We (Mikkel) made most of the hotel buffet before we drove south. We saw Torghatten from the wrong side, before we hit another ferry. Well into Trøndelag we popped in to see uncle Andreas’ family farm at Overhalla. Got coffee and leftover cake from Kajas first 2nd birthday party yesterday. it was great to see where uncle comes from, and meet his lovely family!

Driving back we stopped for some food in a nice ditch, but otherwise did it in one go. Got home to a runaway rabbit (which we caught) and a very happy Henry McNulty Pettersen, who’s now sleeping like a dog instead of watching the match!

… Oh, yes! When we got home the house across the street was gone!

Had a nice camping breakfast, because with a solo stove and some good olive oil you can’t go wrong with pretty fancy Monsen -style morning eggs.

Got on ferry number one after seeing the coastal express Dock. After Sandnessjøen we went to the Petter Dass museum, designed by Snøhetta. We did not go in to the actual museum exhibition, and only the kids went to the dass haha!

Drove to ferry number two, where the was an amazing pier with lovely water, but no ladder, so difficult to go for a swim…

Ferry number three was a bit slow, because there was something wrong with something and we were really keen to get to the hotel.

The hotel in Brønnøysund feels really fancy after a full on campsite experience,drunk sailors and all.

AMAZING views, two ferries, crossing the polar circle, lovely weather, tall mountains. Ended up in HAVBLIKK camping where we are once again in a tent, but they have a very nice restaurant here, so we just had whale carpaccio for starters and mussles and kveite.

Forgot to say that we stopped at Glomfjord, where bestemor lived when she was little. She said it was a “høl” and it was quite literally a very steep and hole-like valley. I guess the weather didn’t help. Really fascinating, and Ronja thought the power station looked like hogwarths.

Started the day with a massive scandic buffé breakfast. After packing up we drove to see great (great) uncle Harald Mellerud and Aunt Laila. Maria met them in 1988, the rest haven’t , so that was nice! They thought it was a great surprise! 😁

Then we drove to Saltstraumen, the worlds second largest tidal maelstrom. The weather was a bit off, so both that and the ureddplassen were a bit less impressive than they could have been. Since only the bottom half of the bridge /mountain /cliff showed. Drove as far as Halsa where we are lodging in a luxury cabin.

After dinner we went for an ice cream and found out that there are bronseage graves on the property. We went to see them and ended up climbing a small mountain.

After waving goodbye to Åshild, Gisle, Sunniva, Sigve, Sigri, 25 pigs, 4 turkeys, 15 hens, 2 Guineapigs, 1 hamster and Morten the cat / lynx we were on the road again with no particular place to go.

Heading north-east through the beautiful landscape doing a lot of wow-ing.

North of Svolvær we went to the beach, and after a swim we decided to stay the night.

This morning we had coffee and hot chocolate on the beach before packing up and driving to the ferry where we crossed. We have gone through about 23 long and bumpy tunnels today, and went to see some “helleristninger” on the way. Pretty tired when we arrived in Fauske and checked in to scandic. Luxury!

Stayed 2 nights with Åshild and the gang at Myklevik gård in Stamsund. There were kids and animals everywhere. And sausages for breakfast, lunch and dinner!

Lively weather. Went to two beaches,and had BBQ at Solveigs House.

Tuesday we drove on to Svolvær and camped on a beach on the north side of the island. 30 degrees and perfect!

(photos coming)

We drove to Bodø via Mo i Rana and Saltfjellet and stopped at the polar circle centre at Saltfjellet.

Quite a long drive, but the kids did great!