I made my first trip to Iceland back in September 2016. During that time I did a counter clockwise self-driving tour around the country with my wife Susanna. You can check out my blog posts in October – December 2016 for more information on that trip. While I didn’t have a chance to mountain bike at that time I heard there was some good mountain biking in the country and was determined to find out more information and make a return trip with my brother Eric, another avid m

On The Road Again After we left the Glacier Lagoon we ended our stay in the south and headed east. The further east we drove the less people we saw and more sheep we encountered. As usual there were photo opportunities everywhere. Towards the late afternoon the sun began to set and it got a bit foggy. This made for tremendous lighting and we pulled over to get a few shots along the way. Seaside Sunsets We had a fair amount of driving to do on this day to reach our dest

The Route Our travel agent laid out the route which would take us counter clockwise, starting in the southern part of the country and then