a week in Iceland

Jökulsárlón glacial lagoon
On a recent spring birthday trip to Iceland, we bit off more than we could chew and decided to drive around the entire ring road in 5 days and 4 nights. An exciting challenge, we decided to not seeing everything and instead opted for road side pull offs, lesser known hot tubs, and scenic jaw-droppers. We were amazed by the unworldly like and vastly diverse ecosystems of the island.
This excitement of Iceland’s natural resources spawned the inspiration behind our search for a natural dog throw. Born and raised in a harsh climate, we found that Icelandic long-wool sheep had a distinct character to their coats: their longer hairs repel water, while the shorter inner hairs maintain warmth, making their coats a perfect canine nesting pad or a textured throw. Here are some snapshots from our trip.

You can walk to the start of the Jökulsárlón glacial lagoon from the roadside

Icelandic horse don heavy winter coats

Roadside recycle bins

around the ring road in four days

Silfra rift, a tectonic plate fissure

beach cliffs

views from Dyrhólaey pennisula

southeast coastline


all that remains of a bridge from a volcanic eruption in '96

northern Iceland
