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Welcome bears
After this we went to get our cold weather gear that we wore on top of our many, many layers of clothes.
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Forest
There was forest in almost every direction around us. The nearby town was very small and a ways off. After we got our winter stuf…
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The sign
We didn't get to take a photo of the sign when we first arrived so we took one while we were walking around.
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Dog house?
Our best guess for this was dog house.
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Lake Maajärvi
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The lake
They told us the lake was the best place to see an aurora. We'll go down there later.
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Tiny cabins
We weren't sure what these cabins were, maybe storage, but they were so cute!
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Hotel
We stayed in a log suite. On the other side of the lodge was the hotel.
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Kirakka!
We really liked this name. We even thought about naming our next dog "Kirakka" but when it came down to it we thought maybe it was…
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Cabins
All of the cabins were sold out when we were there but we hardly saw anyone except for meal times.
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Close to the lodge
We were happy we were so close to the lodge. For dinner we could walk over there without having to put on so many layers.
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Outside cabin
The outside of our cabin.
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Looking around
We still had to get our super cold weather outfit from the hotel but we decided to look around a bit first.
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Big windows
We had some nice windows to look out and see if there was an aurora happening before we threw on all of our layers of clothing!
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Our room!
We had a loft so, technically, another couple could have stayed with us if we were travelling in a group. We were one of four room…
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Pretty view
The views outside of the windows was so pretty! It was hard to capture.
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At Nellim!
We made it to Nellim Wilderness Lodge! It was around lunch time, as you can see. This is the main lodge as well as the dining room…
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Plane selfie!
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Frozen
The ground looked more and more like a sheet of ice the closer we got to Ivalo.
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Cool sunrise
It was so pretty it didn't even look real. It looked more like a painting. This is our last glimpse of the sun for the next month.