The next day began with breakfast
which prepared Jane
and me for the new day
so that we could drive off until we reached the Snaefellsness Peninsula
and stopped at the Vegamont Restaurant
where we looked out at snow covered peaks
and loaded our drinks into the car
before driving on to Budir
where the old church (still in use) told us we were at the trail head
and as we looked beyond the cemetery to the sea and Reykjavik in the distance
we could see the path we would follow
with interesting indentations
that we could look into
and fault lines
with the mountains still in the background
as we came to a dividing line of stone
before getting further direction of the way to Frambudir
which led to our first beach scene
but as we walked on the beaches became more interesting
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Next we drove on to Snaefellsojokull
where the road was going to take us to the remarkable views
and we choose to ignore signs like this one (which was ok to ignore) and the one that told us the road was impassable (which we might have considered more seriously)
but we pressed on and came to this place where my tire marks give a sense of the challenge of reversing back down the hill after it was clear we could go no further.
we did enjoy the view
and were able to walk to the nearest snow fields
but the glacier was out of reach
even though the views we had were quite nice in all directions
as Jane headed towards the nearby hill
and we thanked the car for getting to a safe place
from which we could learn about Bardur and the Singing Cave
which we then walked to
and were able to identify
though the entry was small
and though I went inside, I did not meet dwarfs and did not hear singing.
But the scenery was quite good
as Jane made her way in
and we recorded views
and ourselves
as Jane pointed out the glacier which was becoming slightly more visible.
Next it was time for lunch, so we found this spot
and while we were waiting, we noticed that we could get to the center of the earth from here
and so recorded locations
and then descended for photo ops
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