Today was probably one of my favorite days of the whole trip – I just get all happy and happier when I get to be around mountains and making it into Jotunheimen National Park, while a long day trip from where we were staying, is a definite highlight! The weather wasn’t great, but that didn’t matter. After the morning drive through Gudbrandsdalen, we got a chance to actually go into a stavkirke, the amazingly well maintained and beautifully decorated Lom church. Then the road took us up into the mountains within just a few minutes of leaving Lom. As the driver I didn’t get a chance to turn around and see ALL the gorgeous views and sights, but it was a joy ride with breathtaking scenery, with new ooooohhhs and aaaahhhs around each corner. the mountain ranges are not as ‘peaky’ as in the Alps, more rolling, gentle, snowcovered peaks, topping out at about 2500 m, with the tree line already at about 1000 m. We took a 90 minute time-out from driving and actually did part of a hiking trail up one steep slope – even on a cloudy day it was a fantastic adventure. Later, we drove along with sheets of snow on either side of the road higher than our car, at about 1350 m. I threw snow balls, Carl did his first June snow angel ever in Norway. The drive back ‘home’ through the Valdres valleys rounded off a beautiful day, leaving us with many memories of incredible scenery.
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