Norway and beyond

Northern Norway was a spectacularly scenic country, glacially rugged like Sweden, but with a sea component that made it all the more captivating. Fjords and glacially carved inner valleys dominated the landscape, no wonder it is considered some of the best alpine terrain in the country. Driving from Abisko National Park to Norway was pretty neat geologically, basically as soon as we entered Norway it became substantially more rocky and glacially polished. In fact, in the highlands near the border with Sweden, we stumbled upon clusters of small vacation home that were nestled into the landscape quite comfortably. The effect was further amplified by a brief sun entrance, hooray for sun!

Small ponds and lakes were interspersed throughout too, everything was so deliberate.

Micro-church perched on a rock with no parking lot, just sloping granite slabs!

Going off a recommendation from the nice fella we met at our hotel, Ashley and I drove through Narvik and along the coast into the Skjomfjorden. It was a hellaciously windy day unfortunately, but here and there the sun would come out to illuminate the vistas.

Our day in Norway finished with a hike in the highlands. Poor Ashley, we accidentally got separated for a little while and she was worried sick about me. I came running down the hill to her and lost a shoe in the mud. I will admit that I am terrible about estimating time and actually ran further up the mountain than expected. The day before we were engaged, and the next day we lost each other! However, the views from up high were really stunning.

The wind was really whipping up high, this video shows it well!

Our day in Norway ended on an unforgettable note, it was a remarkable country and an indicator of natural harmony within the constraints of human perspective.