Alta and Beyond

Raymond and I were talking about the plan for the rest of the day on our hike and I said head on towards our next stop, though I originally had planned to stay in Alta and explore the town tomorrow as everything online was like you must go to Alta! But we drove through town already and…there wasn’t much to see? Like no cute downtown, no Main Street, felt like suburbs. It was odd, but Raymond was like well we didn’t follow the signs to the center so maybe we should do that before we head on. So we did…and the “center” was this weird empty area that felt more like office buildings or a convention center or something with a few stores/restaurants mixed in. And it was super quiet. Most things were not open at 1pm on Thursday. But we did see the Church of the Northern Lights which was interesting. And we did stop at a different bakery on the way out of town and got some delicious smelling bread! The lady was super nice working there and it was just a tiny place with 4 different loaves to choose from. Should be delicious in the morning!

Then it was drive towards our next stop which was gorgeous! We are getting into more sharp, scraggly looking mountains and not the rounded top one which I am loving! It was a really nice drive, and we passed out of Finnmark! We’v we traveled the whole way through Finnmark! Now we are back in Troms which is where we ended our last trip (Tromso was there last official stop last time).

Our view for the night is the last two photos - it is so nice!! And I think the snow topped mountains in the second to last photo are where we are headed tomorrow for a few days of exploring. We have to catch a ferry to get there (or drive way out and around) and we wouldn’t make the earlier one today so we are camped close by and will take the one in the morning. Should be nice as it is supposed to be sunny and high of 14 tomorrow!! So warm!Read more