Full Moon: At Sea Again, old stuff with a new camera

I did spend about six or seven hours in my tent, reading a thriller in candlelight (who cares about time or watches at sea). Accidentally, it was Halloween!

Paddling about 53 kilometres and spending one night out did good to me, though I am not in my best condition... a new camera added some fun to this trip. I managed even to get my tent dry in the morning, though humidity inside was quite high. The night temps dropped into +/- 0 Centigrades during the night, and I heard it was about -6 C at the mainland.

Autumn and Shelter #3

Yes, it was Mommy again! A new shelter made from autumn leaves (I got Lumi's tasty sand-cakes when visiting) and she got also luxurious 30 litres of mushrooms... Lumi loves to smell the mushrooms, she is quite helpful when Riitta is cleaning them. They can spend hours together.

More summer memories: Shelter #2

This time, in August the shelter was made with old bedsheets... it was warm and we had a brilliant apple harvesting season.

Summer memories: Grandfather's Old Cottage & Shelter #1

Mommy built this little gauze fabric shelter during late summer heat waves. I think she took also the most fascinating images of Lumi and me, ever.

flu and a flu and an ear inflammation

... we have our second week going on. Such a sh*tty time...

Harvesting time, again...

At the Baltic Sea...

Finally, my first r e a l holidays after one and half years of taking care of our little family with Riitta!

I felt stiff, sometimes a bit unsecure at the open waters -and I have to admit that I spent few first days sleeping my tiredness off... no early wake-ups and long days. So did 'Auntie' Alli, my long-time paddling buddy. For me, whose longest expedition was 700 kilometres before Lumi was born, 350 kilometres and two weeks was extraordinarily lazy time. Vilma 'the Body', my other good friend paddled half of the trip with us. Her nickname comes from her obscure habit of participating body-pump excercise at local gyms...

We arrived Kaunissaari harbour accidentally at the very same day, when they had a local celebration, and turned back to west. Fortunately, weather was fine so we had lots of opportunities to admire the huge Suursaari at the horizon. Unfortunately it has been part of Russia since 1945.