A whole lotta fosses goin' on

So, it is the morning of day 2. Or 3. I'm not sure. Time is weird here. There are no limitations on us as it never gets dark and we're traveling with our bed and a kitchen. It's all fluid. Yesterday, we awoke at 8 am and kept going until midnight. That is, walking, hiking, standing in awe...a little driving but not a ton.

Mercy, are there a lot of waterfalls in this country! You can't swing a cat without hitting a foss! We're severely struggling with the language. We do know that foss means waterfall. And, we can even pronounce it! Icelandic is its own beast, for sure. It sounds like nothing else. No cognates. No English words mixed in. Now, everyone here speaks English as well, so there is never a problem communicating.

Ok, so here's my problem. I can't keep up with time at all. It is now one night later and I can't begin to remember what happened on which day. We've been waking up around 8 am and going all day until around midnight. There is just so much awesomeness all the time.

Let me try to catch up some.

Day 1 -- picked up by the lovely folks at Happy Camper and taken to their office in Reykjavik. We got all loaded up and learned how everything in the camper worked. Rather than spending anytime at all in the capital city (the northern most capital in the world!) we cruised right on out of town. I started out driving. With the exception of one 15 minute drive last summer, I haven't drive in a stick in...hmmm...20 years? But nevermind that, off we went!

We headed for Gullfoss and were pretty much just speechless with everything encountered along the drive. We stopped for lunch in a little town. Found a cafe and had sandwiches. We are driving counter clock wise on the Ring Road, which is highway 1.

Along the way to Gulfoss, we stopped off at a volcanic canyon. It was gorgeous. Cost us $3USD to enter. Didn't seem odd at the time, but does now since we haven't paid a penny to go anywhere else!

Something totally cool about Iceland is that things are very well marked. Most towns of any size, even tiny ones, and many turn outs off the roads are marked with a "i" sign indicating there are information boards to explain where you are, what there is to see, etc. Here is an example for Kerid.

Gulfoss was VERY crowded. The most crowded place we've been to yet. Large tour buses were there. We spent some time there and then left for a bit, got the RV organized, took a nap, and then went back when the shop and restaurant closed at 6 because we figured most people would clear out by then...and they did! YAY!.

Next, we drove back into Geyser. This tiny little spot had been crazy crowded earlier in the day but wasn't bad at all now that it was around 8:30 PM. We got to see lots of cool geysers, including the largest one right now, Strokkur, erupt multiple times.

He falls over taking a picture of Strokkur.

First sign, literally, that Icelanders are a hoot. Read the rules:)

 you can hear the water boiling!

After all that, somehow we still had some energy left despite not much sleep and going alllll day. We drove into Seljaland and parked in front of Seljalandfoss. It was breathtaking, even after being at Gullfoss. Something we're noticing is that there

is no end to the gorgeous sites nor is there an end to us appreciating them! After parking, we realized we could just spend the night there in front of the waterfall -- and we did! AMAZING! Great place to stay -- bathrooms, scenery, even a little coffee shop that opens first thing in the morning.

Bedtime around midnight. So tired from having so much fun!