Laufskálavarða

IMG_0640This rest stop in the middle of the Laufskálavarða volcanic ridge has thousands of piles of rocks.  The legend goes that making a small cairn on your first passing by this point will bring good luck.

IMG_0641 There was also a small hill in this otherwise featureless plain.


STA_0643-STQ_0659Nothing to see for many miles in any direction.

Camping in Skaftárhreppur

IMG_0622My bivouac sack away from home.  It is exactly big enough for me and nothing else.  I used the empty water bottles to help keep the tent fabric off of my sleeping bag.  That helped my sleeping bag stay more dry during the rainy nights in Iceland.