Iceland Road Trip Day 3- Black sands and black glaciers

Hello all.  Day 3 on the road and today we managed to stay on asphalt the whole day.   This meant the driving was smooth and easy going.  We woke up to pleasant, if slightly windy and cloudy weather. The first part of our day was just chugging down the road, there were some pretty views but nothing spectacular.  One exciting part was that we did get to drive through Iceland's only underwater tunnel, but otherwise we just went.  However the views really became amazing and the landscape very dramatic and active after we passed Reykjavik.  We drove past some absolutely amazing views passing a bunch of hot springs, waterfalls, volcanos, and glaciers.  We eventually made it all the way south to Vik and the black sand beaches (with the famous hexagonal basalt columns).  The black sand beaches were neat, but they were not nearly as black as most pictures make them look... In truth they didn't really feel all too special.  Check out the pictures below to see some of the great things we saw throughout our drive south.

After seeing the beaches and everything, we decided to head north again.  We were not quite sure what we were going to do tomorrow but we knew we needed to be up more towards Reykjavik.  On our drive north we decided to pull over and go walk up to one of the big glaciers we had seen from the road.  It was really neat to get up and close to the glacier and climb on it.  Though we did not climb too far or too much on it as it was terribly slippery (you know it being ice) and we had crummy shoes with no traction.  Check out the pictures to see the glaciers (it is a lot dirtier than you would expect, but with erosion and black basalt that happens).  

After the glacier, we pushed on north and eventually stopped for fuel and some dinner.  During our dinner (some sandwiches from a Quiznos) we went over the map and tried to come up with what we wanted to do tomorrow.  We decided eventually that we want to try and play golf tomorrow in Reykjavik, so we decided to push north further.  We saw that on the map there was a cool attraction called the mud pot so we stopped there and it was beautiful and impressive.  It was just fields of bubbling muddy hot springs.  Very cool to see.  We ended up liking the area so much that we decided to just camp there for the night. 

So we are here in Reykjamörk.  I am laying in the tent, it is 11:22 at night and it is still perfectly bright outside (24hr sun is weird).  Anyway I guess I will try to get some rest now (though I have not been the most successful over the last few night), so best wishes and until next time.