August 19th, Day 1 of van life đ Ferries, Tunnels and Fjords We were SO excited to be driving out to see the fjords. We were also excited (and felt very lucky) to be borrowing …
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St. Olav’s: Trondheim

Day 32 St. Olavâs, August 16th, 16.5km, Vikhammer > Trondheim The walk into Trondheim. We ate breakfast and packed up camp for the final time on this trail. We walked together in silence for a …
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Day 30 St. Olavâs, August 14th, 20km, StjĂžrdal > Hommelvik 30 Days on St. Olavâs We slept well behind the grocery store, but we decided not to push our luck with our stealth camping. So …
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Day 28 St. Olavâs, August 12th, 19km, Ă dalsskogen > Bulandsvatnet The wettest day The next morning, we headed up the hill to the creepy cabin. The porch gave us a great view and shelter while …
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Day 25 St. Olavâs, August 9th, 11km, Vuku > Stiklestad We woke up and cooked breakfast, then collected our clean, dry laundry from the line we strung across the room. This was going to be …
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Day 24 St. Olavâs, August 8th, 22km, Kong Carl Johans Klev > Vuku True Love Digs a Cat Hole My first thought upon waking, before I even opened my eyes, was âitâs 12.5 miles to …
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Day 22 St. Olavâs, August 6th, 21km, Medstugan > Liaberga Our friend Hans had told us about a great hunting village along the trail, which we would be encountering on this day. He said that …
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Day 19 St. Olavâs, August 3rd, 21km, Ristafallet > Ă re The night we slept in a church graveyard. The next morning, we were taking down camp when a fellow pilgrim approached us. He hadnât slept …
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Day 17 St. Olavâs, August 1st, 20km, HĂ€lleberg > Mörsil HALFWAY! The next morning, we woke up to the sound of horses snorting and stomping at us. It was a scary sound to wake up …
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Day 15 St. Olavâs, July 30th, 15km, Backen > VĂ€rmon Because we stayed so long visiting Goran, our generous host from the night before, it was late when we finally got on the trail. We …
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