We woke up in Breiðdalsvík in the east fjords, and set off on an insanely scenic drive along the coast of the fjords.

As usual, lots of beauty off the side of the road:

We made an early stop at a unique place called Petra's Stone Collection--thousands of people visit this home every year to see the rock collection garnered from the Iceland mountains over the course of the lifetime of a local Icelandic woman.

It really was a spectacular rock collection!

Jay especially loved it, inspecting all the colors and feeling all of the textures and different crystals in the rocks.

We made our way to a remote glacier valley in East Iceland called Jökuldalur. There we saw Stuðlagil Canyon, a river gorge of basalt rock columns contrasting with the flow of stunning blue/turquoise glacier water, truly a hidden gem, and one of the most beautiful things I've ever seen.

And some aerial stuff from the drone:

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The only damper on our trip to Stuðlagil was the fact that when we attempted to leave, we discovered that we had a flat tire--likely due to the rocky dirt roads we traversed on the way. With the help of some young German dudes, we finally got the spare on.

From there we continued westward through East Iceland towards Lave MyVatn, with some more scenery along the way.

It was pretty late when we finally got to our little cottage at Guesthouse Stong.