Besides the amazing scenery, there were some interesting and fun roadside attractions to stop at and stretch our legs.
Aspyrgi Canyon. Local lore says it is the spot where Odin’s eight-legged horse Sleipnir stepped down leaving a horseshoe shaped canyon surrounded by high basalt walls.
We got to scale the basalt cliff out of the canyon. 
Inside the canyon
Reynusfjara Beach. Black sand beach with columnar basalt, perfect for rock climbing and some amazing rock features in the ocean.
Thingvellir National Park is the site of what is claimed to be the oldest parliament. People would come to “Law Rock” once a year to meet. The laws of the land would be recited from memory.
Disputes would be settled. Punishments would be performed; men were beheaded, women were drowned in the drowning pool by being placed in burlap sacks and held under water.
With so much volcanic activity on the island, there are craters all over. We visited Kerid Crater.
And lava fields.
Iceland is home to puffins during the summer months. Borgarfjörður eystri was one of our detours off of the Ring Road, and the perfect place to view puffins.
You might notice from the pictures that there aren’t a lot of trees in Iceland. The conditions are harsh and plant growth is slow. People had to get creative with construction since wood was hard to come by, thus the turf house. Turf houses have the added benefit of providing insulation for the harsh winters.
Laufskalavarda is a little spot on the side of the road where everyone passing by for their first time needs to stop and place a rock on the cairns for good luck. So many cairns have been built that all of the rocks nearby had been used, so loads of rocks had to be brought in.
There is a lot of fun folklore in Iceland. Many people believe in Huldufólk (elves or hidden people). It is said that elves interfere with road work. Sometimes when road are being built and they need to move a rock it is said that the elves interfere, making machinery break down. There are many places were the road has to go around a rock because they can’t move the rock. You will find little doors in places for the elves. And it is said that you should never throw a rock because you might hit an elf.
Some days we did a lot of walking. The kids weren’t always excited to walk so much. Actually, we’ve noticed that the kids’ stamina is not what it used to be before our 3 month COVID-19 quarantine.
We made most of our meals in the camper but we had to try some local food along the way.
Lamb stew 
Geysir bread baked underground with thermal heat 
Lots and lots of fish
And after a week, we said goodbye to Iceland, donned our masks and finally flew home.
The plane from Iceland to Seattle was nearly empty. 
Leo was able to stay awake for 35 hours until we arrived in Portland, but then he finally gave in to sleep.
What an adventure!
Adrift in Andalucía 