Nordkapp & Drive to Camp

After our hike we headed on to Nordkapp, the northernmost point in Continental Europe (well not really - the one point on the peninsula just next to it is slightly farther north, but to get there you have to hike almost 20km round trip and yeah. It is usually really windy and I don’t mind wind in short doses, but 20km of wind with no shelter? No thank you.

Driving up to Nordkapp it was incredibly foggy! And when we got there it still was! You could hardly see anything. And was raining a bit and freezing cold and windy. We walked around quickly and saw what we could see and then went back to the van. It was lunchtime so we decided to eat lunch there and by the time we were done it had cleared up and you could as all the things! So of course I had to go spy again and it was fun! I’m glad it cleared up so we could see the rocks!

Then it was off to an afternoon of chores and going to camp. On the way we saw all the reindeer! In one area there were two groups in them! Then in the next valley there was another group! All the reindeer!

We also saw a bunch of people harvesting berries with big buckets. Well we saw two groups, 4 people total, but that is more people than we have seen out and about excluding tourists, and even then we haven’t seen many people out and about! There just are not many people out and about up here, though I think we are starting to get to more popular areas.

We also saw a truck that was putting in new orange reflector poles! I had just been wondering how they did that as they are bendy plastic, and then we saw it! There is a part that makes a hole and puts it in and I found it very interesting!

While we were driving this afternoon it was raining most of the time. We are parked at the last two photos - a viewpoint that is the start of the next scenic route we will drive tomorrow! And it is still raining right now, but it is supposed to clear up overnight so we shall see! Raymond was like it was nice we got all our hiking done before it started raining, which it was, but 10km before lunch was a lot! But it was a good day!Read more