Exploring Norway (Aug. 26 - 31 2025)

 In late August, my good friends, Marit and Øystein, took me on a Norwegian road trip. We drove north of Oslo and the further we drove, the more breathtaking it became. With a slacked jaw, I constantly shook my head and said “Wow” about a million times.

We spent the first night at the cabin of our other good friends Birgit and Ove. We had an awesome meal and then retired to the living room to play guitars and drink Aquavit. Played late into the evening and then we all crashed pretty hard. Wonderful night!!

The next day Marit and Øystein drove me further north to witness the intoxicating beauty of Norway. Unfortunately, I brought the Irish cloudy and damp weather with me. For a good while I thought I wasn’t going to be able to see anything, as the clouds covered most views at our elevation. Then a little later in the day, the clouds broke and the sun illuminated the Norwegian landscape. I immediately went back to mumbling “Wow”.

I can’t remember the name of the area or river that we went to but the beauty of it all just blew my mind. We were all taking pictures and I had posed for a few (goofing, of course). I took one where I pretended I was slipping into the water. And when I tried to climb back up, my damn foot actually slip, and I started sliding backwards. Fortunately I was corpulent enough to place my weight on the rock and the friction of my flared out belly kept me from sliding towards the raging torrents. Unfortunately, my right foot did slip into the water and soaked my damn Rebok tenny.  

Awesome, awesome day!!!

PS The really good photos were taken by Øystein!!

Big thanks to Marit, Øystein, Birgit, and Ove!!! I really appreciate it!

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* More to come!