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The next day we started our journey with Iceland's famous golden circle, where we got our first taste of real Icelandic weather, pouring rain and wind but that did not stop us.
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There's no such thing as bad weather just bad clothing⁽¹⁾, our first stop was Gullfoss⁽²⁾ waterfall, fully equipped with a local traffic director and hype woman.
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We marveled at the views, hydrated, and continued to our next stop on the golden circle, Strokkur geyser, arriving just in time to watch the geyser erupt. Then we moved on to Thingvellir national park.
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So where we're driving right now, we got Europe on this side, we got North America back here, I like to refer to that as the continental mullet. you can see that you're up in the front North America in the back. "Business in the front, party in the back⁽³⁾".
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The national park lies in a rift valley that marks the boundary between North American and Eurasian tectonic plates. Did you know each year the tectonic plates move apart at approximately 2.5 centimeters per year?
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The effect of this movement is very clear as you explore the park, a small group went to snorkel sill for a rift, while the rest of us explored the park more by foot. It was so cool to be able to explore two different continents at the exact same time.
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Fun fact, during the summer, the sun only sets for three hours per day, meaning there's effectively light for the whole 24 hours, so we're just gonna skip sleeping? and continue on with our adventure?
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Next up we began driving counter-clockwise on Iceland's ring road, a road trip everyone needs to put on their bucket list.
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Today we had waterfalls on the menu, at our first waterfall we watched some local fly fishers⁽⁴⁾, and dodged some birds attacks on one of our camper's drones.
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And then made our way to Seljalandsfoss⁽⁵⁾, a 60-meter waterfall, you can even see the beauty and the power of the falls from behind. - "This guy's been doing push-ups on the river for like an hour."
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Afterwards we took the campers to a secret waterfall in a canyon nearby. - "All right let's check it out." - It was magical. On our way out we even got to see our first sight of the famous purebred Icelandic horses.
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Next we danced our way to Skogafoss⁽⁶⁾ falls, starting with the view from above. - "We made it into the clouds darlings!" - Skogafoss is one of the largest falls in Iceland, and the cliffs you see here were one sea cliffs.
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Today the shoreline has traveled about five kilometers south of the falls, the beauty and power is unmatched, stay tuned for next week's episode as we continue our road trip all around Iceland.