Day 6

We spent day 6 driving between Akureryi and a small town several hours away.  We visited this beautiful waterfall along the way.

We clearly aren't the only people who think Iceland is incredible.  The number of people this trip compared to 5 years ago when Brian and I were there is astonishingly different.

We stopped in Husevik to visit some recommended hot springs.  This place was incredible with pristine pools, a bar at the pool and these views!

We then made our way to these stinky boiling pots of mud.

We decided to climb up this (honestly, I didn't think we would make it far, but before I knew it we were at the top).  It was STEEP and once at the top, B slipped and was tumbling down, Brian snagged him and they both fell.  Luckily they stopped before it was too bad, but it scared us all.  Getting down was going to be treacherous, but luckily Ads looked at the backside and realized there was a (slightly) more gentle way down that wound back around the mountain.  

These pictures don't do the steepness justice, but there was nothing to grab onto and it was loose dirt.  Probably not our best decision making, but it turned out OK in the end, luckily.