We got away from Hammerfest on a short ride to a better place for hitching. From there we got a slow nice ride from a german guy who was slowly traveling south. We took our leave to a better road for our plans and quite soon got a very nice ride, people returning to Alta from the Midnight rock from Laekselv. The ride was packed and smokey, filled with good humor and talking. They lived as neighbors in Alta and offered us a place to stay for the night, a shower and good company! We readily took the offer for some comfort and civilization, shower, coffee, beer, internet… a beer in the hand and pizza! We slept in their caravan for the night, a real bed with a roof! And during the morning we were the happiest hitch hikers in Norway because it started raining like someone was washing the ground with a pressure washer. The water drops bounced from the road a meter high and you could not really see anything. We woke up to the rain and routinely checked all the windows for rain. Funny how some things become a routine…
