The Iron Heart Forum Triangle of Terror Type III Trucker Tour 2018 - Updates thread
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Only real issue I see is the number of unused hangers.
I think that is what they call «forward planning».
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Holiday 2020, day 1.
We covered 365km from Bodø to Svenningdal. Drive time was five hours (speed limits vary from 60-100km/h), with a lunch stop on top of that at nice spot by a lake…
Hot Ingrid modelled the tour jacket, while I dicked around in another IH OD type III
A couple of hours later we got to Svenningdal where we have rented a simple cabin at a camping site. Camping sites in Norway are a culture and a way of life for some people. Lots of caravan’s and mobile homes and some tents. The cabins are basic af though:
But that is just fine as the outside is bloody lovely.
After the kids were in bed, I went out for a bit of me time…
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When you wrote "caravan", that's all I could think about…
"Why the fuck do I want a caravan that's got no fuckin wheels?"
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The scenery there looks simply stunning Reuben
It’s a very nice spot. The really dramatic, breathtaking stuff was on the drive in between. Mountain passes, raging rivers, a glacier, the lot. If I’d stopped to take pics of the really good stuff we’d still be on the road though…
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nice place, have a great holiday @neph93
Thank you sir. It was a good start. We’ll be driving around 300km today, but split into two. Most of the day will be spent at an animal park with wild animals mostly from Scandinavia. Lynx, bears, wolves, wolverines etc.
Oh, and are there any amateur geologists here? There was an incredible collection of rocks in the river shallows yesterday. I’ll
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Looks like everyone is having a great time –-- the jacket is looking good too!
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Snow in July-lucky bastid… ???
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Great updates, Reuben. I would be curious to see the rocks.
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I know little about rocks and geology, but it struck me as interesting that the stretch of river that ran past the camping site had rocks along the bank that were extremely varied. As far as I could tell there was some limestone, sandstone, a lot of granite, and elements of quartz and iron. There were also some crazy examples of lava patterns, and a lot of boulders showing multiple rock types in one.
The following were all found together in an area of about ten square meters, if anyone knows anything about this stuff, I’d be interested in hearing about it.
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Saw some beasts with my little beasts today…
Wore my favourite t-shirt too…
The little ones found hotel life comfortable after cabin life…
We’re just outside of Trondheim now. Over 400km to drive tomorrow (about 5 hours), through some amazing countryside, but the destination will be our home for five nights.
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Finally arrived at our destination for the next five days. Drove along one of the most dramatic and beautiful roads in Norway. We didn’t stop but I got Hot Ingrid to take some photo’s as we drove:
Not a bad view from the gas station where we ate burgers for dinner:
We went straight up to the cabin that sits amongst the mountain pastures… it was nice to get out of the car.
Ingrid warmed herself in the tour jacket
We had some visitors…
And I wonder if Haraki-san could use this for UHF’s:
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Ok @neph93 @sabergirl My twin can say some good things about the rocks. The first pictures look like marble that has been regionally metamorphosed, note the folding of the rock. calc-silicate gneiss is another name for this type of rock. Other rocks look like gneiss and granite. Picture number 7, the flat rock looks like an igneous rock, granite. The following 2 pictures show gneiss, a regional high grade metamorphic rock.
