Can eyeballs freeze?

Last night we were talking about missing Grabrok crater yesterday and I asked if we could maybe do it today. Ali said she doesn’t know how far it is away, so we might not be able to do it. But we were staying in Grabrok Guesthouse, it can’t be that far away. Low and behold, we exit after dinner and it’s right behind our guesthouse! So that was our mission for the morning, to climb the crater of an old volcano. A gloriously sunny day again, but it was minus figures when we were at ground level, I hate to think what the temperature was at the top with wind chill.

Luckily there is stairs and a boardwalk to the top of the. Many were icey so Ali adopted an animal like pose to climb to the top. It was stunning but oh my gosh, it would easily blow us into the crater. Thank goodness for our wind proof clothing! We walked along the edge of the crater, Ali attached to my bag, it was that windy. I was wondering if eyeballs can freeze, it’s the only bit of me that was exposed to the elements and they were burning with the cold. Ali also dislikes heights so descended on her bum instead. A great visit, I loved walking the rim of a crater but gosh the heated seats in the Outlander were very very welcome when we got back.

Coffee and cake in our guesthouse, then on the road to our first visit to Hvitserkur and sea stacks. The journey was stunning, pure white snow and glacial rivers. The sea stacks were along an unpaved road so we were jumping around for an hour. We first walked down to the beach, the only footprints on the beach. We are doing a great job of avoiding tourists today. We saw the sea stack which to me looks like a donkey drinking from the sea. We had lunch overlooking the inlet, spit, lagoon, mountains. You couldn’t get many more geographical features in one lunch spot.

Onwards to a treat and unsignposted waterfall. Gulfoss is a double cascade, but this was a six cascade waterfall which was iced but still flowing wildly. I could have driven over the wooden bridge across the fall but thought better of it. Instead, we went further to Pingeyar church, a gorgeous stone church in the middle of a stunning surrounding. Mountains, a lake and nothing around. We stopped to see what we could hear….absolutely nothing.

Our overnight stop is at Guesthouse Kiljan in Blonduos.