BD Boat trip...

Tobbe treated us with a boat trip since it had been his birthday earlier, we were the second bunch of people that day that got a tour on lake Väsman near Sunnansjö area.

The "boat"! :)
The "bunch".
The harbour.
The view.
On our way!
More posing.
Lot's of cameras. :)
A osprey, apparently spotted on the early trip already.
Time for BBQ!
*Droool!*
I was so occupied (and hungry) I didn't notice my camera got kidnapped by Tobbe and I managed to get on some of the photos. :)
After eating too much every one went into meat coma.
When the coma passed it was time for dessert!
Starting to get late? :)
Time to head homeward again.
Where was home again?
Had to navigate using the moon since no stars were visible! The small island in the foreground was probably home for the osprey.
Looks like familiar turf.
Maps can be used for many things...
After we got off the boat Tobbe had another hour back to the boats home base...
Thanks Tobbe (& Anki) for a great day out! Next time I will wiser and only eat one burger! ;)

More photos for the curious:


Part of the first leg, we anchored at the end point:

Oh, deer...

Another hunt for deers after a ride. Noticed two deers on a field after Snöån on my way back to Ludvika. Took the same route as with the bike this Monday and about half way I spotted some big birds (not the one from Sesame Street) on an other filed.

The Common Cranes walked away from me and I had to follow them a couple of hundred meter on the wet field and surprisingly I managed to get quite close before they saw me and took off, much thanks to the fact they disappeared out of sight for a while behind a small hill. :)

Continued the journey and when I passed the bridge I noticed two birds that look different from the usual mallards, it turned out to be grebes. Didn't get close to those either...

After passing where I saw the deers during the ride, the deers were probably long gone, I could see a lone deer out on a open field! Parked my car and carefully closed the doors after getting my gear. I started shooting from the side of the road but the roe deer didn't care much for me so I gradually moved the tripod closer until the deer started to look a bit suspicious...

Stood a while shooting from where I stood and suddenly the deer started to get closer, it gradually moved closer and closer, seemed very curious and as it got closer he sniffed the air trying to identify what strange animal I was.

Then two birds just for the sake of it, one that was in a tree before I left.
And today I shoot a European starling, they look rather dull on distance but up close one can see lots of colors!

All shots with Nikon D7000 & Nikon 300mm/f4 AF-S + Nikon TC-14e II

Bonus! The levitating cat!

Ride like the wind?

Had to take the bike for a spin today, the wind was blowing like crazy but I couldn't help it...

Rode against Snöån, had the wind in my back so I was flying on the road, no time to worry about getting home. :)

Massive spring flood in Snöån.
New helmet, regular Bell Alchera, fits well on my head, suppose that's most important.
Snöå stream.


Bike felt good, so far... The new handle bars had the right amount of "flex" when keeping the hands in the drop.
Further ahead, water flowing from one part of the lake to another.
Spotted some swans.
After taking this shot I continued but now I was starting to feel the head wind, and it got worse as I got closer to Ludvika, by the time I turned toward Ludvika after Hagge it was dead on head wind! It was a good work out! ;)

Coltsfoot, Tussilago farfara.
Pennywort.
New cockpit view.
Felt some play in the pedals and almost at home the play started to feel really big, looked down at the bottom bracket and one could see the reason why french threads where abandoned.
The BB had started to come loose during my short ride. When I got home I removed the cranks and applied some blue loctite and re tightened, put as much force as I dared, hopefully it will stay put from now on...

Got the GPS-tracking to work again, had to uninstall Endomondo and reinstall it:

This&That

Just a few shots from yesterday, took a short walk and shot some photos while enjoying the nice weather.

The bees seemed to like it too!

Lot's of small birds flying around but they were quite shy.

Not lost the hops since last year... ;)

More bees.

Managed to get close to one of the birds. Think this is some kind of sparrow.

Nikon d7000 & Nikon 300mm/f4 AF-S

More spring signs?

Just some more signs of spring...

Bonus: