A hiking we did go!

On Tuesday Cathrine, Magnus and Aleks took us hiking in the mountains.  It was a great adventure and the sights from up top were again fabulous!

The farmer's from the area bring their livestock up into the mountains for the summer and let them graze.  They are all tagged so that in the spring when they bring them down, each farmer can identify his livestock.  These two horses were happy to have visitors and enjoyed our company while it lasted.

This was the view from where we started.  We were assured that the higher we got, the better the view.

I loved all of the waterfalls that we saw.  There were many!

The hikers were planning their route.

Our first stop was at this small cabin.  Years ago this would have been the cabin of a milk maid.  The milk maids were sent up into the mountains with the cattle and they would milk them each day.  Every few weeks someone would bring them the necessities that they would need for the weeks ahead.  The milk maids would then take the pails of milk and keep them cold in the creeks until someone came to collect them.  This cabin would now be someone's mountain cottage.  At this point we left Papa, Magnus and Tessa so that we could go higher.

The kids were a little faster than us, so they sat patiently and waited for our arrival.

It was at this view that we chose to stop and have a small snack before heading back down the mountain.  It was so beautiful and peaceful up there.  We made our way down, which resulted in some wet feet, but we all did have a great time.
Once we arrived back at the cottage, we all put our efforts forth and made a fabulous dinner.  We were again treated to chicken from Peter's(Cathrine's son) farm.  This chicken was delicious!  Chad and I made a potato dish and Tailor made us chocolate mousse for dessert!  YUMMY!

We ended the night with a campfire.  Tucker and Magnus worked hard to cut wood for the fire and it was the perfect fire for roasting marshmallows and weiners.(Yes Marcy, I do have my work cut out for me when I get home!)

This photo was taken at 10:30 at night.  It stayed light out very late into the evening and the sun would set again at 3:00 a.m.  The photo below was taken before Chad came in at 11:30.

Another great day in Norway!



Shelley