Day 109-hiking Eldborg

   April 22-Agreeable weather greeted us yet again this morning, so we decided to hike the Eldborg caldera, which lies in the southeastern section of the Snæfellsnes peninsula.  We drove out to the Snorrastaðir farm, where the farm's border collie came out to greet us and quickly adopted us.  She
tagged along as we started walking and ended up staying with us for the entire hike.  There was very little wind, the Sun was out, and the temperature was in the 40s, so the hike through the lava was quite enjoyable.  Eldborg (which means "fire cliff") was quite a sight with steep side walls surrounding a deep crater.  We followed the path up the side and took a short break along the top, before we headed back to the car.

Eldborg as seen from Snorrastaðir.

Eldborg from its rim with the mountains of Snæfellsnes behind it.

The rim of Eldborg.

The border collie joins us for a snack atop Eldborg.



A smaller cinder cone next to Eldborg and the mountains near Borgarnes off in the distance.

Descending Eldborg.

 

Playing in the smaller cinder cone.

 



The foals are out, much to the delight of our kids.

   We ate a short dinner back at the car and then drove north across the base of the Snæfellsnes peninsula to Hvammsfjörður.  After that, it was déjà vu all over again, as we repeated part of our trip from the previous Sunday.  We stopoped at the N1 gas station in Búðardalur for gas and a potty break and then headed for home.  Our second goal for the day was a return visit to the dairy Erpsstaðir so we could have some more of their tasty ice cream.  We ate the ice cream on the benches in front of the building and then drove on home.  Since we got home in the late afternoon, everyone had
time to wind down and relax before going to bed.  Shan even managed to get a few posts done for this blog, partially making up for the lack of posts the past couple of days.