Decided to finally sleep in, so no alarm, and we woke up about half eight. It had been raining at night quite a bit but in the morning it was all gone, though still a bit of a grey start to the day. After breakfast we set out for our hike for the day, the nice little Skaftafellsheiði loop on the ridge between the two glacier tongues, with nice vistas on both sides. Unfortunately the short but exciting addition on the loop to reach the top of Kristínartindar was still closed at this time, and Iest didn’t let me go there ‘cause he’s just such goodie two shoes. It was a lovely walk nevertheless, and we did some more sketching on the way down. We also saw more exciting birds – what we think was an arctic skua with impressive wing spread, and also a redwing. By the time we were down it was also sunny and quite hot.
Gina heading up Skaftafellsheiði
Iest and the flat plains
Looking towards Morsárdalur
Looking towards Morsárdalur
Arctic Skua
Gina and the Skaftafellsjokull Glacier
Skaftafellsjokull glacier
Skaftafellsjokull Glacier panorama
We got a couple of nice sandwiches in the café, and decided it was also time for a shower today. Managed to get, write and send postcards too, so overall a very productive day.
Icelandic Flora
Icelandic Flora
Tags: arctic skua, Glacier, Iceland, Icelandic Flora, Kristínartindar, Morsárdalur, National Park, redwing, Skaftafell, Skaftafellsheiði, Skaftafellsjokull glacier