The first picture is from a ferry we took today on our drive to the hike. The second picture is of a helicopter that came to the top of where we hiked to pick up a hiker that hurt his leg somehow. It didn't look bad, the hiker was putting some weight on it, but the trail was pretty difficult. The last two pictures are of the final destination of the hike.
Today we decided to take a break from fishing and went for a hike to Preikestolen. The pictures I have taken are not a good example of how gorgeous it really is so follow this link to look at some Google images of it! http://www.google.com/search?q=preikestolen&hl=en&sa=X&prmd=ivnsm&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&ei=P3-wTcP3I4OTswaw8IztCw&ved=0CCcQsAQ&biw=1130&bih=529
Last night was an experience I did not expect to have, and it is a rather long story. But, the story is certainly worth telling.
The owner of the house is named Yan. I met him last night as he was on his way to another town with his boat. He lives upstairs in the same house as we are renting, and he keeps his boat next to the house. He already seemed like he had consumed a bit to much to be operating any type of moving object, but he shook our hands and said he was going to town to drink some beer. The way he went about leaving was hilarious all on its own. He pulled a few feet of the boat out of its resting spot with a rope, jumped in, and gunned it out of the bay! And I am serious when I say gunned it. He almost knocked over a passenger that was standing in the boat, luckily he was holding the bow line and didn't fall over! And the little bay we are in has a 5 knots limit..
When he came back a few hours later we closed our doors and blinds so he wouldn't try to talk to us. He did seam nice, but its never fun being around someone that drunk. After he had been home for about a half hour, someone came barging in to our house with out knocking. We were all in the living room so I got up to meat whoever it was in the hallway. It was the Police! They were shining lights in our face and talking to us in Norwegian. We let them know we only know English, and we are from Germany here on a fishing trip. Then the police asked if we were in the boat with Yan earlier, and we confirmed we were not.
Then the Police tried to get into Yan's place upstairs and the door was locked. They eventually used our table on the porch out back to climb up to Yan's balcony and get in. Of course at this point we turned off the TV and radio because this was a much more amusing source of entertainment. There was the sound of a little tussle up stairs, then we saw Yan get put into their police van in nothing but his boxer shorts and hand cuffs.
This morning some more people were knocking and ringing the doorbell upstairs, and eventually they asked us where Yan was. It was some family trying to drop off Yan's children. His boat and car were both hear at the house so they were confused. After some discussion we eventually told them that the police came last night and that could be the source of Yan's disappearance.
Also this morning we noticed that Yan's boat had sustained some damage on the bow, and the automatic bilge pump was kicking on every 20 minutes or so.. which is a bad sign. In the boat the seat mattresses were out of place. My favorite part is what could be found in the boat! In the boat was one beer can, one beer bottle, one single shoe, and the keys to the boat.
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