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The Driva Expedition Journal - ... ding ... ding ..... Round 2
Monday, 19 July 2010
Packed the night before, so this morning was slow and relaxed. Awesome. We are on our way to The Driva River. We dropped Scott at the Otta train station at about 9:00 am. Ine and i were in the loaded car first to Dømbas to pick up some fresh veggies and then climbing we reached the Døvrefjell to views of the mountains, swamps and lakes. We approached Drivdalen and stopped at Kongsvoll Inn to drop off our resupplies we would pick up en-route. The lady there was great and locked up our goodies with a promise of it being there on arrival. Left there knowing there was nothing further to think about on the subject.
Retraced the road back to Gjherkinn and the train station , did some writing whilst waiting for Scott´s train to arrive.
A 30min. drive from the train station to the parking area at Snøheim and we were unpacking the vehicle and packing bags and boats to hike up to the Source.
4 hours later we were done. First a load of gear and then our boats.
We are camped next to Istjørnn lake with a beautiful evening of semi-clear cool skies. We are all ready and prepared, although also pretty knackered from the last expedition and all the happenings of the last few days of the Sjoa Kajak Festival.
Rob Wilson