Easter in Utsjoki

We had a wonderful Easter break in Utsjoki with two other families - our friends from Oulu and Kuopio.

The weather was just great for the two first days. On the third day it was cloudy but it didn't matter that much. The first day we went ice-fishing on a lake in the fells. We didn't catch any fish though but that wasn't the point anyway. The snowmobile trip to the lake was a great adventure for the kids of our friends. And the sun was shining from a blue sky and the temperature was somewhere around +6 c so it was just great to be there. We sat around a fire eating and chatting, watching kids play in snow laughing and shouting.

The next day we went first skiing on the ice of river Teno. It was just beautiful, sunny day once again. The wind was quite heavy but it was from our back and we were skiing down stream so you didn't really need to do anything but spread your arms to get going. Now our friends have seen Teno in the winter and have skiid to Norway - Teno is a border river.
Later that day we drove up 100 km to see the Nordic sea. I didn't remember how beautiful it is in winter. Our friends who hadn't seen that kind of scenery before were just amazed again.

The last day some of us went skiing on the ice of river Vetsijoki - me, my son and the ladies and girls - while the rest went feeding raindeers in the fell with my wife's dad and brother. Those guys were all smiles after that experience :-)

The evenings with great meals with all the three families together were so nice I'll remember it for a looong time. On the last evening also the family of my brother-in-law and my parents-in-law joined the dinner with us. There were 19 people around the table enjoying good company, good food and wine.

I'll try to post pictures of the trip to Ovi Share within a few days, but I'll probably make those available only to the friends that were on the trip with us.