For our 3rd day, we spent the day in the vicinity of our friend’s cabin, and did a few short hikes around.

In the morning, we went for a hike around the Hreðavatn lake, uphill to get a view of the lake and the surroundings, and then up to a cascade between basalt columns, very pretty.

Not far from there, there’s the Glanni waterfall, which we had seen 9 years ago, and which is still very pretty and impressive too!

By then it was lunch time, we made some pizzas (and saw our first Ooni oven in the wild 😀 ), played a game of SCOUT, and then everyone was feeling kind of in the mood for a nap, so we took some quiet time (I read a bit, I caught up on Mastodon, that sort of things.)

After the nap, we went for another stroll to the nearest lake, picking some flat stones on the way to skip stones there (which did happen, but not for me, because I don’t know how to skip stones 😛 )

We walked back to the cabin, had dinner, played a few more games (Innovation, Decrypto and Skull King – Decrypto was really good!), and then we put a map on the table, explained our itinerary and where we were stopping, and got all the places we could and should see along the road.

Another good day – and the weather was far more pleasant than yesterday, there was some sun and a much clearer view on everything!

The photo album for this day is here: Iceland – 2025-08-16.