Continued from previous post: Adventure in Iceland – Day One
The goal of Tuesday was to get to Reynisfjara Beach near Vik, which National Geographic rated as one of the Top 10 Non-Tropical Beaches to visit on the planet. It’s known for its black sand and lava stacks.
Of course, right before you reach the beach, you pass a church.
We reached the beach during Iceland’s long sunset, so the rocks were glowing bright orange, which washed out the tufts of green moss and grass.
The stacks are impossible to resist. They beg to be climbed.
Tucked away in the highest stacks are hundreds of nests. Supposedly there are puffins as well as seagulls nesting in the crevasses, but I didn’t see any.
The rocks lost their glow as the sun sank behind the horizon, so the rocks when from orange to gray. I absolutely love this photo of Jeremy. I mean, goodness.
Jackson asked to use one of my cameras, so for a moment, I indulged him.
I guess we need proof that I was on the trip too. I took a selfie on this beach, but mainly so I could capture my explorers behind me:
Once the sun fully set, we said farewell to the North Atlantic Ocean and headed back to Hafnarfjordur. The moon was bright in the sky on Tuesday, which was a lovely goodnight to our first full day in Iceland.
