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May 03
Photo of the Week: Powder Dreams
It hasn’t been quite this deep up here in northern Norway recently, but the fresh snow we picked up during the recent blizzard that welcomed us here had us dreaming of the many great days that Old Man Winter treated us to this past season in the northeast.
May 01
2 Wheels, 2 Planks: Blizzard! in Norway
(Photo: Arctic Alps – Courtesy Wikipedia) We knew the weather and snowpack might be a touch on the wintry side during the first part of our month-long adventure in northern Norway, so when heavy snow and near-hurricane force winds (read blizzard!) greeted us upon arrival to a mountainous peninsula way out on the coast (along …
Apr 27
Photo of the Week: Fresh Fish
We’re hoping that the fishing turns out to be at least this good in Norway, too…
Apr 24
2 Wheels, 2 Planks: Big Mountain, Little Town
After catching up on some much needed sleep last night, we ate a very late breakfast before setting our sights for Tromso’s iconic local mountain – Tromsdaltinden – which is featured in the photo below. Looming large approx. 4000′ above this Arctic island town, Tromsdaltinden was impossible to resist. And at the crack of 2:30pm …
Apr 23
2 Wheels, 2 Planks: Day One!
After dodging Iceland-born volcanic ash while crossing the Atlantic this morning, Emily, Forrest Twombly and I arrived to the higher latitudes of Arctic Norway. Two hours spent rigging our ski-bikes for the weeks of adventure ahead were followed by a pleasant bike ride to a cozy b&b in the island city of Tromso. Home to …
