We came back a day early after spoting a brown bear 30 meters from our camp. We pitched a tarp for shelter and slept soundly under the stars. My son and I both agreed the food and mountains were the best parts of the trip.
We came back a day early after spoting a brown bear 30 meters from our camp. We pitched a tarp for shelter and slept soundly under the stars. My son and I both agreed the food and mountains were the best parts of the trip.
Great. It’s not easy getting teenagers to enjoy something they do together with their parents. A few years back I took mine sailing the Baltic sea on a small boat. He loved it. Not my boat though, we were both guests. And the captain knew how to make a kid feel good about participating.
I bet that was a blast, how long were you guys out on the water?
We spent one night on an island, so a few hours getting there, a few hours back the next day. Though we took our time, it was a former military base with old torpedos and a huge “officer’s sauna” that was on the whole day. Good times.
That sounds like an amazing father kid trip, do you have pictures of the base?
https://visitisosaari.fi/en/frontpage/That website is a hog, be careful.I didn’t take many pictures, but here’s part of an old torpedo:
FWIW, there’s many otherwise uninhabited islands in the Finnish archipelago that are open to tourists and have a fireplace, a sauna and other amenities., and their harbours are free.