What To Get A Baby Volcano

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Fagradalsfjall- Iceland’s newest volcano

It is hard to figure out what exactly to get a newborn volcano. From what we can gather from movies, appropriate gifts usually involve some sort of human sacrifice (see Joe Versus The Volcano). But today’s woke world frowns upon capturing a person then forcefully throwing them into an erupting volcano. So this left us with either lugging up a bottle of wine (which would then immediately just boil in the lava) or an Amazon gift card. In the end we went with a $25 Etsy gift card. We hope Fagradalsfjall will use it to purchase something nice, like hand woven Peruvian mittens or something.

Lava field from 2022. There have been three eruptions over the last three years each in the general region but at a different spot. Parts of this field are still incredibly hot with steam rising in spots. It is extremely dangerous to walk on.
A lot of rangers about the site but mostly the hundreds of tourists milling about were trusted not to do stupid things like walk on last years lava field. The trail to this point; the furthest you were allowed to go is level but 4-5 miles each way. This distance has caused some difficulty for people.
Through the monocular
View of Fagradalsfjall

Feels good to be back on the same island as Henna. We are now resting up at an amazing Airbnb in Rejkavik (it has a solarium!) before we head off with Henna to tackle the Ring Road. This will begin the final chapter of our summer adventures. Sunset here in Iceland is now before eleven with the sky darkening to a definite twilight. Maybe we will be lucky enough to see an Icelandic star before we leave.

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