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Hallgrímskirkja church in Reykjavik illuminated pink  during the month of October for international Breast Cancer Awareness month Thursday, October 27, 2022 Hofsstaðir Country Hotel, Skagafjörður, West Iceland, Borgarfjörður, and Return to Reykjavik Imagine Peace Tower and Hallgrímskirkja in the night sky (but no Northern Lights-too much light scatter) Our last full day in Iceland. It's a cold and frosty morning at  Hofsstaðir Country Hotel .  The hotel is located on the banks of Héraðsvötn overlooking the fjord and the sea. The sunrise today is stunning. After a yummy breakfast we have a few minutes to walk around and take in the beauty of Skagafjörður. We only have a few stops left but we have a very long drive from West Iceland back to Reykjavik. And because s**t happens, John Paul discovers there's a bad bearing on our luggage trailer. So we pull over and unload all the luggage into the van. We are now enjoying "cozy" seating. But being rugged Icelandic adventur...

  Wednesday, October 26, 2022 Iceland-Lake Mývatn to Akureyri with Northern Lights in Skagafjörður Well, it's Wednesday and it's our last night in Iceland away from the light scatter of Reykjavik.  The skies this morning are gray and partly cloudy but there are a few breaks visible. The Aurora Forecast is for cloudless skies this evening.  Lake Mývatn So we all set off from  Hotel Laxá , which would have been the perfect place for Northern Lights viewing but the cloud cover was too thick. It even snowed a little overnight. We're still in the  Lake Mývatn area and out first stop after breakfast is the Skútustaðagígar Craters. Skútustaðagígar  pseudocraters The Skútustaðagígar Craters are found in the Lake Mývatn area, which is very volcanic, being in close proximity to the Krafla volcano system. The nature of the lake itself and the volcanism of the region both led to the creation of these unusual formations. During an eruptions, lava ran across the a...