There are no shortage of lava fields in Iceland. Honestly, they're everywhere. One of the things on David's bucket list was to find a field of lava with thick moss growing on it that you could run and jump on. When he was a child they stopped in Iceland once on the way to or from Denmark and he remembers his Dad stopping by the side of the road and letting the kids out to play on the moss. They would walk and jump and their feet would sink into the moss. When we mentioned this to our Icelandic relatives in hope of getting directions to a lava field with thick moss growing on it, they just got a blank look in their face, so we were a little skeptical we would find any with thick moss. But as we were coming back from the Golden Circle, he spotted what he thought was it. Sure enough it was exactly what he remembered (only thinner; in his childhood memory the moss was a lot thicker, of course he was smaller, too).
You could jump on it and just sink in. Bryson even dared a bum bounce. He didn't bounce, he just sank in.
It's soft enough to roll around in.
Kadence didn't like sinking into the moss as she walked, but Austin had a great time. Since he normally walks around tripping and falling and bumping his head, this was great because everything is padded. If only we could coat a room with this for him to play in maybe he wouldn't get so many bruises on his head.
We were careful to watch for the occasional jagged rock or possible crevices.
Mossy lava fields do exist.
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