An RV in Iceland

Renting an RV gave us a lot of flexibility and social distancing as we did a road trip around Iceland.

We traveled the Ring road.

This is pretty much the route we took, although we had a few side excursions along the way (including the Golden Circle and Borgarfjordur Eystri).

All of the roads inside of the Ring Road are classified as F roads which require a 4X4 vehicle. With our RV we stuck to the perimeter of the Ring Road, and it was plenty rough, since many of the roads are gravel and there was plenty to see.

There was a lot of construction along the roads, but none of it really slowed us down. The severe winter weather does a lot of damage and requires a lot of regular road work.

This is part of a bridge washed away from flooding

Nearly every bridge was a single lane bridge. Our guess is that since the roads and bridges get washed out so often, it is cheaper to build a single lane bridge.

Lupine lined the roads and covered the fields like weeds.

We camped in some amazing locations.

Food in Iceland in expensive, but groceries aren’t too bad, so we loaded up our RV with groceries, and mostly ate in (that could mean in a campground, parking lot, side of the road or even while driving).