Utö

We were off to New York in the beginning of July but unfortunately will not have time to show you any of those pictures yet. Just so many :)) 
I do want to show you though where we spend Sunday, fewer pictures to edit :). Beautiful island of Utö is located in Stockholm's southern archipelago, and actually one of the largest in the Stockholm archipelago. Boat over from the mainland, Årsta havsbad, takes about 40min. Once there, we rented bikes and explored. The island is full of everything from pine and deciduous forests, marshes and an amazing coastline especially on the eastern side. The side facing the open sea with its sandy beaches, cliffs and pine trees twisted by the wind.
Because it had been a bit cold and rainy we were more or less alone on the beaches, surprised? :) 
Gruvbyn that we arrived to with the boat is located in the middle of the island where the old mining and quarries are. They can still be seen scattered slag heaps. The iron mines date back to 1100s and were not closed till 1878. The shafts are now filled with water and the deepest is around 215 m deep! 
There is much more of Utö to explore, but you can go there yourself and find out. It's worth it.
This Saturday I will travel to brother in Kalix and then on to Finnmark in Northern Norway for some Char and trout fishing, and then from there to Kalix again to pick up my wife, and then on the next adventure, hiking in Sarek NP.
                                                                                           

 

Fun with snowmobiles

A couple of days ago me and brother went out with snowmobile's for a ride on snowmobile trails and then on to places where it was untouched powder, the goal was of course to play and joyriding. It was really fun but really hard especially when we was driving actively in the powder snow because u haft to move your body all the time if you want the snowmobile to get it where u want.
The day after I had lots of muscle soreness in my back and arms, something else that is hard it is when you get stuck in the snow, then you have to dig around the snowmobile to free it from the snow and it is very tough and sweaty .
Afterwards, we went to a lake and there we grilled hamburgers at a shelter, that kind of places u can find pretty easy and it is a nice break. All in all, we drove probably  90km in 4-5 hours. This a very nice way to get out in the nature and many does this kind of adventure every weekende up here in northern Sweden or places where there is snow.

Photo break

Nice wintry forest

Brother driving powder snow

Barbeque

Mmm, tastes good

Brother driving in the deep powder snow

And a picture of me driving and playing in the powder snow