Off We Go!

Today we officially kicked off our long trek to the Island of Senja in Northern Norway .

David & Aimee's Route
Dorr ➡️ Detroit ( 2 1/2hrs 🚗)
Detroit ➡️ Newark, NJ (2 1/2hrs ✈️)
Newark ➡️ Copenhagen, Denmark (7 1/2 hrs✈️)

Ron & Shannon's Route
Indianapolis ➡️ Boston (2 1/2hrs ✈️)
Boston ➡️ Copenhagen, Denmark (7 1/2 hrs✈️)

🇩🇰 After crossing the Atlantic on separate paths, we finally reunited in Copenhagen ~ tired, excited, and ready for the final legs of our journey.

Copenhagen ➡️ Tromsø, Norway (2 1/2hrs ✈️)
Tromsø ➡️ Senja (3hrs 🚗)

Northern Norway is known for the midnight sun in the summer and the polar night in the winter.

The midnight sun is a natural phenomenon in Tromsø, Norway, where the sun is visible 24 hours a day during the summer from the end of May to the end of July.

The polar night in Tromsø, Norway, is a period of several weeks when the sun doesn't rise. It usually begins around November 27th and lasts until January 15th. There is a subtle twilight light from about 9 AM to 2 PM when the sky is full of colors, including yellow, orange, red, pink, and purple sunsets.

During our stay, sunrise will be around 8 am, and sunset will begin at 2:30 pm. By 4pm, it’s dark enough to need headlights while driving.Les mer