We stayed the night in Hrafnagil, a small village south of Akureyri, in a campground next to the school/swimming pool. It was really green, with trees separating different sections of the campground and hardly any campers. That might be because the swimming pool was closed for repairs (we think that's what it said) and the indoor bathrooms and washing machine were closed because school was in session. So services were limited, but it was fine for the night.
Our camper in daytime mode with the tree breaks out the window, and then a picture of our camper that shows the view out our back window.
The next morning, we headed into Akureyri, the largest "city" outside Reykjavik. We walked around, bought amazing hot dogs (Meg's had mango chutney and blue cheese) and did NOT buy the speckled eggs from the fish monger. They might be gull eggs or maybe puffin eggs.
Finally we got back on the road. After paying the toll to take the tunnel under a mountain, we drove until we saw a huge parking lot. We stopped, walked a bit - and presto - a waterfall! We'd found Goðafoss.
Our next destination was Myvatn, a lake with all sorts of interesting things around it, including hikes, museums, nature baths and more. We saw the cute sheep and moved along.
Later we passed a geothermal power plant and it's associated "blue lagoon". We saw power lines marching away from the plant all the way to the coast.
Some other travelers told us not to miss Dettifoss, so we detoured 20 minutes off our route and suddenly, in the middle of barren rocky terrain, we found a huge parking lot filled with campervans. We headed off on the hike and suddenly - the waterfall appeared! With rainbows! And spring flowers!
I was kind of worried about where we'd be staying that night. We'd left behind all trees and grass, and the wind was blowing something fierce. Our campground, described as an oasis, was way off the road. And indeed - there was grass! Lots of the buildings were bolstered by piles of turf to cut the wind. The water wasn't working in the kitchen building, so we cooked and ate in our snug camper.
A view out our window from around 10:30 at night. It never got very dark even when the sun went down.
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