Adventure on the Fjord
.My brother’s cabin in Flam came with its own boat and a prime location on the fjord. It truly doesn’t get much better than the view from their living room or kitchen table of their cabin. Our boys and their cousins love life on the water, so they were intent on the dads taking them out on the boat. We were ready for our adventure on the fjord.
The first journey on the boat, my entire family and my brother’s family hopped in eager for our adventure on the Fjord. It had been raining that day, but the rain had abated as we boarded the boat. No sooner had we pushed out to sea, when the winds began whipping and the rain restarted.
Unfortunately, it was clear the boat’s engine hadn’t been used in sometime. As my brother struggled to get the engine started, hubby rowed us back towards the cabin. The wind whips down the mountains into the valley on to the fjord with a lot of velocity, so we were quickly moving towards the very large cruise ship Costa Magica. Luke was rowing as hard as he could, but the wind was that fierce.
The engine did not want to start, so we were getting worried. If we didn’t get the engine started quickly, we would hit the Costa Magica or end up in the cold waters of the Aurlandsfjord. The very idea of going into the not so shallow (the fjord is 3,900 ft deep) and very cold waters of the fjord made it a little nerve wracking. As we worried, waited and hopped for the engine to start, the engine finally started.
My brother and hubby switched places. After several more tense minutes, the engine finally started. We headed safely away from the Costa Magica and out on the Fjord. The rain and wind abated as the engine finally started. The irony was not lost on the two men that had been rowing through the wind.
Hubby drove us out towards Aurland, but not too far from shore. We were able to see the goats and the Viking burial grounds. We got a close of up of a beautiful waterfall that falls several thousand feet, goes under E16 and into the Fjord. Despite the hairy start to our trip, our evening on the boat in Flam turned out magical and memory filled. Undoubtedly, I was quite relieved when we were back on solid ground.