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  • Day 815

    Husky Riding

    February 20, 2018 in Finland ⋅ ⛅ -11 °C

    I wake early this morning and wrap myself up warm before making a cup of tea and going out to sit on the porch. I’m so grateful to Ida and her family for giving me the opportunity to collect more experiences and memories and this trip is something that I will treasure and remember for the rest of my life x it’s -24 this morning and boy does it feel it, it’s a different type of coldness than ive experienced before its fresh and clean and because there’s no wind if you wrap up warm it’s nice. I sit and watch the sunrise with my second cup of tea, but no cigarette because I’ve left my lighter on the table for no more than 5 minutes and it’s frozen solid 😂. I put it in my pocket and after 10 mins or so it’s working again. Everyone gets up at there own pace and as I help to clean up the house Ada gets the baby while Jonathan and Ida shower. I return to the balcony and sit for a while just taking in the peace but it’s broken by a tapping noise. I go inside to ask what it is an Jonathan says it’s a woodpecker. I’m shocked to hear they have them here but they have 2 species the white and the rare black one. We cant see which one it is as the noise echoes so could be coming from anywhere. This morning we are off husky riding and I’m so excited although it is so cold I make sure I wrap up extra warm. We are all supposed to be going but Ada’s said it’s too cold for the baby so it’s just us two girls and Jonathan. It’s only a short drive from the cabin and once we’re all wrapped up we head into the safari centre to book in. We have a brief of how to use the sled and make an emergency stop and then it’s down to the field to meet the huskies. I’m actually going to be driving and Ida jumps in ready for the ride of her life 😂. I’m surprised at how much pull the huskies have and I’m quite glad that I’m the leading sled. The huskies go pretty fast around the set track , and obviously know where they’re going because I certainly don’t. At one point we hit a pretty sharp corner and I have a bit of a wobble but we’re soon back on the straight and narrow but the tears are streaming down my face from the cold and before too long the ride is over. We dismantle and get an opportunity to meet the huskies properly as well as seeing reindeers and to my astonishment a llama. We spend a little more time here before going to the Apollo drive through to collect food and drive over to papas to eat it. I have ordered a chilli 🌶 🍔 which comes with pineapple hot sauce and salad and is one of the best I’ve eaten and the chips come with every topping just amazing. After dinner papa needs to do some snow work so I go out to join him and as I’m stood on the porch he comes round the corner with a massey Ferguson tractor with a huge shovel and snow blower. He clears the snow From the sheds and retrieves two stand on sledges and the rest of the guys join us for more snow fun. As I sled down the hill I realised I don’t know how to steer it as I power down the bank I can’t turn and ride directly into a huge mound of snow luckily the sled hits it before I do. It’s soon time to pack up before we make the 2 hour journey home which seems to take forever as the baby’s really restless and me and Ida are in the back seat with her. The sunset 🌅 on the way home is a saving grace and sets the sky on fire. We arrive home safe and sound and ida puts the sauna on for me. When I get in it it’s fine but because the apartment sauna is so much smaller than the cabin one I nearly fry when I put the water on the coals. Totally refreshed I jump into my pyjamas and we have a few hours with Ida’s friend before i hit the sack 🛏Read more