early autumn walk

Today we went for a nice little walk to Dronningen with our friends and their two kids. The signs of early autumn were clear.

Hardangervidda hiking, 2010 edition

One week ago we went hiking at Hardangervidda with my parents, just like we did last year. This time we parked one car at Tinnhølen and one at Halne Fjellstova. Friday started with a boat trip across Halnefjorden and a 3 hours hike to Rauhelleren, where we also stayed last year. It's one of my favorite cabins at Hardangervidda. After a perfect Saturday morning breakfast with homemade bread and homemade rhubarb jam, we started the 7 hours (ca 24 km) hike to Sandhaug. It was a really beautiful hike, although our feet were a bit sore when we arrived at Sandhaug - but it was nothing a warm shower and a cold beer couldn't fix. Sunday we hiked the 3,5 hours to our Saab at Tinnhølen. The very smart mr and mrs Mykletun had left their car key in mum and dad's Audi, so dad had to get a lift with strangers to Halne to get the Audi and the Saab key, and then come back to us. Our clever plan with one car in either end of the hike kind of failed... Other than that, it was an absolutely fantastic hike! PS: I saw a tiny mouse swim. Have you ever seen that?

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Hardangervidda hiking

We are off for the weekend to go hiking with my parents at Hardangervidda. These shots are from our early September hike last year. We hiked from Fagerheim to Heinsæter to Rauhelleren, and then back to our cars at Fagerheim. I used my Olympus mju 820 point and shoot for these shots. It's not my favorite camera, but it's a small, handy hiking camera, so I'll bring it this year too.

Happy weekend guys! I hope you get to spent some time outdoors as well.

Flåmsdalen

As I mentioned in the beginning of July; we spent a beautiful Sunday biking down the Flåm valley with Sølve's family. We saw tourists photographing huldra in Kjosfossen, we bought the freshest brown goat cheese from the Rallarrosa summer farm, we heard our youngest niece (4) claim that waterfalls are made from ice, water and milk (she LOVES milk), later we watch her pet literally all the goats at the summer farm, we had lunch on the land of Sølve's brother's new cabin, then we had a second lunch by the river and made coffee on the campfire.

This is the second time we have done this trip and I think we should to it as a tradition every summer. It's really that beautiful.

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mountain summer

We are back in the city (right now that is Sandnes) after a wonderful week at the mountain cabin. More photos will come.