Boarding KCI. First step!
1 de junio de 2023, Estados Unidos ⋅ ⛅ 29 °CLeaving KCI. After an extra inspection.
Leaving KCI. After an extra inspection.
Eating dinner in NY. Flight to Germany in an hour.
Arrived in time for dinner. Staying at a hotel that was converted from a prison. Long day. Dinner of salmon soup.
Explored the US Coast Guard schooner, Eagle. They were docked just a few blocks from us. Then visited Soummalinna, a Finnish fortress island.
Dinner in a hotel converted from an old factory.
We visited the National History of Finland, the Sebelius Monument, and walked around the edge of a big lake. Lots of walking! Hike starts tomorrow!.
Made it to our first hiking area. A wonderful family has put together a group of cabins in the woods by a lake. The main diing house is just off Rekusenjarvi (Lake Rekusen). We are 10 km west of theLeer más
Hiking today and learning how to make gravlaks.
Sunset is 11pm and sunrise is 3 am. It doesn't really get very dark!
After a relatively short hike this morning, we were picked up by a boat to go white water rafting Finnish style. Finished the day in a smoke sauna with a dip in the lake! We snacked on the gravlaksLeer más
Suo is bog. We hiked across the national park including across a two mile stretch of boggy area on planks.