TRIP TO THE MOUNTAINS

A view along the road 

This is our last day in Norway!  The time has flown by and I am still behind in my blog.  I must try to catch up today so here goes.


We left for our mountain trip on Tuesday, July 31.  That was also our granddaughter Jamie's fifth birthday. She was with her family at Clear Lake, Manitoba.  I will celebrate with her and the rest of our family next weekend at the Johnson farm.  August 11 was Howard's birthday so we are planning a mini family reunion with church service at Salem on August 12.  Now, back to our trip. 


We stopped at the Esso station before we left town and Todd filled up the car with diesel.  It took 55.66 liters at 13.82 kroner per liter for a total of 769.22 kroner.  Divide that by 5 to get the cost in Canadian dollars - almost $154.00.  A few bags of groceries to take along cost about the same.  Living in Norway is expensive!

Our home for two days in the mountains near Oppdahl

The hytte wasn't what we would think of as a cottage in the mountains.  It had all the amenities of a house in the city - two bathrooms, one with a tub the other a shower, beds for sixteen people, TV from a satellite dish.  The big difference was the roof as you can see the grass growing there, as it did on most traditional hyttas in the country.  Even many of the bus stops along the roads have sod on the roof.

Relaxing in this cosy living-room

Ready for another one of Kristy's great meals

Off on a morning hike

Filling his water bottle from a mountain stream

Sheep having a snooze right on the warm paved road
(We had to drive around them as they didn't move!)

Cows have it good with all the lush green grass

A rock wall where two waterfalls meet at the bottom

Enjoying our picnic lunch beside Vangshaugen, an old lodge
 built by an English lord in the 1800's

One of numerous waterfalls along the way

Another beautiful view along the highway

Having a kabob meal back in Kristiansund

These are some of the highlights of a very relaxing two days spent with Todd and Kristy at a friend's cabin in the mountains.  They use their hytte more in the winter as Oppdahl is a popular place to ski.  Thank you for this wonderful chance to experience "camping" in the mountains of Norway!

Today is August fifth so I want to wish Kristy's parents, Dan and Helga Ledene, a very Happy 40th Anniversay.  They were married at Christ Trinity in Lethbridge on August 5, 1972.  Today is also my brother, Merv and Jan Erickson's anniversary, so a very Happy 45th Anniversary to you.  Perhaps you are out in your sailboat this weekend.