The Great Outdoors - Hiking and so on…

[endo]

thanks @goosehd . These childhood memories are so precious. I have the same, my parents took me through southern Europe in the 70s in an orange T2 Volkswagen bus. My son (and his three elder siblings) will hopefully pass this on one day …

[neph93]

@endo:

And everywhere (also in Norway) this beautiful plant. Does anyone know its name?

«Geitrams» in Norwegian, «fireweed» in the US, «bombweed» colloquially in the UK (interesting story) and in Latin:

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chamaenerion_angustifolium

I’m staying in the high pastures in the mountains outside of Ålesund, and there is a cabin down the road that literally has a roof full of it:

[endo]

very beautiful, thanks @neph93  and have a good time in the ‚south‘

[endo]

Hey, this just to let you know that my son and I had a safe return home. It really was a wonderful trip: more than 6000 km in 15 days, 14 nights of which we spent only 4 on campgrounds and all others in pure nature, easy with a camping bus in scandinavia. Highlights were the night under a clear sky and stars on Preikestolen, meeting Reuben and Ingrid in Bodø, cruising the Lofoten and adjacent isles, and reaching the Nordkapp. But now we are also happy to be back home. Memories will stay. Thanks for accompanying us.

[JDelage]

Congratulations, and thank you for sharing those lovely pictures with us!

[neph93]

@endo:

Hey, this just to let you know that my son and I had a safe return home. It really was a wonderful trip: more than 6000 km in 15 days, 14 nights of which we spent only 4 on campgrounds and all others in pure nature, easy with a camping bus in scandinavia. Highlights were the night under a clear sky and stars on Preikestolen, meeting Reuben and Ingrid in Bodø, cruising the Lofoten and adjacent isles, and reaching the Nordkapp. But now we are also happy to be back home. Memories will stay. Thanks for accompanying us.

Glad to hear you are safely home. What a wonderful trip… I’ll be sure not to let the Norwegian tourist board know that meeting Ingrid is comparable to reaching Nordkapp. We don’t want convoys of camping vans stopping outside out house [emoji1]

[Chap]

Awesome trip @endo thanks for sharing your pics… makes me even more wanting to do a road trip up to the North

[endo]

cheers @Chap . It's absolutely worth it, still a lot of km - even more from Austria. A way of saving 3-4 days of driving in each direction could also be flying up to wherever you want to start and rent a camper there.

[Bfd70]

@JDelage:

The hat is a Freewheelers' Smokey Bear.

Thanks

[Chap]

@endo:

cheers @Chap . It's absolutely worth it, still a lot of km - even more from Austria. A way of saving 3-4 days of driving in each direction could also be flying up to wherever you want to start and rent a camper there.

Yeah thought about that option… but I would love to have my dog with me. There once was a night-train carrying cars from Vienna to Hamburg... hope it will come back next year.

[endo]

touring Norway with your dog, that must be heaven

[emceeQ]

@endo, just went a ways back in the thread and caught up on your trip.  Absolutely epic!

Here are some snaps from some recent travels around the Great Lakes (Ontario, Michigan and Superior to be specific)…

[endo]

REALLY beautifull @emceeQ (I love all outdoors), thanks for sharing.
And, it's good to stay off bluffs, by all means. 

[Aetas]

Great to se you @emceeQ … and this thread on fire!

[Aetas]

Last day of our trip through the Baviran part of the Rhoen, we hiked around the mountain Kreuzberg (900m).
Not the center of the Dark Sky Reserve Rhoen, but we expected to see some stars without rain there ….

South

Litter and meagre meadows on 900m

Sunset

Stars

Sunrise

Bed

… it definitely was a nice bed @Giles  .

Temperature went down from 19C to 10C.
There was always a small breath uphill, followed next morning by a cloud cover.
Normally I stuff the backpack into the Bivicover from MacPac, which is long enough for rough situations, but it was not necessary this time….

Highlight was the tree I was sleeping under! Always acting to the weather and making a beautiful noise!

Rest of the story here. MRMF

[Aetas]

@endo:

… Highlights were the night under a the clear stars ….

Thanks @endo for posting. What a beautiful journey you’ve done with your son!

[endo]

@Aetas:

What a beautiful journey …

and yours too! it's just great to be outside!

[Aetas]

Today

Re-edifed a grail today. A  tent I own for over 30 years now …the kids loved it  8).

[motojobobo]

Your dog ALWAYS steals the show @Aetas .

[Aetas]

@motojobobo:

Your dog ALWAYS steals the show @Aetas .

Thanks @motojobobo
Have to admit a lot of dog presence in my daily live .