We went into the village to get a new iron, some wax and also found some amazing studded running shoes called Ice Bugs that are made in Sweden. We ended up wearing them home. It’s so icy when walking here as they don’t use salt or gravel for environmental reasons. The boys went into town to the local grocery store to shop up for our dinner party.
John and Paul started cooking early so that we were prepared for our dinner guests. Neil Bell, Sherri Audet and Peter Ostrom were coming over.
Next on the agenda a ski, of course!
We discovered that we could take the bus to Sjusjoen right at the bottom of our street so we went up there again. This time the bus was filled with skiers and students.
They groom constantly. 
A regular school day in Norway, the kids were about 5 and 6 years old!
At. the end of our ski we skied right over to Hakons Hall to pick up our race kits and then skied right back to our door. It’s just so neat! The ski trails right around us are groomed for walker/ runners/bikers, skate skiing and classic skiing. See the picture below.
Peter, Neil and Sherri came over around 7 pm and we had a wonderful time. I was finally able to give them their neck warmers that I had made. John and Paul really cooked up a great meal and Sherri made a delicious apple crisp. It was a great evening with lots of laughs. Not too much nervousness about the race/event yet.
We are all really excited about the Birkie! So far weather looks great-might just be a little warm towards the finish. Ross and I are going with wax skis. Not so sure about the others yet. They are still deciding.
A Nordic Skiing World Loppet Tour 