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Content Published June 22, 2017

The bar

After an hour we went to the bar to see if we could find some people. Bill went inside and asked. Finally someone even came outside to smoke. He told me that they spotted a brief aurora at the camp, not here, so they set off the alarm, just in case. We didn't stay out much longer. It was disappointing. Oh well. We had time and now we knew how it worked.

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Content Published June 22, 2017

No one around

We thought it was weird that we didn't see anyone else outside, even after a half hour, not one other person. Still no aurora.

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Content Published June 22, 2017

Hmmmm....

We didn't see anything but we were patient. Bill calibrated his camera and we kept looking.

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Content Published June 22, 2017

Clear night

It was a very clear night. You can see how bright the moon is shining. The construction on the left is an expansion of the main lodge.

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Content Published June 22, 2017

Aurora alarm

We were watching a movie on the iPad, maybe going to sleep and the aurora alarm we paid for went off. We leaped out of bed and put on all of our layers as quickly as we could, grabbed the camera and ran out of the cabin! We did well. We were outside about 10 minutes after the alarm went off.

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Content Published June 22, 2017

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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Content Published June 22, 2017

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 stuff, we took a nap. We got up for dinner, ate, and then took another nap. It was so dark and with the jet lag, we kept falling asleep.

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Content Published June 22, 2017

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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Content Published June 22, 2017

Dog house?

Our best guess for this was dog house.

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Content Published June 22, 2017

Lake Maajärvi

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Content Published June 22, 2017

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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Content Published June 22, 2017

Tiny cabins

We weren't sure what these cabins were, maybe storage, but they were so cute!

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Content Published June 22, 2017

Hotel

We stayed in a log suite. On the other side of the lodge was the hotel.

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Content Published June 22, 2017

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 a bit harsh for our teeny puppy. Maybe if we get a bigger dog.

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Content Published June 22, 2017

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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Content Published June 22, 2017

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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Content Published June 22, 2017

Outside cabin

The outside of our cabin.

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Content Published June 22, 2017

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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Content Published June 22, 2017

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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Content Published June 22, 2017

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 rooms in a 4-plex log cabin.

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