Thursday 13 February: visiting the Sami museum

Skoganvarre- Ivalo 207 km

View from the cabin this morning was stunning.

Today we took the nice scenic route trough one of the many natural parks. Temperatures dropt rapidly went we drove into the mountains. The lowest temperature reached was minus 23,8 🥶. And that was pretty cold. 

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At the beginning of the route we had the first serious damage of the trip. We stopped for a picture when we heard a strange ticking noise, it looked like the fan came loose. Tighten it didn’t work and when we took the fan of we saw that the pouli had ruptured. 

We put a message in the group app and luckily one of the other teams had a spare. They were also right behind us so the problem was fixed within ten minutes. 

Rescue teams

Fixed

So after this minor delay we continued our way making frequent stops for photos and museum visits.

First small Sami museum 

Old snowscooter 

Rocking reindeer

On our way again

Frozen window 

We crossed the border again, this time back into Finland again.

We also went back to a hotel where we were last week because Gertjan forgot something there. Besides the hotel was this cool old campervan all covered with snow.

And offcourse we stopped along the way for more pictures. 

We stopped once more to take the extra insulation out because temperatures got less extreme and in the car it was getting way to warm.

And then we visited the big Sami museum near Inari.

After this museum we drove to the cabins for tonight. It was the same place as were we where two years ago, with a petrol station in front.

Tonight we cooked our own meal, spaghetti, sausages and salat. 

And then it was time for the enough drink, outside because in Finland it is forbidden to have you’re own drinks inside a bar.

We ended the evening celebrating Mathijs 18th birthday in their cabin and then it was time for bed again.

Wednesday 12 February: on the Northcape again

Honningsvåg- Northcape - Skoganvarre 250 km

Today wefirst wentup the Northcape again, just because we could. It was a completely different experience than last night. Not only could we now see where we were driving but this time the road was super slippery. We got stuck about 10 km before the gate. And with us almost everybody else as well. The road was so slippery thanTanguy had to stay in the car to keep his foot on the brake, otherwise the car would slide down. So while Tanguy made sure the car would stay on his place I got out to put on the chains. I am getting pretty handy by now so they were on in no time. 

Beautiful views 

Putting on chains

With the chains getting to the gate was easy. This time there were a lot of other cars as well. In front of us was a white Skoda with a botox lady. She was so scared going up the cape that she was hitting her brakes all the time, going 5 km per hour uphill and stopping at every little bit of snow. Very annoying and dangerous. So we decided to pass her even though this is officially not allowed in convoy. But she made it almost impossible for us to get up. And after us more cars passed her. 

On the parking lot we met this south Korean guy who we met before. He was hitchhiking from the sputh of Finland to the Northcape, and made it after two months.

On the cape it was very windy so we made a quick few  photos and then went in for a drink and some lunch.

I must admit the the road to the Northcape is more impressive than the cape itself, but it is the thought that counts.

Then it was time to go back and start our trip to Skoganvarre. A beautiful route along the Porsangerfjord. The sun was shining and gave us spectacular views together with the amazing scenery. A trip to love, even though it was still very slippery. We made quite a few photo stops.

No words needed

 

In Skoganvarre we had lovely 4p huts again with a beautiful few over the lake. But it was already dark so I had to wait till tomorrow to see it.

The lady of the campsite cooked us a delicious meal, unfortunately for me it was fish. But the veggies and potatoes were yummie as well.

And then we had the driversmeeting and the save arrival drink. 

And after a few more drinks in the restaurant I went to bed for a good night sleep.