We left Hotel Selfoss (after a huge, delicious breakfast!!) and started driving through the most beautiful scenery you can imagine. Dave is the best about stopping for pictures, even turning around and going back if we went past something wonderful.There are literally waterfalls everywhere, but some are just amazing and we hit a few on this day. The weather was iffy all day long but somehow managed to clear up just enough when we arrived at each waterfall.
First stop: Seljalandsfoss. The only waterfall in Iceland you can walk behind..
We put on all of our water-proof gear (except our pants. Should've brought waterproof pants) and joined the parade under the most amazing waterfall.
So fun to be immersed in the sound of the power of the water.
The sky looked beautiful for a moment but then fogged in.
Very wet behind the waterfall. Good walking boots required
As Andrew pointed out "Dad is smiling so big he's showing his teeth!!"
It was really neat!
A short video of the experience.
Right around the corner from Seljandsfoss was Gljúfrafoss. The falls are partially obscured by the cliff rock, but you can follow a trail to enter the narrow canyon where the water plummets to a small pool. But with people coming and going, it is a little treacherous and sure enough, I slipped on a rock that was not steady and in went my foot, boot underwater. But it was worth it to get back into this beauty.
My camera could not capture how cool it was.
Where is Rich Walker when you need him?
My boot was filled with cold glacial water and obviously not going to dry up quickly.
Moved my loaf of bread to a Ziploc bag (always carry Ziploc bags on road trips) and I put my foot in the bread bag and then put on the boot: voilà! My foot was cozy and dry.
I call this picture "travelling with an engineer". There are beautiful waterfalls everywhere but Dave is more interested in the power generator station. Ha ha.
En route to the next waterfall, we stopped here there and everywhere for glorious scenery. Experienced some more incredibly powerful winds.
Just felt like you were going to blow away.
This sheep looked so cozy in the wind
Over 200 man made caves found on Southern farms.
This one pretty famous called Rútshellir.
A very interesting story can be found at:https://guidetoiceland.is/connect-with-locals/regina/rutshellir-cave-in-drangurinn-in-drangshlid
A very interesting story can be found at:https://guidetoiceland.is/connect-with-locals/regina/rutshellir-cave-in-drangurinn-in-drangshlid
This is the first multi-tiered waterfall we saw. Just random view from the car.
And then we saw so many more...
On to the next amazing waterfall: Skogafoss.
Just awesome in its size and perfect shape.
We heard there was a perpetual rainbow there,
but you do indeed need a little sunshine for that..
No rainbow :😞
A bride getting her photo done...even though it was very cold!!
If you look in the right hand upper area of the first pic of Skogafoss.
you'll see the observation area we climbed up to.
Had to take the pic sideways to get it all in,
but the walk up is 400+ steps straight up.
This was really my first observation that, in order to enjoy every bit of Iceland,
you need to be in good physical condition!
Once at the top, a lovely walk to see the source of the waterfall,
a beautiful river amongst rocky, mossy gorges
At this point of our trip, I realized how appropriate our rental car licence was:
OMG!!!!! I said that many times in Iceland.
I found the attire of this Chinese tourist to be quite amusing:
the fur hat and the silver boots
Down the road, we found the best kind of waterfall:
NO TOURISTS!
This one we had to ourselves... finally.
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