Pictures and Stories About Bicycle Tour Adventures

That Evening

Earlier the Same Morning

In English, 'Å' (A Ring) is pronounced as an 'aw' sound.

Above: Pictured (difficult to see details) is the Rowing Craft of Båten Lången. Lången was a Swedish World Champion Rower during the late 60's and 1970. It was cool to see his craft here (at the Norra Vättern Hotel, Askersund, Sweden).

Above Left: Self serve Continental Breakfast at the Norra Vättern Hotel.

Above Right: The hotel bar (closed this AM).

Above: We get to ride the lake side on the way out of town. We will get lost at some point, but all we do is find an east bound big road, no big deal.

Above: Found a Hobbit Home.

Above Left: Slug (we saw one about every 50 meters/yards on the dirt pathway around the lake).

Above Right: Seaside Housing (Note the American Flag).

Above: Roads leading out of town.

Above Left: This is subtle, but someone has marked a rock with a Happy Face and the rock is really a marker for a dirt road on the opposite side.

Above Right: Entering Ingelsby. By-the-way, there are a lot of 'by' word towns in Sweden.

Above Left: We're looking at the interior decorating. We waved at one another.

Above Right: We're heading toward Mariedamm. This is a busy highway; we don't not want to be on it very long. We turn right at the next sign ahead.

Above Left: Huge Greenhouse and customer parking area.

Above Right: Comfortable cycling road, village ahead.

Above Left: House with interesting windows.

Above Right: T and Me.

Above Left: Railroad Overpass.

Above Right: Beehives.

Above Left: Nice old home.

Above Right: We're heading toward Mariedamm but the interesting thing here is the little sign for Stockholm at the very bottom.

Above Left: Warmed up a little, now I'm wearing a Green Flannel Outer-Shirt and Terry is wearing her Red Flannel Outer-Shirt.

Above Right: Old horse stable.

Above: we're looking at the upper 2nd story windows.

Above Left: Old forest floor.

Above Right: Bikeway sign, we're turning right.

Above: Shooter's Blind/Chair.

Above: Mommy and Colt. The Colt is busy eating, or else it would be closer to Mommy, with us being around.

Above Left: Horses.

Above Right: Groomed Forest.

Above Left: A butterfly visits - It is warm enough to briefly take off our outer shirts.

Above Right: Lakeside view.

Above: We're in Horse Country, it's much like the back roads of Kentucky.

Above Left: We're heading toward Örebro, but Regna is in between with a population of about 20 people, so we won't see signs to Regna until we get much close closer.


Above Right: That's an ASP (Deadly Poison).

- It was the 100th stick that I rode by in Sweden, only it turned out to not be a stick.

- Most Asps are gray in this area, but some are black. It rides on its ribs like an 'A', not an 'O' like most other snakes.

- I saw a common grass snake a little earlier (gray with yellow dots behind the head or almost a yellow ring,
  the one I saw was closer to a ring and about .3 meter/yard long), but no picture.

- Sweden only has two kinds of snakes, when a person has seen both; it's not hard to figure the difference.

Above: This could be Iowa (Iöwå with American/Swedish Humor).

Above Left: The house is special with a plaque in Swedish Text, but we could not figure it out.

Above Right: Our very first Regna sign, (still 14k to go). Regna means Rain.

Above Left: We're in 'Boo' (sometimes 'Bo') and this is the Boo Kyrka Sign and the church goes back to 1733. Some historically famous Swedes come from this little area. The Town is important to us because we will divert off of the Sverigeleden and head for lodging at Regna. It's the only lodging for 50k in any direction (we are really remote).

Above Right: Boo Kyrka - It has a grave yard with Titan Tall Head Stones. We will visit.

Above: The Cemetery at Boo Kyrka Titan Tall Head Stones.

Above Left: Hugo-Adolf Hamilton, FÖDD 2/10/1802 - DÖD 3/6/1871.

Above Right: Sildverst Triherre, Artillery, 1797-18x3 - I think this Canon Grave Marker is awesome!

Above Left: Svede's call it the Pink Castle; we would call it a Pink Manor.

Above Right: Horse and Carriage House, now garage and probably senior staff lodging.

Above Left: 'Bo' is the name of the Town and probably of the Family. 'Gods' means Goods. 'Magazin' means Magazine and that is a military word for Small Arsenal Storage with Powder.

Above Right: Guard House.

Above Left: Pink Castle with strollers and bicycles.

Above Right: The down range view (we're cycling on a passing road).

Above Left: This is equivalent to Entering a New County: 'East Ingot Lands County'.

Above Right: We have decided to eat lunch across an open field.

Above: Lunch across an open field. The sun is in our eyes but the spot is warm with no wind, it is just right for right now.

Above Left: Another Logging Camp - By the way, the loggers and drivers were always careful and considerate while operating around us, and we to pulled over and waited a couple of times for trucks going by or for loader operations..

Above Right: Clear sailing; from here there are no loggers, farmers, or cars until we reach Regna.

Above: We broke out of the forest into pasture land with about 3 more kilometers of travel (to our Regnagården Hostel destination).

Above Left: A field of Clover.

Above Right: Ah Ha, the famous Regna Kyrka with its Black Onion Dome (Eastern/Russian/Greek Christian Church Design Influence). The population of Regna K:A is about 15.

Above Left: We are standing in a road intersection, this is the sign to our right hand side that demonstrates where we have been (Bo) as well as where we are going (Regna).

Above Right: This is the sign in front of us, on the road that we are proceeding upon.

Above Left: Century old dwelling, maybe two.

Above Right: One of my favorite photos.

Above Left: The Church at Regna, Sweden.

Above Right: The Regnagården Hostel, home for the night.

Above Left: Our room for the night. The bathing/toilet facilities are down the hall but we are the only guests.

Above Right: Titthålet (Peepholes), it is an art and crafts butik. Terry bought some Thank You (Tack så mycket) cards.

Strolling about Regna k:a

Back for Dinner and Inside Tour

Above Left - The STORY: The Regna Area had a Fire Department composed of local people and funding. They bought a Packard (30s/40s Model?) and converted it to a Fire Truck (see the left most picture on the wall). Later in time, the Packard was retired and it ended up in a local field to its slow demise (see the middle picture on the wall). Our Hostel owner, a local born and bred resident and part time Fire Volunteer decided to obtain the vehicle and restore it to its original condition, even before it was converted to a Fire Truck (See the right most picture on the wall).

When we arrived today, the owner was putting oil into the Packard's engine. It has been restored to it original running condition!

Above Right: We're looking at a Swedish Window Cam Lock Latch system, one window is open, the other closed/latched.

See Milsten/Milestone for an explanation.

Walk to Hembygdsgågard (Literally: Periphery Farm): A Village of Restored Dwellings

Above: I believe that Hembygdsgågard is a Swedish (perhaps near German too) word/expression/name for Village of Restored Dwellings.

Above Left: When the musical group ABBA first started, before their fame, they played here, on this open air stage, for a summerfest event - They were a smash hit.

Above Right: Livestock Branding and Treatment Station.

Above: Two Hole'r - His and Hers.