jen's point of view

It's surprisingly HOT in alta, our final airport destination, well above the arctic circle.  The norskies are keeping their secrets, and everyone's going to alaska for their northern experiences, so they have their beautiful country all to themselves.  Clear sunshine and 65 degrees, with the sun going around in circles, not setting until sometime in late August.  Since kurt had managed less than 3 hours of sleep in the 36 since leaving boston, i navigated our way out of town from the airport, leading us out with the sun in our eyes.  Kurt muttered something about our relative position to the sun this far north, but what does he know about summers in the far north?  When we passed a sign saying 500 kms to somewhere, and we were counting on 250kms to the end of the road, we checked the map and realized we were headed in the wrong direction.  An hour later we were 1.5 kms north of the airport and we got to stop at a real campground with a shower.  lots of sleep and bread later, we rolled out and went south again for all the amenities of town, including this internet access, and really, i mean really, we're headed out now, heading north, really, and will be in nordkapp, the northenmost point in norway, in maybe 3 days.