The winter is long in Norway, especially in the North up in Alta.  The beaches are still covered in ice during April.  Around the north beach of Alta Fjord it is very shallow with a thin layer of ice.  I love to walk on the ice and listen to it crackle under my feet (- [...]

The ‘Huske’ (or Swings) are very popular in children’s playgrounds.  In nearly every one I’ve been to they have this fantastic bowl-swing that is low to the ground and usually big enough to fit the whole family in.  It’s great to be able to sit in with the kids and have a ride.  I had [...]

It’s always fun to take kids to the beach.  They have a special energy that makes everything exciting again.  Even though Moose and I have been to this jetty a thousand times, it was great to visit again with a ‘kids-eye-view’. What normally is just a rock to you and I, turns into a jungle [...]

Norway is known to be a small country but when you are in the middle of nowhere it can seem very vast.  We often stop at this halfway point when driving to Alta.  The snow makes everything so quiet and still.  Sometimes I have a reality-check: Hey, I’m in Norway, above the Arctic Circle, on [...]