Saturday, April 11, 2009

Preikestolen!

So today is Jakey's birthday!! He is 15!! YAY!! And to celebrate, the family went on an all day hike to Preikestolen. It is a HUGE cliff that you stand at the top of and look down at the Lyse Fjord below. It was a 2 hour hike EACH WAY!!.. but totally worth it. The view was breathtaking. The cliff is 605 meters or 1,982 feet at the very top. Today it was especially windy. The pictures show that. The wind was at least 50mph or more. My mom was so scared!! ...so was Claire. We went out onto the very edge and looked over... enjoy our pictures from today and HAPPY BIRTHDAY JAKEY!!!! I LOVE YOU!!!!!
This is my absolute favorite picture of the day!!!



Silly faces!!


We took several stops along the way up to rest.

This was at the top. Claire is actually cowering by the wall because
it was so windy.. poor little thing...

Dad :D


We had to crouch or we would have been blown off!! YIKES!!

Cutie andrew hanging over the edge.

Mom and Andrew hanging over the edge.





aww!

This is lookig straight down... you can't really tell how high it is,
but it was enough to take your breathe away..




There is the side of the cliff behind me and Andrew.



We stopped and ate lunch at the top. We found a spot behind a big boulder that wasn't windy.

Clairey


All in all it was a fun trip and a fun day. I hope we get to do it again, but I don't know if it will be with my family. My mom told us this was a one time thing....

4 comments:

Anja said...

that sounds like so much fun! and happy birthday jake! :D

Anonymous said...

Haha! I love hiking to Prekistolen. It's so beautiful there and you can have a thrill too :P Tell Jake happy birthday for me! :]

Beth said...

Oh that looks so fun!! I am so glad you guys had a fun time!!! Tell jakey happy birthday for me!! i miss you so much you have no idea!!!

Dani said...

oh my! you all are SO CUTE!! looks like fun!