Fimmvörðuháls og Sólheimajókull

For the grand finale on my last full day in Iceland, Helga and I headed east along the south shore to take in a few more foss (I think I've had my fill) and fulfill my quest to see a glacier.


We did better than that - we walked on one. The Mýrdalsjökull glacier at Sólheimajókull a tongue that comes close enough to the main road that you can access it with only a short bit of really bad road. It was very humbling to walk on that giant, ancient river of ice.

And, while I didn't get to do the full Fimmvörðuháls Pass hike between the Eyjafjallajökull and Mýrdalsjökull glaciers, we did do the first little bit of it... up into the Skógarheiði. It was dreamy. Exactly the mountain hiking I had been craving. Again, I expect I'll be back to do the full hike - maybe even all the way to Landmannalaugar.