A beastly good day🐂🐱

Today we had to leave our little cozy house again. We used the warm shower one last time, packed up all our things, and off we went.

Our first stop was the Kjenndalsbreen Glacier. The road there took us through beautiful villages, where the history of the area was explained at various viewpoints.

Two villages had been affected by rock avalanches twice, resulting in many casualties. Only a few of them could be recovered. Most of them found their eternal rest in the lake. Agriculture and the soil were never the same again. Both villages had to be completely rebuilt. A lake had to be filled in to reduce the risk of underwater and tidal waves. After reading the history, we were deeply touched by this fate.

It's hard to believe that something like this happened in this untouched and beautiful nature.

The lakes were so beautifully blue, the people so carefree, and the plants and animals so unspoiled.

Just when we thought we had reached our destination, we came across a small 'barrier'. It was actually just a mailbox with another box above it, indicating envelopes for the toll to be paid. Strange, we had never seen anything like it before. Until now, we had paid tolls using our license plate and cameras installed on the roads. Well, this envelope stated that the toll should be paid in cash because the road was not supported by the state or municipality. It also said that driving on this road was at one's own risk. True to our motto, 'No Risk, No Fun!', we filled the envelope with 10 Euros because we didn't have any NOK with us. After all, here in Norway, you even pay for parking tickets with a credit card, and suddenly you're supposed to have Norwegian Crowns with you? We were kind enough to contribute a little more for this road and wrote a note on the envelope. After all, the Euro is an accepted currency here and can be exchanged. So we actually did something good because the exchange rate yielded more than the demanded 40 Norwegian Crowns. Finally, we continued on.

When we arrived at the glacier, surrounded by autumn nature, a beautiful river with various waterfalls, we were naturally impressed by how close we could get to the glacier. However, compared to pictures from previous years, it had retreated significantly. Still, it was beautiful to see, with its blue color. We spent some time admiring the incredibly high mountains and the nature around us, and then we made our way back to the car.

On our way there, we noticed some happy cows freely crossing our path and approaching the car. They were still casually standing by the roadside on our way back, gazing at the beautiful blue lake in front of them. What a life! We decided to stop and get acquainted with the cows, which turned out to be friendlier than expected.

Since it was getting late, we looked for a quiet place to spend the night. We found one by a peaceful lake. However, it seemed that someone had been there before us. Our dog revealed this to us as he happily ran out of the undergrowth with a red snout. He had devoured the leftover ravioli from the previous visitor.

After such a feast, Buddy fell asleep satisfied.

As we prepared ourselves to go to our warm bed, something dashed right past the car. Jenni recognized it as a cat and called out to it. The cat immediately came towards her and rubbed against her legs. It purred, allowed itself to be petted, and stayed with us for a while, before going under the car to spend the night.