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Today we are planning to get to near Stavanger, but this 400 km was too ambitious for the low speed limits and curvy roads of Norway.
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Daniel noticed that the front right fork of the 650 was leaking!! AGH! We had always had fork socks, but at DMX they advised against them. HMMMM. Well there is no way we get this done in Norway so we hope to get it fixed in Finland. Thanks Gene for the picture.
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We drove over several snow covered mountain passes and finally into the village of Lysbotn. Thanks again Gene for the pics.
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The ride into Lysbotn is from the high pass on the highway 45 is on a narrow and very curvy 32 km road. There are several sections on switchbacks. The last series of hairpins from the viewpoint to the town is 7 km includes a 1 km tunnel with a hairpin inside.
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Arriving here we found the campground with a view of the falls.
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We had planned a short ride today to get ready for a hike tomorrow to the Pulpit Rock. The morning ride out was a bit rainy so we did take it slowly. We backtracked up to the main road and then continued in the rain to the ferry at Hole. Gene and Neda caught up with us here.
https://farm1.staticflickr.com/288/1...70fa10f3_c.jpgScreen Shot 2015-07-18 at 5.43.39 PM by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr The covered bike parking on board improved this crossing. https://farm1.staticflickr.com/501/1...60560e23_c.jpgDSC02443 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr |
It was then just a short ride up the scenic road 13 but in the pouring rain to the campsite near The Preikestolen or Pulpit Rock. We checked in and then staked out a spot in the dining hall and stayed there all day. Gene made a friend while writing his blog report. There was a brief few minutes in the early evening when the rain let up and we rushed out to set up our tents. It rained incredibly hard most of the night.
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Arriving back to the camp we were a bit cold and wet. But there were hot showers and a warm lounge with good wifi!
https://farm1.staticflickr.com/269/1...5795f8b2_c.jpgflam-molde 1 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr It continued to rain very hard all thru the night again until about 6 am!!! This luckily gave us an opportunity to pack up camp under fairly dry conditions. Leaving in the morning at about 930 it had really cleared up finally. Today our tour was up the very scenic route 13 to Kinsarvik. https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3726/...e5c066f6_z.jpgScreen Shot 2015-08-08 at 11.34.20 PM by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr This route on the 13 takes you along the fjords to Hjelmelandsvagen where you get the ferry to Knutsvik. You keep along the sea and then turn inland towards Sand. https://farm1.staticflickr.com/345/1...ac6c6cf6_c.jpgflam-molde 2 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr https://farm1.staticflickr.com/302/1...8832f088_c.jpgflam-molde 3 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr |
As you go north there are an incredible number of tunnels on this route of 100 meters to 5 km. Most are wide and well lighted, but several are narrow and quite dark. Our friend Dieter gave us the trick Norwegian riders use, which is to close one eye before the tunnel and open it inside. The closed eye is adjusted to the dark and you can actually see much better. Of course remembering to push down your sunglasses helps more! There are some bridges that lead right into tunnels in the mountainside.
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This route runs along several large lakes and hundreds of waterfalls. There are several huge waterfalls including the high drop at Fengafoss and the double falls of Latefoss where the spray covers the road with water.
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As you continue north you hit another large fjord and you ride along the east shore to the town of Kinsarvik. Here there is a nice campground with a view.
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Gene and Neda joined up with us here later in the day. They had met Takeshi from Japan on the road and asked him to join us all. It was a great photo op with his bike between the 4 Canadian bikes.
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We had a dry night until about 6 when the rain started, but again at about 8 we got a break to pack up. We had planned to go up the 13 and take the cut off to Flam and then head to Lom, but somewhere we missed the turn and ended up north and we had to make a circle route. In the end this worked out better since we like Flam and we love a circle route.
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We headed out again north on the 13 To the Hradanger Bridge, which is the largest suspension bridge in Norway. You enter the bridge thru a 3 km tunnel (which actually has a round about in side it) and then leave the bridge where it enters directly into another 7 km tunnel.
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