Here it is…..

 

June 20th…..1:30 am

Here I sit, unwilling to go to sleep.  The sun is above the horizon, behind a cloud bank.  But it keeps poking its head out, so I can see it.  I am waiting to make sure that it is traveling higher in the sky.  That means for sure that it has not and will not set tonight.  Then I will get some sleep.  Tomorrow we arrive in Tromso, a town 280 miles north of the artic circle.  We plan on just walking around to look at the town.  We may also have to find some wifi to post this with, since the ship’s wifi isn’t working. 

Anyway, this may be the night that we get to see the midnight sun, even though the solstice is not until tomorrow.  More later.

It is….it is….it is.

at 2:30 am the sun shows no sign of dipping and instead is rising.  So we have seen our first midnight sun.  Hope to see it again tonight, even though we are both very sleepy today.

                                c

Off to see Tromso after I finish blogging.

OK I am in Tromso.  It is raining and cold.  We are dressed for it, but we don’t see any reason to stay ashore.  The internet on the ship is not working so we are at an information booth using their wifi along with the rest of the ship.  So we will head back to the ship.  No pictures from here because it looks just like the last stop.

Still we saw IT !!!!