It was a cloudy day, with snow in the air, but no wind this Saturday. My wife and I decided to go skiing in a valley nearby. The valley is called Svartdalen in Norwegian or, the Black valley in english.
After skiing around 3,5 km we are at the opening of Svartdalen. The valley is narrow with steep mountains and cliffs with a river in the bottom. In the summer there are lots of big rocks and stones as make it more difficult to walk. You have to climb over and around stones and cross the river several times inward the valley.
A short distance into the valley lies a little lake. In the winter with ice, the crossing is easy. the valley winds in many turns about 5 km inland.
Because the valley is so inaccessible there is little traffic and untouched nature. Here have wildlife peace from humans.
On cliffs in the mountainside grow pines and birch wherever they can.
It is a meager valley, it is not possible for the trees to grow large. Fairly small trees are many years old
The river is visible some places. (do you see the smily?)
As i said there was no wind and only around minus 4 degrees celsius. On todays trip we had brought with us some dry wood to make the first campfire this year. Coffe made on a campfire is something special. We made camp on the little cliff you can see in the middle of the pictrure to the right of the pines. Here we had a nice view over the valley.
Nero prepare some lumber to pieces.
In the bottom of the campfire we use rotten birch, above that, dry wood. Within few minutes the smell of fresh coffee is in the air. We also grilled a couple of sandwiches with cheese and ham. Delicious after a coupe of hours skiing.
This i perfect, feeling the heat from the fire, and a hot coffee while waiting for the sandwiches.
If you look closely you can se the flames and smoke make forms similar to part of Steem logo. The conclusion; even the flames burn in sympathy for Steem.
The campsite on the rock in the middle.
As always I have to take a look at the trees. These one I had to stand still for the photograph.
After some great hours by the campfire, it was time to go home again, with some new impressions and peace from the daily running.
The whole trip was like walking in a black and white movie. No colours only different shades of black and white. It was quite fascinating.
The black valley is left behind us. Im curious how it looks further up and behind the next turn. I think I need to explore it further another time. I'm always curious about what's hiding behind the next turn, if I am are out hiking or in life general.
This time we choosed to followed the same track back again. No one else but myself decide what or where to go. That is freedom, just as this platform should be. One person should not decide on our behalf.
Wish you all freedom in life...ok then... and on this platform under a decentralised real sun :-).
Best regards
Harald
