Silfar Canyon to camp

Just before lunch we got to our first official hike, Silfar Canyon, which was a pretty short one (1.5km). It was lightly raining while we were there, but the canyon/water was gorgeous! Raymond wasn’t very happy though…he kept saying I thought this was a short hike! And I was like it is…we were out like 20-30 min so that is pretty short! I think anything 45 min or under I would call short (we normally take a break after 45 min so no break = short).

Then after eating lunch where we learned that these were the northern most pine trees, we headed on down the road. We had to drive the whole way in on the fjord to start working our way back the other side. There were a lot of nice beach/water stops until we got to our second official hike - Stabbursdalen nasjonalparkstyre cultural trail. This was a walk out to the water with a gorgeous view along the way! It also was barely raining by the time we got there which was nice. There are supposed to be birds, but we only saw a few out on the water, but it was still a really nice walk.

Afterwards I had planned on doing one more hike, but it was getting later and if we did the other one we probably wouldn’t get to where we are camping until it was time to make dinner and I didn’t want to rush this last one…so we decided to camp early and do the hike in the morning which was nice. Had a few hours to relax and do nothing before dinner. And where we are camping? One of the best views!! It is so incredibly gorgeous! The last four photos are where we are parked (first two when we got here at high tide and second two later). I just stood outside forever enjoying it until I got too cold and now I am sitting in the van writing this while also pausing to enjoy the views every once in a while. Really gorgeous and a nice, more relaxing day.

I think Raymond needed a light afternoon as he kept commenting that it was raining all day, but it was barely raining so…technically it was, but we only put our rain coats on on the longer walks just in case as it was just very very light. I was surprised by how light the rain was - looking at the radar I thought it was going to be pouring all day! Good to know and hopefully if we have more rainy days there are like this! The most it rained was at Silfar Canyon and our rain clothes didn’t even get super wet - not wet enough that we had to hang our pants up to dry and our coats weren’t soaked and hard to put on again…so not much rain! Just a sprinkle mostly so hopefully he got some rest and is ready to go tomorrow as we have our first “real” hike with elevation change in the afternoon!

While we were eating dinner I was looking out the window and noticed sheep on the little island in the water! I was like how did they get there?!? Then noticed that the tide is going out as there is a lot more sand exposed along the coast and there is now a path to the mainland for them! And then they crossed back over. Such fun dinner entertainment! But then we had to have an after dinner walk to spy on the water! Such a fun day!Read more