August 19
Barbra and Gerri head out for a hike today - Tim says "I'm good".
Getting there from our lodging involved a long tunnel ($16 each way), and a very crowded $20 parking lot.
Barbra and Gerri head out for a hike today - Tim says "I'm good".
Getting there from our lodging involved a long tunnel ($16 each way), and a very crowded $20 parking lot.
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The Drive There...
The Hiking Path...
 Yes, lot's of hikers today - Barbra laughs "It's just like Colorado" - Gerri "Too many people!" |   |
Instructions and orientation are provided, i.e. "Do not poop in nature".
Here's the easy, "walk-in-the-park", part of the trail.
The emergency shelter comes into view - happily we won't be needing it today.
And then we're at the end of the trail...
 |  The view goes on for miles and miles. See the gaggle at the edge of Pulpit Rock - that's actually a line where people waited patiently to get the precarious solo shot scant inches from oblivion. |
We're looking forward to the pleasant stroll off the mountain and laughing hysterically over this daydream of sorts.
Ouch...Ouch...Ouch, .........Ouch ouch ouch and ouch.
August 20
We round the southern tip of Norway to pass through Risør and then move a bit closer to Oslo for overnight lodging.
Soon we encounter another lovely round-about, featuring a lighthouse ornamentation.
We meet Samim in Risør. I worked with him in Kabul, Afghanistan 12 years ago. Three years ago, when we pulled out of Afghanistan, and their government collapsed, Samim managed to get his family out and Norway took them in. He's been trying to get legal entry to the U.S.A. since then. Since we were able to route ourselves through Risør, we were able to meet up with him.
Samim treated us to Afghan-style cuisine, including spices sent from family that have remained in Afghanistan. Norwegian cuisine isn't all that exciting, but this was something special.
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