6/30/17

Flies!!!!

Mini Tick

Flies are still around as I pack.  Downhill I go and the flies can't keep up.  Into Trondheim and I find a bike shop.  They help me fix my rear bike fender punching holes.  I remount the rear tire as I put it on backwards last time.  No boom this time as I top off my tires.  With a little oil, the bike is ready to continue.  See a tent that could work for me, but at $650 I think it is way too pricey.  I head out of Trondheim and take the ferry across the fjord.  As I head uphill the flies return.  As I camp I find that I am once again in tick county.  I look up and see a moose walking through camp.

Love and kisses

Steve

6/29/17

I feel like shit.  Hundreds of flies swarm around me.  I kill a dozen with a swing and a minute later I do it again.  More flies show up during that period.  I see others trying to keep the flies away so it is not just me.  Going downhill is the only way to free me from the flies.  I climb and swat. 

Love and kisses

Steve

6/28/17

The sun is out and I am warm again.  I ride along the lake for 11 miles.  Stop to find the hole in my air mattress that has been bothering me for days.  Glad it is finally warm enough to stand in the lake and look for bubbles from the air mattress.  Turning north I see a sign for reindeer for the next 50k.  It takes only five miles to encounter them.  I see many young reindeer.  On I ride trying not to run into a reindeer.  Snow line has moved down.  I should be in Trondheim in two days.

Love and kisses

Steve

6/27/17

Forest roads and farms are along the ride. I went to main road to make better time.  Head to library just started when I was told they where closing.  So I pack the laptop and electronics quickly.  Swing and miss for blog update.

Love and kisses

Steve

6/26/17

 I ride on a dirt road through the forest.  Farms and forest are along the road.

Love and kisses

Steve

6/25/17

Sunday and stores are closed.  Food stores are low.  I ride on and take the main road.  I find a gas station and the shelves are filled with candy.  I go for an open pub and pizza.

Love and kisses

Steve

6/24/17

It is a gentle downhill day.  It is hard to believe this small dirt road is a toll road.   Bicycles are not charged.   There are big views all day. See a guy floating the river in a alpacka raft.  I could have brought mine and the extra gear.  That would be a differed entirely trip.  After 20 miles decide to camp and have a early day.  Have some soup and then I am asleep.

Love and kisses

Steve