after taking another supersized ferry last night and camping out with the Dutchman Gunther who recomended i watch the good/bad movie Harley Davidson and the Marlboro Man feat. Mickey Rourke i have made it about 70 mi south after a long day. a long day of farm roads and a very wide assorment of animals both alive and dead in roadkill and supermarket formats. the swedes sure love putting things in tubes…those metal ones like Toms toothpaste or oil paint comes in. ham, shrimp, lobster and mustard (not a meat) and much more all ready for your carb canvas. the dairy section is also extremely overwhelming i have no clue what percentage cheese i need or if my mjolk needs sour film. anywho, more camping more farmland en route to Malmo, after the charming city of Kalmar of course.

after making a big loop around gotland the last two days i was about to get bummed out about missing the ferry back to the mainland..but then another massive rainbow..behind a windmill no less (i have pics). gotland has been full of rainbows and rainshowers caves and rock formations wind turbines fields of flowers and some swedish old campers who were showing me fossils and complaining about french people. but i think this was the highlight of today. im riding on a random stretch of nowhere and this helicopter appears like 25 feet above me and 50 feet to the left and closing. then it stops and hovers and flashes its lights. i wave back and we both go on our way.

After exploring Stockholm I’ve mde my my way south to the medieval walled city of Visby on the island of Gotland. Spent 3 hours on a hi speed mega ferry sippin tea reading Packing for Mars on the trusty Kindle from where I type now. Got in rount 23:30 which meant finding camping tricky. found a field with tents about 5k from the dock. not normal tents. i wake up in the morning to the sound of dogs. its the site of the Gotland dog show. dog preparation tents. an hour until the show starts. as im packing up i hear a woman saying dumb things to her dog in Swedish with that dog voice. The dog’s name is Buscuit. Even in sweden they name their dogs Buscuit. But cool ranch doritos are called cool American.

OH MY GOD EPIC TRIP! It begins….now. Airport, New York