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| geysir |
We woke up after a cold night in our submarine tent that was soaking wet and drove to Geysir. They have several geysers, including one that goes every three minutes and one that goes three times a day. It used to go a lot more, but some people tried to make it erupt by throwing rocks in it. I’m not exactly sure what they thought this would do, maybe trigger a bomb underneath or wake up some mass geyser god hidden below the geyser, but the rocks clogged up the geyser, so now it goes three times a day. While we were there, we stared at Geysir, but it didn’t go off, so we went over to the geyser that goes off every 3 minutes. This one did not disappoint. It would go off with a large boom and the clouds would go up 15-30 meters. Then the water at the bottom of the geyser would fill in like a toilet. It would then start gently bubbling. When it was about to go off again, it would fizz madly like a just-opened soda can. Then it would give you a heart attack by suddenly spouting sulphourous steam and smoke and boiling water into the air. It was quite the spectacle. We also looked at the fumaroles and walked around before going to Gullfoss.
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| gulfoss |
Gullfoss was saved before by a woman who may have founded Earth-First, as it got to a point so bad she threatened to throw herself into the waterfall if they built a dam. It was very pretty, it stair-stepped once, with a short waterfall falling down the first one, then a huge one where you couldn’t see where the fall ended and the river began. We didn’t have our rain jackets, so we got our fleeces soaked by the large wall of mist that rose from the waterfalls cascading down. I threw a few rocks into the waterfall, but it was too hard to see where they landed. The plants really liked the constant mist; they were going very well. We stopped to have a funeral for my dad’s old hat, and then he unceremoniously threw it away before we left for Thingvellier.
Thingvellier is located near a lake, which meant that the small midges were horrible, just like at Lake Myvatn. The breeze did little to ward them off, so I’m sure we looked comical, occasionally slapping our faces or waving at the flies. We visited the lake where they drowned women who broke laws. It’s very pretty, very blue and innocent-looking. There is a complete list of the women they drowning in the lake. We also visited the Law Rock, as thingvallier was also a parliament site the world’s oldest in fact. We were very happy because they could take us at the hostel, even though my dad was in one room and my mom and I were in another. I hope our tent is dry tomorrow!
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| oxararfoss |
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| Logberg- the law rock |
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