The land of the midnight sun.... and moon

Since this is just so exciting to us, I decided to have midnight in Bodo be it's own post, rather than just tag it onto another day.

If you type "sunset Bodo" on google, here is what you get.  Note not just the time, but the day....  sunset in at 12:42am on Tuesday, July 14th......  So we had a good window of opportunity to catch it, particularly since the weather was so nice!




Maria, Joe and I went to an overlook, from which we could take a 1.5miles trail to the top of a hill with a wonderful views.  It was remarkable to me how many people are out hiking, jogging and just enjoy the weather at midnight!  No wonder the town seems so sleepy until about 11 in the morning......
So here are a few picture of the midnight sun!  (and of the moon, because it was the full moon too - we were very lucky!).

There were other enjoying the sunset (from the mid-way point, where a lot of people where taking pictures) - there were also a lot of people at the higher point, just hanging out, waiting for the sun not to set.....

And then, as an extra treat, here are picture of "the midnight moon" - when the fool moon was rising at the same time as the sun was "almost" setting.