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| breakfast in the cabin - don't think we had the wine! |
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| stopping for coffee |
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| straddling the border between Norway and Sweden |
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| yay! reindeer!!! |
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| Swedish camp site |
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| Malcolm at the cabin |
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| reindeer |
Reindeer
August 17
A sunny, warmer day
today. We left the cabin and drove East
towards Sweden, first up the mountains and past the usual rocky, lake-y terrain
then into the conifer forests, kilometres of them.
Suddenly we saw
reindeer! Some of the herd had crossed
the road, some was still on the far side.
We saw some more further up the road, crossing the other way. So, no moose yet but reindeer are pretty
exciting!
We crossed the
border into Sweden - then went back to the last shop in Norway to spend our
remaining Norwegian kroner on groceries.
We are camped beside a river in a Swedish forest. There is no freedom camping in Sweden but
there are designated areas in the wilds. This one has a toilet, picnic table,
shelter, wood pile and fire hearth. We
had the place to ourselves from when we got here at 4.00 but now(8.30) 2 other
cars have arrived.
Any red nosed reindeer? I never knew that Sweden etc looked like this. Thanks so much for this blog, you guys are awesome!!!!!
ReplyDeleteNow I do believe in Santa!!!!
ReplyDeleteReindeer! So exciting! I wish we saw one. I never had any desire to go to Sweden/Norway etc but your photos are totally making me want to go there, it is so beautiful! Reminds me of Switzerland too.
ReplyDeleteDidn't know they were so big!
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