Wed, May 30, 2012Route: Route E6 from Narvik to Mosjoen Mileage: 676 km (420 miles) Money: Norway’s Kroner 1kr = $0.17 USD or $1 USD = kr 6.02 Fuel: 14.93 kr/L = $2.48 USD/L = $9.39/gal Weather: Light snow, rain, and brief patches of blue sky Lodging: Hotel Milano, Vollanvegen 41, Mosjoen, Norway Sunrise & Sunset: 24-hour of sunshine!!! |
| I got word that some of you are bored with the weather reports. Terms like snow flurries, hail, rain, North Sea winds, wind chill factor are too boring for some of you. This far north, the weather is kinda important. Not being able to cope with 0°C can put a person in a precarious situation. |
| The speed limit in rural Norway is 80 km/h (50 mph). Every town and village posted speeds drop 60 km/h outside of town to 30-40 km/h in town. And oh yes, there are speed cameras in most little towns. This and the abundant animal life next to and on the road keeps our daily average around 60 km/h (37 mph) |
| As we wait at a ferry loading ramp at Skarbergret to Bognes, a tour bus rolls up next to us. It’s a huge ramp with 6 lanes but all there are is a couple cars, half-dozen commercial vehicles and another half-dozen RVs. The tour guide comes out to talk. He’s from Riga, Estonia and spoke perfect English. The tour had Austrian, Canadian, German, Korean and Americans. They were at Nordkapp Sunday and we were there Monday. After he learns where we were from and the we were in Nordkapp he goes back into the bus and tell everyone what we were doing. All 30 eyes were looking out the windows at the two bikers dressed in snowmobile gear. On the ferry many came over to talk to us. When we left they all waived goodby. The ferry cost 75 NOK (€10 or $12.53 USD) |
 25-minute Ferry ride on E6. |
| Artic Circle, Norway – Polarsirkelsenteret
The Arctic Circle is the parallel of latitude that runs 66° 33′ 44″ (or 66.5622°) north of the Equator. Above the Arctic Circle there is a brief period of time in June when the sun never sets and in December the sun never rises! We have the unique experience of approaching the Arctic Circle from the north. It’s on a high plain total covered with snow. |
 Arctic Circle was on a mountain top high plain and snow covered. |
 This was the original marker but now there are markers (official and unofficial all around). |
 In the horizon, there is one fancy and many home-made markers/stone piles. |
 Another official marker in front of the Tourist Center. |
| As we’re getting ready to leave the tour bus pulls up with everyone waving at us. We have a little fan club. We stop in Mosjoen at the Hotel Milano for the night. The only sunshine of the day was at the glorious Arctic Circle. |
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Man, am I ever relieved you’re out of Russia! It must be the PTSD from all those evacuation drills 1962! Carry on, Brother. Back to the land of apfelstrudel!
St Petersburg and all our Russian contacts were very friendly. Nothing like the cold war “duck, cover and roll” excursuses we had to practice under our school desks. St Petersburg can not be visited in 2 days. It can’t be visited in a week! Maybe 10 days to see all the churches, castles, museums, historical sites, etc. Heck I didn’t even get to the Museum of Vodka! Bummer.
Grettings from Medellin. Columbia. Sounds like you are having a great trip.
Jim, Hope your Medellin was as good as ours. Columbia was beautiful and the people friendly. Big change from the Central America borders.
Howdy to my favorite Iron butt man, love the pictures!!
Greetings Cath,
) The beer in Finland was very good.
While riding through Finland, I thought about my Finlandish buddy Don.
I’m reading a good book, Cycling Home from Siberia, where they camped in -40C and biclycled many, many miles. Brrrrrrrrrr. Good read though. It reminds me of your expeditions. Have a great ride! I’m think of sue back home…
Dean, the only thing I’m bored with is reading about all the fun your having while I’m siting at my desk! Something ain’t right!
Ride on bro and keep the posts coming-makes the desk job easier.
The last best beer was last night. Tonight’s beer might be even better!
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