Taking it easy before the big hike

Up at 530 from a magnificent sunrise lighting up our tent. Good thing Andy could get up and take pics, it was too early for me, I'll look at the pics later. We fell back asleep until 730 when we awoke to a sheep baa'ing just outside out tent. It was overcast but it didn't matter. I took down the tent while Andy set up the stove for our morning coffee. We sat by the glacier river enjoying the warmth of the coffee with our klieners (Icelandic doughnuts). Another perfect morning.

Since we are planning on doing the 30 mile hike tomorrow, we decided to make it our mission to find a hot pot and relax a bit today. We stopped at Vik for a short hike to the black sandy beaches looking for Puffins (we didn't find any).

We went looking for hot pots in several towns until we came to Hella which had a pool and 4 hot pots. It was wonderful to relax and take a shower before the hike. To get energy, we ate beans and franks in the parking lot and found a camp sit down by the river. It was early so we stopped at the restaurant that looked like nothing from the outside. Inside it was a cute little bar/restaurant that loves to play Tracy Chapman. We had two blondes and a pizza to make sure we had enough nutrition. We booked the bus ride out ($90 for both) but not back since we were planning on hiking for two days but the possible third just in case. We were beat so we quickly put up the tent in the rain like champs and went to bed.