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geysers. We were turned loose to explore these features for another hour.
Somehow the Icelandic thermal areas look more forbidding and barren than

those in Yellowstone and even New Zealand and I think it’s because forests
and tree-covered mountains do not surround them. Instead, there are just

bare bluffs and rocky earth all around.

The last event for the day was a stop in the tourist part of the town we are
staying in tonight so that folks could buy snacks, make phone calls, get

stamps, and mail letters. Got some snack food for tomorrow since we are to

climb another crater—this one higher and hotter than today’s. We are
staying tonight in the Lake Myvatn (pronounced “Mitch”) area and are in

double rooms in trailers like Cold Foot, Alaska, except there are no private
potties or showers here. We are here for two nights, which is nice since

we’re free from packing everything up for at least one day. Another 5 star
day!