tiistai 30. kesäkuuta 2020

Kiutaköngäs (Roadtrip Finland)

It's always hard to say farewell to friends, but we had to continue our journey to Kuusamo and Oulanka National park. Before our 3,5 h drive we stopped to get supplies and got lunch to eat in the car. Between Kajaani and Kuusamo you can already start seeing a big difference in the nature and the reindeer area starts just south of Kuusamo. After Kuusamo we had to stop to queue, due to a herd of over 100 reindeer on the road.

Our main destination of the day was Kiutaköngäs, which is a huge rapid in the Oulanka river, which flows from Finland to Russia. We parked are car at the Nature center and walked less than a mile to the rapid. Kiutaköngäs is impressive even when the water level is low. You still can hear the power of water. We enoyed the rapids for over an hour and started talking that we should come to Oulanka one day and do the Karhunkierros trail. The trail is over 50miles (80km). We would have to leave the hike for an other day and start planning a place to camp. We decided to continue driving to Kemijärvi and stay at the Kemijärvi campsite. First time during our roadtrip it started to look like it might rain. When we left Lahti the temperature was over 90°F (30°C). In Kemijärvi it was less than 60°F (15°C) and it started raining the moment we got the tents up. As the forecast promised rain for the whole night,  we decided to retire to bed.

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