Rondane NSR

Woke up today to a cold morning, but the van was nice and toasty once we turned the heater up. Really this morning it was working almost too well! So that is way better than freezing! Looks like whatever it was isn’t an issue anymore…and we will be home soon so it shouldn’t be a problem if it does act up again.

We got up and stared driving and saw a moose!! He was in the field on the side of the road and I was yelling “moose!! Moose!!” And pointing and Raymond was like what am I looking for?!? And finally he saw it. There was a place to turn around not far after so we turned around so I could see him again, and then when we turned around again he crossed the road right in front of us! So exciting!! I’ve never seen a moose in person before!!

We drove on and quickly got to an area where everything was covered in frost! Not that far from where we camped, but significantly colder! I was really glad we didn’t camp farther south! And we hit an area of really foggy which we haven’t had this whole trip!

We were driving and there was lots of snow in the mountains and got to a point where the road was frosty too, the pullouts were covered in snow, and I thought should we go over to the scenic route I wanted to drive today?? If this is the main road what will that be like…We went to spy on the scenic route and it was sunny and beautiful! And either the sun had dried everything already or they didn’t get as much precipitation yesterday as everything was fine. There were small spots of frost in the shade when we made our first stops, but overall it was dry so that was good. The scenic route was not that long, but a really nice drive! We took a walk through the woods that was covered in lichen that Raymond touched first and was like it’s like a sponge! And it was - hard and stiff. But it was everywhere and my app said reindeer eat it in the winter (there was a sign that this area had the only wild reindeer in Norway!).

After the hike we started to drive away and Raymond was like wait! There is a giant chair! So of course I had to go get a pic sitting in it! I wonder of there is a list of giant chairs in the world? I asked Raymond if he thought there was and he was like if there is not you could make one. True! (I was pretty sad yesterday when I was going through my photos and saw the place with the giant candy canes also had a giant chair and I did not get to sit in it! I didn’t notice it as we passed by…and we were on the way to the mechanics so…. maybe next time!)

We drove the whole road and it ended at a small church which was pretty nice. It was absolutely gorgeous outside even though it was very cold! The sun was really warm and we had to keep the heat off in the car as it was way too hot! Such a nice drive and such a gorgeous day! It was like making up for yesterday being not so great!Read more