Our last leg of our Icelandic adventure started on Reynisfjara, the black sand beach! We were the only ones on the beach and it was a cold and clear sky kind of day. Ryan climbed up high and I skipped rocks in the ocean and walked around with the twins. I love this picture he got of us walking hand in hand.
And I got one of him up high too!
Once again within one part of the country we experience diverse landscapes. The kids loved the basalt columns on the side of the cliff.
And this crazy cool cave created by the bottom of the besalt columns.
In the background of this selfie you can see the basalt sea stacks, or black lava columns, called Reynisdrangar. We saw them the day before on the other side from our hotel, but it was even better walking along the black sand beaches in the morning sun. On the other side of the beach is Dryholaey, which is a former island of volcanic origin. It is also known as "the door hole island".
After spending the morning at Reynisfjara we drove to the west to our hotel for our final night.
We certainly saved the best for last (well hard to argue what was our favorite part, but this one was definitely up there). We ended our adventure at the Blue Lagoon.
Before leaving for this trip Ellie and I picked the perfect shade of milky blue, which we called "The Blue Lagoon" for our piggies.
There are people swimming around with different mud masks and we did a few and let the kids try one too! Although the water and mud masks are wonderful for for your skin, it is terrible for your hair! We all put tons of conditioner in our hair for days to get it back to normal.
They have a swim up bar too! We got some bubbly and the kids loved the blue slushies.
We stayed here for hours. We ate lunch, swam, played and explored. We even got the twins some color changing toys to play with since it was so warm in the lagoon, but when they put the toys on a rock they quickly went back to the original colors.
After showers and warm clothes we had dinner at our hotel. This was also our last chance to see the Northern Lights. Poor Ryan woke up a lot over the week in the middle of the night to see if they were out. We had several hotels we stayed in that offered an "aurora alarm" and they would call and wake you up as well, but we sadly didn't get lucky enough. We happened to always be in the wrong place at the right time. This particular hotel said the few nights prior they were putting on a show:( That being said we now have more reasons to come back to this truly remarkable country!!! We love all of our vacations together, but this one is one we will never ever forget!
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