Heading Towards Home - Day 2

Last night was the coldest night we have had! Below freezing this morning and frost everywhere! But luckily the car stayed warm enough - it just takes forever to warm up. We got up early and got going!

First stop was the northernmost point of the Baltic Sea! I did not realize it went the whole way up here so that was exciting.

Then lots of driving down the highway. It is mostly a two lane road with sections with a second lane to pass all the big trucks and slow cars. I don’t know why but the people here in general drive slow which frustrates Raymond (and me sometimes as they like to fly by us when it is a passing lane then slow way down so we are stuck behind them which makes no sense). But there wasn’t really a ton of traffic just a steady stream of cars and trucks. We also saw a ton of wide/oversized load trucks going the other way. We must have passed 30-40 which is a lot! Normally we don’t see any…or maybe one or two so that was interesting. There is also a lot of large art on the side of the road we drove by - lots of large objects like the cheese slicer and some just art.

We were going to go out to this park on the water and walk to some mermaids next, but it was 30 min off the main road which is too far! That’s would be an extra hour which we didn’t want to add so we drove on and stopped at a rest stop for lunch. I like the rest stops here as most are on a lake or in the forest and you can have a nice walk to stretch your legs. The lunch one was in a forest so we wandered through the woods and of course found some mushrooms!

Then off to Skuleskogens National Park for a short hike. It was so nice there! Most of the pathway was wooden boards and it led to a viewpoint which was pretty nice! It was a quick walk, but definitely on the list to go back to when we explore Sweden!

There was the rainbow glass thing on the way into the park and I read the sign on the way out and you are supposed to stand behind it and look through the colored glass and it is like being in ice…which not sure I got that myself, but it was pretty.

Then we kept seeing signs for this place Max and the design of the name made it look like a hardware store or something so when I kept seeing signs showing how much farther to Max I had to look it up because do that many people need hardware stores? Well it is a fast food burger place so I looked at their menu and they had a lot of vegan options so we went there for dinner so we could drive farther and not have to cook. And it was surprisingly good! Like I would definitely go back and get something there again!

Then on to the rest area where we are camped for the night which is on a lake. These rest areas are so much nicer than other places we have been! I love it! And it is back from the road a way so you can’t hear the traffic very much which is nice.

Tomorrow we drive on and have a few more short hikes if we have time. I‘ve really been enjoying having the time to take a 30min-1 hour break every few hours to stretch our legs. It makes the drive so much more enjoyable! Really we stopped about every two hours and walked a bit (once was through the grocery store as it was there and I love seeing what they have different places). Normally we would just drive and stop for 10-15 min when we need it and then continue on, but I think I will have to do this way from now on. Short walking breaks is the best!

Driving through Sweden today was pretty nice. After not having all the snow and mountains to compare it to I was enjoying the fall colors and water. It really was just so much forest and lakes! All the trees! Where we are now is a bit more hilly which is nice too.Baca lagi