Åmøy trip

So this weekend my family and i went out to Åmøy to spend the night out there in our cabin. We also have a cabin in Colorado, USA which i love as well. My dad's side of the family originally comes from that island. The island is really close to Stavanger, so it is only about a 45 min drive out there!! It is like heaven on earth ( i know.. i usually Hate cliches but i do them anyways..), no but really it is the most peaceful place that you can experience peace.. Thats what i love about Norway.. you could be surrounded by hundreds of houses but then drive for 5 min and not see a single house as far as the eye can see!! Its spectacular and awesome! It was sort of rainy but another thing about our cabin or cottage out there ;) is that it is enjoyable when it rains or when it is sunny as can be.. I mean like when there is a storm you can stay inside and play old board games and when it is sunny i like to go running in the fields with my dog (very dramatic right??) ;P. It is an old cabin, it still has running water, but our other cabin in Colorado (from my moms side) is the old rustic log cabin with no electricity and running water. So we use rain water, have an outhouse, use gaz lights or candles. It doesnt really bother me because then you get the full experience! Oh! and also since it is on government land (it was built 70 years ago when it wasn't govn't land.. so it was allowed) no one else is around us because it is illegal to build there anymore.. So that means No screaming texans that would be just meters away!! :P so it is just peace with the fresh air of the Rockies..:)

I have been going to the Åmøy cabin ever since I was little. My brother and I always used to play on our little tractors but then our grandfather would let us ride in a REAL tractor as well. When it becomes the afternoon the sun gets really strong and creates a warm orangey light that penetrates through the island, making everything so beautiful and intense looking. Since it was a real working and operating farm it still has some of the old equipment lying around there. I have a lot of good memories from there and hope there are still plenty more to be made.

 Anyways.. the pictures I took are from the island where our cabin lays and the farmland on it or which is surrounding it.

Quote for today: Memory is a way of holding onto the things you love, the things you are, the things you never want to lose. ~From the television show The Wonder Years

Bye Bye and remember.. Stay Golden ;)