Day 3-part 3 Geysir

Our next stop in the National Park was Geysir Hot Springs. There were numerous (and smelly) geothermal pools and the erupting hot spring Strokkur which erupts frequently and not really on schedule (between 3 to 10 minutes each time). The Great Geysir is one of the oldest geysers recorded in the world, but is most often dormant. Strokkur erupts a spray of boiling hot water straight into the air about every ten minutes. (Hey, did you know that the word geyser is taken from the Icelandic Geysir?) It was interesting in that we’d see the same tourists at each sight. Also, we stopped to see some Icelandic horses which are much shorter than our horses.
Pictures: 1-3 Great geyser and comparison 4: cute fake house built on some hot springs/geysirs 5: Icelandic horse 6: a glacierRead more