I was greeted with a sunrise and street sweeping truck at 3:30. Our plan was to head out to the worlds most powerful maelstrom (whirlpool) some 30km outside town… But… Today is the Norwegian eqvalent of the US 4th of July (without the fireworks) so again, everything was closed along with the busses and car rental agencies. The only option was an insanely expensive taxi. A brief consultation with my boet (a more experienced traveller) and we decided to skip it and take in the pomp and ceremony of the national day parade in Bodø. When I say parade; The entire town got dressed up in traditional clothing or their smartest spring outfits and marched into town mixed with marching bands and drummies of varying degrees of competance.

We had our first bit of rain as we headed for the ferry to Moskenes. Our mood was sinking and the thought of peanuts and 3 cups of tea (without milk) for supper was not helping.

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