Iceland, On the road to Skaftafell

On the road to Skaftafell. Iceland's largest National Park.

Almost all the roads, but the one we're on, are gravel. No gas stations. Hence, take along your extra tires, not one but two, and some extra gas cans.

Geothermal activity is everywhere. 75% of the country's heat is geo-thermal. Now that's green living!

Vast fields of lichen covered rock helped decompose the rock and make way, thousands of years later, to the farms.
The farms are few and far between. Notice how they're dug into the hill. Later, we'll see some totally sod buildings.


Part of the Ring Road runs along the ocean.
A hint of the glacier fields that are in the distance. A vast field of glacial rock, threaded through by braids of glacier run off.


Finally, one of the glaciers. Here, you can drive or hike right up to them. No high climbing necessary.
Ok, imagine what the glacier field would be like if it covered 1/12 of our country. Well, that's what the Vatnajokull means to Iceland. That's what's hiding behind the mountains.

Here's a satellite view of the Vatnajokull, this is one corner of Iceland.