July 8-The kids took another bike ride to Hreðavatn this morning.
We all packed our bags and then filled the car full of our bags and camping supplies.
Shan blogged and Sally dropped by Emma and Pálmar’s for a short visit.
We loaded up and headed for the Reykjanes peninsula.
Along the way, Sally bought a campground card for $125, which will allow us to stay at a few dozen campgrounds around Iceland essentially for free. We found the campground in Sandgerði, presented the camping card, and set about erecting the tent.
Shan had put the tent up this morning at Bifröst to become acquainted with its peculiarities.
This turned out to be fortuitous, because this tent, like many in Iceland as it turns out, are erected somewhat backwards from the ones we are used to in the United States.
The tent poles are run through sleeves on the rainfly, from which the tent is subsequently hung.
This actually makes sense, because tents here are quite often erected in the rain.
Since the fly goes up first, the tent is protected from the rain as it is put up under the fly.
Since it was raining in Sandgerði when we put up the tent, this advantage became immediately obvious to us.
We ran out for a quick supper of pizza and burgers at a local restaurant and then returned to our tent to begin our first night of camping in 2012.
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