Thursday, July 31, 2008

First big hike, part 1

After an unusually rough crossing (nearly half the boat puked, but not Eric), we arrived in Adelvik in the rain. Our guide Iris cried out: "It's an adventure!" Our other guide Albertina was sick with the rest of us. All efforts to persuade anyone to live here year-round ended in 1952, but there are still one or two remnants, such as this church:
Very verdant and lush, quite boggy in places, with wonderful wild flowers and moss:


Temperatures were nice, in the 50s, but there was still some snow:
And this amazing moss, which was very deep and spongy:

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