The aurora was predicted to be awesome on our second night there, so I booked us an aurora watching in a lodge in the mountains. one trick they pull is that the price does not include the van up there, so it’s $100 more a person than advertised. but that’s what I was there for. Bob says, “You’re in the place – do the thing.
The lodge had a lot of board games, hot dogs, pizza and snacks.
There was a weird skull I photographed to show my brother who does that kind of thing.
We waited for the aurora sightings. And waited and waited. After a few hours we got called outside. They weren’t as amazing as the pics, as the camera stacks pixels and most people do a long exposure. they often looked like wispy white clouds. After a few hours we got called outside.
Then there was nothing for hours and hours. I asked the guide when we would be going back, and she kept saying, “Just a few more minutes, a few more minutes.” It was like 3am and I started to feel like I had been kidnapped.
It was cool to see the green bars in the sky for the first time.
They took pictures of us, which was nice.
On the drive home a few people noticed the aurora, so the driver kindly pulled over and about half of us braved the ice and cold. One woman was having that religious experience, repeating, “She’s dancing!”
