Reindeers and Mosquitos
Oulu - Oijärvi ~85 km
Today only a short stage, because the next camping after that one at Oijärvi is at Narkaus, 195 km... well...
The heavy rain from yesterday stopped, I started early in the morning. Also in that day wind in my face. But the streets were easy to find and easy to ride, they were all surfaced.
Today I saw my first reindeers! First I saw two, then one more (I don't know who was more frightened: It stood right next to the street but well hidden in the trench (Graben), so I couldn't see it. The reindeer couldn't see or smell me, because the wind was in the wrong direction. So when I was at a distance of only 5 m it suddenly jumped out and ran away.)
In the evening I got off my bike and few minutes later the wind stopped. Haha... And the mosquitos were even more delighted: No wind, so they are able to fly... *njam* for them means *ouch* for me... It was the first day, when there were REALLY lots of them... Did I ever complain about mitches? Now I have to laugh about that. It was for the first time, that I used my Mygga (swedish anti-mosquito, that I bought two years ago in Sweden but had no need to use it...). So my daily routine changed: It was not longer: Getting off the bike - put up my tent - shower - cooking - bed. No, from now until Karasjok there was a little addition: Getting off the bike - mygga - put up my tent - shower ...
And even if there were clouds all the day, in the evening the sun came out, it was soooo nice! I had the whole camping site for me (and the mosquitos), there was absolutely nobody!
Sadly at about 8 pm it re-started to rain... So I got into my tent. As it's not possible to sit in my tent I layed down, and a few minutes later I fell asleep... At 8 pm! And then I woke up at 2 am, and couldn't sleep anymore... So I got out of my tent, took the bottle of wine (no, I'm not a alcohol addict, it was only 0,25 l...) that I bought at Oulu for drinking that evening, sat in the grass, looked at the sunrise. *sigh* Couldn't things like that happen more often?
Today in the morning I had a look at my wheels... This is the rear wheel - I hope it does it until the northcape: nearly no more profile, and cracks in the side...
Click: The front wheel - that's what it should look like...
That is as well a finnish cycle path... no, just kidding, under construction
reindeers
Click: At the camping site
Click: A whole niemi (semi island) for me!
Click: Nice view
Unusable, but nice to look at...
Click: One more picture
Click: My bike as frame...
Sun rise at 2 am
Today only a short stage, because the next camping after that one at Oijärvi is at Narkaus, 195 km... well...
The heavy rain from yesterday stopped, I started early in the morning. Also in that day wind in my face. But the streets were easy to find and easy to ride, they were all surfaced.
Today I saw my first reindeers! First I saw two, then one more (I don't know who was more frightened: It stood right next to the street but well hidden in the trench (Graben), so I couldn't see it. The reindeer couldn't see or smell me, because the wind was in the wrong direction. So when I was at a distance of only 5 m it suddenly jumped out and ran away.)
In the evening I got off my bike and few minutes later the wind stopped. Haha... And the mosquitos were even more delighted: No wind, so they are able to fly... *njam* for them means *ouch* for me... It was the first day, when there were REALLY lots of them... Did I ever complain about mitches? Now I have to laugh about that. It was for the first time, that I used my Mygga (swedish anti-mosquito, that I bought two years ago in Sweden but had no need to use it...). So my daily routine changed: It was not longer: Getting off the bike - put up my tent - shower - cooking - bed. No, from now until Karasjok there was a little addition: Getting off the bike - mygga - put up my tent - shower ...
And even if there were clouds all the day, in the evening the sun came out, it was soooo nice! I had the whole camping site for me (and the mosquitos), there was absolutely nobody!
Sadly at about 8 pm it re-started to rain... So I got into my tent. As it's not possible to sit in my tent I layed down, and a few minutes later I fell asleep... At 8 pm! And then I woke up at 2 am, and couldn't sleep anymore... So I got out of my tent, took the bottle of wine (no, I'm not a alcohol addict, it was only 0,25 l...) that I bought at Oulu for drinking that evening, sat in the grass, looked at the sunrise. *sigh* Couldn't things like that happen more often?
Today in the morning I had a look at my wheels... This is the rear wheel - I hope it does it until the northcape: nearly no more profile, and cracks in the side...
Click: The front wheel - that's what it should look like...
That is as well a finnish cycle path... no, just kidding, under construction
reindeers
Click: At the camping site
Click: A whole niemi (semi island) for me!
Click: Nice view
Unusable, but nice to look at...
Click: One more picture
Click: My bike as frame...
Sun rise at 2 am
koerndl - 23. Jul, 00:00
