Two hikes are in store today, the first is 2 miles and the second is 3.2 miles.
But first, some geocaching at Santa Claus Village before we "break" camp. There's one of them - do you see it?
Meet Bob the Reindeer - time for Bob to clear the road, we all got's somewhere's to git to.
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And then there're more to slow way down for...
We're about to drive across a dam - in addition to solar and wind power, they do a lot of hydroelectric as well.
First up, this nice little 2 mile nature hike...
Here's a real honest-to-God log flume - it moves the logs past a waterfall without bad things happening.
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Then there's a picture framed information board...
At the rest stop we watch a local Finn start a small cooking fire...
After crossing the river suspension bridge, we find signs of a reindeer...
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Just about done with this trail - we're now on the overlook tower...
Trail one is done - the end brings us right back to the camper van!
 |  The second trail is about to kick off... |
A glacier came this way - from 12,000 years ago - the last ice age...
This would be a tough rock scramble for other trails we've done (outside Finland) - they make this trail very accessible to most who can put one foot in front of the other.
Glacial moraine - a boulder field left after the ice receded...
The skeeters start to get nasty again - at least for Tim...
At the end of the trail, a little hut sells some goodies - rubarb tart and a comb cookie - not too shabby.
Here's the first time we've had a whole reindeer herd clogging up the works...
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Off-grid camping near Ruka Finland - it's just us, and the trees, in a road-work staging area from the past. There was a handy little pile of hardened asphalt to drive a wheel onto for leveling the rig.
 |  An English breakfast of sorts for dinner is served - and another skeeter bites the dust inside the camper van. |
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