Day 2 - Friday, July 31
It's Friday morning and we wake up feeling rested. We shower and feel amazingly refreshed. We are ready to start the day!!
The day starts with a quick breakfast at our B&B. Then we head out to explore the Snaefellsness (which we call Snuffleupagus because we cannot pernounce anything here!)
Entering Borgarnes on our way... We see this cute little fall and bridge. Of course we had to stop! The first of many, we are certain! This country is beautiful so far and we are just getting started.
Our next stop... A Lava field on one side and beautiful mountains on the other:
A pano view. It's so hard to capture the vastness of the beauty in a photograph.
Our first selfie... To say it was windy was an understatement. It blew the sun in so no complaints!
Next stop... Eldborg.
Just because it's beautiful.
Ytri-tunga: what an amazing beach. Not what we typically find in the states. This one was peppered with Lava that was anywhere from pebble size to boulders.
Continuing our drive on the southern side of the peninsula, we were completely in awe by this mountain range. I just can't even put into words how amazing some of these views are. 
A quick stop at the visitor center also brings out some amazing views....
After leaving the visitor center, we ran into our first traffic jam in Iceland. And... it was all due to a horse that wanted to stand in the middle of the street. A couple of the cars in front of us got out to try to get the horse to clear the roadway...
The thing I find most amazing about the amazing beauty we have seen so far... Is that it changes so quickly. From the visitor center to Djùpalonssandur, it was less than a 10 minute drive and the view completely changed, but was equally magnificent.
We were back in another Lava field. They are everywhere. As we drove into this lookout, we felt like we were stuck in a movie about the end of the world. And yes, if I was a movie buff... I'm sure I would have some good references. Guess I need to watch more!
Our walk at Djùpalonssandur...
A short walk and we find an all black beach. We were trying to decide if it was black sand with lava mixed in or just all lava. It was stunning. It's hard to tell from this picture, but scattered throughout this beach was scrap metal pieces... We need to do a little more research, but it appears as if there was some sort of wreck at one time.
From the beach we took a bit of a hike toward Dritvik. We hiked for about 45 minutes and took in the amazing view from a different angle...
This is Saxhólar crater. We hiked about a 45 degree incline to the top. It actually looked more intimidating than it actually was.
This pic is when we were leaving. Everything is stunning.
Continuing on our drive....
There are sheep everywhere here But... We noticed that there are mostly white sheep, but when we see black, there is always just one with a family of white sheep. Why is that?? The phrase "the black sheep of the family" now makes so much more sense! Connie got such a kick out of this that it became our mission to get a pic of 3 or 4 white sheep with 1 black so she could send to her siblings and ask who is who?!
We also stopped at a grocery store to pick up a few things and I found these... they were like a sports energy type drink...
One of our last stops was Kirkjufellfoss. (Foss means waterfall).
And of course... We had to do a mini photoshoot and have some silly time!
Back on the road... But I can easily say, it's hard to stay in the car for too long as the scenery changes every 100 meters (of course I have to speak in Icelands measurement system). It really is incredible. As we were driving today, we were talking about how the terrain changes so much and so quickly. We felt as if we were driving through California, Colorado, Minnesota, Nevada and a million other places all within moments, sometimes even at the same time.
At one point, we were on a long open road in which caused me to have an artistic thought.... This was what happened next:
Only in Iceland! And funny thing... We've been hearing this is a weekend of celebrations and is the busiest travel weekend. Is quite often we are on the road and don't see another car for miles and miles at a time! We had to laugh.... Especially Connie who experiences LA traffic everyday.
Another thing we noticed is there are small churches everywhere! It seems as if they are out in the middle of no where with very few houses around. We are wondering if everyone has their own church!
This pic is for our friend Victoria that we met on the plane. She asked us to send her back a horse. We thought we'd give her the option...
After over 12 hours of exploring the peninsula, we finally are heading back to our B&B. Just one last picture to wrap up our evening. FYI... This pictures were taken around 11:30 pm. It would have even been brighter if it wasn't for the cloud cover! Love the midnight sun!
Day 2 in the books. I'm afraid this adventure will not be long enough....
