Our room at the Scandic was nice, but for some reason all of the Dumroeses slept poorly last night. I know that for me, the sound of the big buzzy insect at 3:00 contributed to the cause. A downside of all-day light is all-day bees buzzing about. We grabbed a bit of breakfast at the hotel and drove the 20 minutes to the ferry. It was on time, and we sailed away from Sweden. This was our parting view. For the next 4 hours we mostly slept and watched bits and pieces of really depressing US movies... at least they didn't show "Titanic." As we drove away from the ferry dock in Vaasa, we found a little water-side place that had a deck with umbrellas and a beer sign, so we stopped for lunch (it was nearly 14:00 with the time change). We had what appears to be the usual lunchtime meal, at least on the ferry or on this side of Finland: a piece of buttered break covered with a lettuce leaf, covered with wedges of tomato, some thin slices of hardboiled egg, and, cold, smoked, salmon. It is pretty tasty. Deb had the version with shrimp instead of salmon. From there, it was a mere 5-hour drive back to Suonenjoki. As we pulled into town and stopped at the grocery store, the lightening and thunder started, as did the down pour. The rain followed us back to the station, and we unloaded the car in between bouts of hail. The cabin we are in is gorgeous. More bragging later.
Birds of the day: Commom Crane, Hen Harrier, Horned Grebe.
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