Waterslides and Rain

Yesterday we hiked to the second highest waterfall in Iceland, a lung busting 60 minute uphill slog, followed by a 30 minute downhill run. We drove from there along the south eastern coast to Hofn, stopping at Djupivogur, an historic trading town that is now another fishing village. After a stroll through town and a warming coffee we headed to the hot pools. These are public swimming pools and hot tubs heated to varying degrees of hotness by geothermal energy, with waterslides and kiddie pools. The local kids were out running around even though it was 50 degrees and raining! Our group finally succumbed and took to the waterslides too, laughing hysterically in the rain. I ended up a little bruised from hitting the slides, but it was still a lot of fun.