Everyone was up and moving by around 8:30 today. We had snacks for breakfast and packed up our gear. In the 10 min. walk to the car, we were already pretty wet. We originally thought about meeting Laur & Chris on the trail, but the rain was coming down more than yesterday so we decided to wait back at the car. The hikers arrived soaking wet around 11:20 with reports of crazy wind at the top. The hut was so full they had to sleep with the warden! We hit the road right away and had to stop several times so Chris could move huge rocks out of our path along the way. The drive towards Hveragerdi took longer than expected since we ended up on some dirt roads. One annoying thing about the roads here is that they go from pavement to gravel without notice, making the drive longer. Stopped in Selfoss for lunch, but once again found the same gross fast food that is all over this country. I settled on pizza (edible, but not great), while Joe continued our tradition of having Subway in a foreign country.
We had a little trouble finding Frumskogar Gistihus in Hveragerdi, but when we did it was pretty nice. We had a small apartment with one bedroom and a living room/kitchenette, and plenty of space to lay out wet clothes to dry! We thought we could get dinner anywhere on a Saturday night, but apparently places close at 9pm here. We did manage to get served just before 9pm at Kjot & Kunst. I finally got chicken and mashed potatoes from the buffet for a more reasonable price, and Joe got more fish and chips since he knows I won’t be cooking fish at home. Not bad since the place was about to close. Back at the guesthouse we recapped the trip while packing and celebrated the end of our joint vacation with Gull beer for the boys and ice cream bars for all, and a final “Valta, altna, fresh, fresh.
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