Return from the Arctic Circle

Sun, Jun 30, 2024

Meltaus, Finland to Rovaniemi, Finland

miles today 40.1

miles so far 486.4

feet climbed today 1,076.0

feet climbed total 18,114.0

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Wow. I got 9.5 hours of sleep last night.  That's a lot for me.  We had breakfast at 8am. Tina (with a long i) made us porridge. She told us more about the reindeer farm.  She said the reindeer roam free. They have ear tags. In the fall, all the owners set out the hay and the reindeer all go to their respective homes. A few have to be sorted out and sent to their homes,  but mostly they know where they live.  

The total for the cabin, 2 dinners, and 2 breakfasts was $209. 

It was another beautiful day to ride. The temperature was between 60 and 70 with a 10 to 15 mph headwind. Sometime around 915am, Lynn's garmin and mine went into night time mode (as if the sun had set). We haven't experienced a sunset since June 17 (in New York City). There must be a bug in the garmin software.

Today's mission was to find the Arctic Circle line. We stopped several times to check the GPS coordinates on our phones.

Then we went on to Rovaniemi.  Since we had time,  we went to visit Santa Claus Village. 

We found the official Arctic Circle line much easier! 

I had a reindeer kebob for lunch. This kebob was not nearly as good as the kebob Dottie and I found in Munich.

We came from Northcape! 

I saw this bit on the grocery store with the Kansas City Chiefs hat. I told him O lived in Kansas (I'm not sure he understood what that meant). And, I asked him if he wanted my sweatshirt.. he said sure.

I'm pretty sure I won't be needing it anymore. 

The Hostel Cafe Koti is $89 per night,  with breakfast included. 

 

We walked to the Arctic Garden then to dinner. 

Tomorrow is going to be a long ride. And, it'll be the first place we stay that will have a sunset. And, no, I don't plan to stay up for it.