Nordurland, North Iceland
Fearing the fog a little, as we could see the clouds becoming lower and lower over the hills, we left early and were lucky enough to arrive at the plateau at the top of the pass with good views of the big lake/ reservoir. I found it absolutely gorgeous, but poor Trudi has seen so much snow this winter, that she was not as excited as I was! Quite understandable. Once we were back on the ring road, it did not take long before we had a waterfall stop. This time it was the little known Rjukandafoss. It had a nice gentle climb up to it past beautiful rockeries of alpine plants. This one with its dew or rain droplets and insect was simply irresistible. Rjukandafoss does not even feature in most guidebooks and yet is an awesome 139 metres high, with two thundering falls, and is very impressive. I guess this is a great time to visit Iceland, as the snow is melting and the falls are at their maximum. The road continues to thrill us. It is such a good road, renewed about 10 years ago and yet it...