We rented a 4x4 camper. Basi­cally it’s a Dodge pickup with a camper on top that should com­fort­ably sleep Greg and I and still give us room to cook and hang out. It’s about the same price as a hotel room per day would be with the added ben­e­fit of being mobile. Plus, we can cook on it, etc.

We pick it up in Reyk­javik on the 29th and have 7 days to explore the island before drop­ping it off at the air­port on the 6th, hours before we fly back to NYC. There are plenty of camp­sites around so I don’t think we’ll have any trou­ble find­ing places to park and sleep as well as get show­ers, pic­nic, etc.

The next step is box­ing up warm clothes and hik­ing stuff along with my wed­ding dress and a suit for Greg to ship to the hotel in Reyk­javik. One less thing to pack and schlep on the plane with us. Plus our 3 days in Con­necti­cut will no doubt be hot and I don’t want to open the suit­case look­ing for a swim­suit to have my North Face parka fall out. With global warm­ing clearly in affect it could be quite mild in Ice­land. But cer­tain parts of the Island are known to be wet­ter and colder than oth­ers. I’m look­ing for­ward to plenty of dips in the many geot­her­mal pools.