Watery Wednesday - Rainy Day Hike to Norwegian Glacier

A couple of week's ago I shared some 2011 photos of a rough and tumble stream that flows from the Briksdal Glacier near Loen, Norway. Today for Watery Wednesday we'll continue this trip with some closeups from the hiking trail leading to the glacier. It was a cool, rainy day--perfect for woodsy photos.

First, a couple of views of the misty, fog shrouded Nordfjord on our early morning drive to Briksdal Glacier--birches, turquoise waters, distant villages with the little red camping huts:

As we neared the glacier we saw many waterfalls on the rocky mountains:


Now the hike starts! And it took much longer to do than actually distance involved because there were so many photo ops. In particular, I was drawn to the many different lichen and moss covered rocks along the trail. Notice that on one of these rock, hikers added a small stone to a "shrine" as a meditation, a wish, a prayer perhaps?





And then there were the treescapes with rough barked birches, ferns, and moss covered stones--and tiny dewy wildflowers blooming in the grass:




And finally, the main attraction--the Briksdal Glacier!

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