Iceland 2 -- The Sequel

After having fun with Mona's family last week in the Poconos, it's now just the two of us for our Icelandic escapades.  We are waiting for our flight to depart for our weeklong adventure driving the Ring Road around the entire country.  This is our second trip to Iceland.  Our first time was 2013 where we visited Reykjavik and Akureyri and were successful in seeing the Northern Lights.

This trip will be filled with lots of hiking, waterfalls, glaciers, and coastline.  We hope to spot a puffin or two.  The majority of Iceland's population lives on the west coast in and around the capital, so lodging opportunities throughout the Ring Road are limited as we travel through rural areas. We're staying in AirBnB's most of the time, so we're looking forward to a lot of interaction with the locals.

Our host the first night is Guðbjörg and her husband and daughter.  They own a farm near Hvolsvöllur and have lots of sheep and a few horses.  She sent us a nice note with great suggestions of things to do in her area.  It's a good thing that we're going to have so much extra daylight this time around......we're going to need it to fit in everything.