Thingvellir National Park

 Þingvellir was the site of the Alþing, the annual parliament of Iceland from the year 930 until 1798, as a sort of central location for chieftains to gather, since none of them had to travel more than 17 days to reach it. Yikes! 

It was a beautiful, sunny midday. 

Geologically, it's also interesting, as a rift valley between the North American and Eurasian tectonic plates. We walked down the "rift", with a cliff of interesting rocks forming the cliff on one side. 

At the end of the rift there was a gorgeous waterfall we'd seen last summer - but not frozen like this!

That evening, we went out to a fairly fancy (for me) restaurant for Micah and Ivy's anniversary. The road conditions looked good (or at least OK) on the maps - but that's not quite what we found. 

Here's a picture from their website of what the restaurant looks like. We never saw this. It was dark and icy with 30 mph winds. But it was still cool. 

And a video of the road (no - I didn't take the video) on the way home. I was very grateful when we reached the main road - and our "home" safely.