A scenic route today and a host of oddities!
We started off with yet another waterfall! yes we still love them. Rardagafoss is a waterfall located just outside of Seyðisfjörður town. It winds its way up the mountainside of Fjarðarheiði heath. The ascent from the parking area to the waterfall allowed us to see another waterfall in a beautiful gorge and great views over the surrounding area. There used to be a cave behind the waterfall and legend said that if you entered the cave and made a wish it would come true. Now that the cave has collapsed so too late for that one!
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we visited Petra’s rock collection. The collection of a woman who devoted her life to collecting rocks. There was an enormas collection of lumps of rocks many semi -precious rocks. It must have been worth quite a bir – all sitting in lines in the garden around among lovely planting and a few elf houses.
We then stopped for some volcanic rock cause by pyroclastic flow (also known as a pyroclastic density current or a pyroclastic cloud)[1] is a fast-moving current of hot gas and volcanic matter (collectively known as tephra) that flows along the ground away from a volcano at average speeds of 100 km/h (30 m/s)(~62 mph) but is capable of reaching speeds up to 700 km/h (190 m/s)(~435 mph).[2] The gases and tephra can reach temperatures of about 1,000 °C (1,800 °F).
Pyroclastic flows are the most deadly of all volcanic hazards[3] and are produced as a result of certain explosive eruptions; they normally touch the ground and hurtle downhill, or spread laterally under gravity. Their speed depends upon the density of the current, the volcanic output rate, and the gradient of the slope.
Next stops were close to our end point. A row of granit eggs.
Followed by the gallery of Freevilli, an eclectic home collection of bones, stones, and other interesting artifacts maintained by Vilmundur Porgimsson and his dog.
The partially reconstructed whale skeletons that guard the entrance to Vilmundur’s gallery are impossible to miss and represent only a fraction of the bones. We saw a multitude of skulls, vertebrae, teeth, horns, and full skeletal reconstructions among the several independent exhibits. The skeletons of several aquatic animals were the most impressive and interesting of the bunch.
Final stop Hofn. We had to shop for lunch for the next two days as there would be no more supermarkets.
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