8 June

20150608 113849 Leaving Abisko I spied this graph: definitely warmer... 20150608 113856 and I'd say, wetter too. 20150608 115103 We dragged our rolling suitcases to the train station in Abisko 20150608 120040 where we re-organized and waited for the same night train that brought us to Kiruna
20150608 120107 From Kiruna the train comes to Abisko... 20150608 120119 and then goes west down to the port at Narvik. 20150608 130356 The snowy landscape near the border 20150608 130634 Right at treeline
20150608 131151 A little ski area! 20150608 134928 The Norwegian Sea via the Westfjord DSCN3204 We detrained in Narvik, rolled ourselves to the Avis office, picked up a car, went to the supermarket, then headed out on the long drive to the end of Lofoten. First we crossed the fjord behind Narvik. DSCN3208 Looking south from Bjerkvik: the weather comes straight off the Atlantic
DSCN3209 So squalls, sprinkles and sunflecks DSCN3211 Our smart (GIS) but underpowered Suzuki DSCN3213 Light on water DSCN3216 Bridge across Tjeldsundet
DSCN3217 Water's edge DSCN3219 near Ulvik DSCN3220 Looking across the ocean to Tjeldsund 20150608 185651 Quite a while later, we take a short break after a deep under-fjord tunnel near Fiskebol
DSCN3221 Crags along Sloverfjorden DSCN3223 Impressive but less than 1000m AMSL DSCN3224 The roads were amazingly good! I don't know what I expected really... DSCN3225 but we are north of the Arctic Circle.
DSCN3228 Waterfalls and streetlights DSCN3230 The low pass between one fjord and another DSCN3231 Lower than Mt. Mansfield DSCN3235 Rainbow near Svolvaer
DSCN3240 The weather went from this... DSCN3241 to this in a few minutes DSCN3242 Big bridge across the ocean (Gimsoystraumen) DSCN3243 Forbiddinv view to the north
DSCN3244 Rain showers and summits DSCN3245 The infrastructure must come from oil money: there is a lot of both. DSCN3247 Finally, we arrived at our lodgings in Ballstad! View from the back deck. DSCN3248 Christine on the inside looking out.
DSCN3250 Maine-ish DSCN3251 Looking out to the ocean DSCN3252 The whole house DSCN3253 It was probably around 11 PM
DSCN3254 Just in time to check the wifi! DSCN3255 We used very little of this common space.