Icy January 2010

Dag and Mike

The sun returns! Taken Jan. 22., about 2:30 p.m.

Looks like a Grandma Moses painting!

The walking paths were just ice. We avoided those, keeping to the street where they put down gravel (they don't salt roads here), which provides some traction.

This is a "shortcut" path from one street to another where they did put down a bit of grit to help pedestrians.

This is a path we often take alongside Prestvannet. Michael took this photo when he went on his own to the grocery, deciding to brave the path ... I think he took a different path home.

The streets were plenty icy too!

Moving right along ... January was very icy this year. We had snow, but also got some freezing rain, which made getting around difficult. Even the Norwegians grumbled about it. But they took advantage too, enjoying skating on the lake. Cousin Dag was up from Oslo for the Tromso Film Festival, and stopped by to have dinner with us. It was nice to see him again!