IWaking up to the birds and ocean waves on the Westfjords' shore was awe-inspiring. One mistake I did make for this trip was when I decided on which sleeping bag I was going to bring (the -15 or 45 degree) I definitely chose the wrong one. I now know it is worth carrying the thicker sleeping bag. Thank God I acquired a wool blanket from the very nice Australian gals I met.
I drove from the Westfjords to Flókalunur where I caught the ferry over to Stykkishólmur, about a 3 hour cruise between the peninsulas.
Upon exiting the port, I picked up my first hitchhiker (sorry mom)! I welcomed Simon, a nurse from Germany, into my car and we cruised on over to Snæfellsjökull (we called it sniffles the whole time because I couldn't even come close to the correct pronunciation). There we drove as far as we could into the glacial area of Snæfellsjökull National Park until it was impossible to see or go any further due to ice and fog. We did get out and hike into the glacier as far as we could. Jules Verne used this National Park as the setting for
Journey to the Centre of the Universe when the volcano beneath it exploded and caved in to create a huge crater now filled with an ice cap reaching 1446 meters.
(View from the outside of Sniffles)
We visited the Önverðarnes peninsula and climbed its cliffs...
&& drove through the ancient lava fields all the way back to Stykkishólmur where we camped for the night.
