or the cup of coffee i needed after taking all those sunrise photos |
underway! last view back towards Húsavík |
mountains and clouds across the water |
bottom of the fjord |
goodbye, Arctic Ocean |
Gina, underway |
Gina and Bill, circling |
our route today takes us down 87 to Mývatn |
my bike |
the view north |
road and colorful fields |
horses! |
so, i had stopped to take a photo of the mountains behind these horses |
and then Gina was like, here's my chance |
will this smuggled apple enable Gina to pet a horse? |
the horses are definitely interested |
this looks promising |
victory! |
it's not clear that the horse will actually eat this apple |
but hopefully it is enjoying having its head scratched |
David pets a horse |
Scott is investigated by a horse |
Scott pets the horse |
Gina thanks the horse for all these photos |
Scott pets another horse |
a stream with a fork |
a water feature by the roadside |
Tom, David, and Gina, conferring |
clouds reflected in the water |
river and mountainside |
the road |
soil, valley, lake |
volcanic landscape |
my bike, visiting a rock |
sign next to the rock |
David approaching our lunch stop |
mountain, ice, cloud |
valley and cliffs, seen from our lunch stop |
valley and mountains, seen from our lunch stop |
Gina, sitting on a giant spool to eat lunch |
Scott standing next to a giant spool |
landscape with close and far mountains |
volcanic landscape |
our guidebook claims Apollo astronauts trained for moon landings here |
grasslands and bonus distant pointy mountain |
post-volcanic landscape |
more craters |
power lines and mountains |
riders underway |
more landscape |
riders approaching Lake Mývatn |
crater behind Lake Mývatn |
road in front of Lake Mývatn |
statue in front of our hotel, not unsettling at all |
old well behind our hotel |
reference unit church |
Icelandic coins i bought at the thrift shop |
Icelandic coins, with bonus fish and dolphins |
Icelandic meat soup, at dinner |
Arctic char, at dinner |
sunset |
well, that's a relief |
more sunset |