It’s not an adventure…
…without some discomfort, right?
Well, I guess I’m having an adventure then. Luckily, nothing major.
I had a great day on Friday, drove to the town that was close to the campsite where I woke, taking my time, stopping to take pictures along the way and still arriving at 1pm.
The campsite’s website claimed that “check-in” was first at 3pm, but I went into the management office anyway, and they gave me my pick of sites and let me set up early.
So I had a great location and used the extra time to do laundry, take a luxurious shower, then walk through that town taking pictures.
I had a fairly big dinner at their restaurant, another luxury, and I can’t say if that’s the reason, but I then ended up having a minor gallstone pain episode that night, starting at about midnight.
As previously, at first I thought I was just feeling pain of having eaten too much, but eventually realized that such pain doesn’t continue growing as this did, so at half past midnight I dug out the prescription pain killers my doctor gave me after a previous episode, and while I didn’t sleep much that night, they did seem to stop the episode before it really took hold (previous episodes often lasted 18-27 hours).
Just to be safe, I took a short trip the following day to the next town and camp site, which turned out to be a free site that did not require registration. It rained all day and I spent most of the day in the “living room” of my mini-RV (the back seat), feeling good enough to be active, and bad enough not to feel bad about not doing anything else.
My travel routes Friday to today (Monday)
After a very restful Saturday, I felt up to a bit more driving on Sunday, but still limited myself. I decided to stay at a camp site that was basically a parking lot in a harbor.
I had decided to skip this when planning, being a bit of a snob, I am ashamed to admit. It turned out to be a great place. I enjoyed walking through the town, got a nice meal, and enjoyed their small but modern and spotless “common area”, which I had mostly to myself for much of the afternoon.
I decided I was up to a big drive, so that’s what I’ve done today. The north eastern islands do not offer any campsites, so I am only able to explore them on day trips. I combined them all today, thinking I can always go back to places that I like later, if I want to.
Also I booked passage to two islands I can only reach by ferry. So two nights on Kalsoy and three nights on Sudoroy. Then I’ll still have a few more nights to fill, and I will have visited all the available camp sites (except a couple that I’m still too much of a snob to patronize), so I will have to repeat myself.
No iPhone pictures lately. I’m using the big camera more, and I haven’t figured out how to add videos to this “blog” page.