Wilderness life

We were hiking and fishing trip at the Repokaira-wilderness with my wife few years ago. This is very wide wilderness and Lemmenjoki national park is part of this wilderness.  It was August and very good fishing season. We started our trip in Kalmankaltio. Kalmankaltio is located near village Nunnanen. We spent three week at wilderness. We gathered very much food from nature. For example fishes, mushrooms, berries and herbs. So we hadn't too much food to carry.

 Wilderness hut by Avisuora river. Very good disguised. There we slept three night because it was raining very much.

 This is Korsatunturi-fell. Once upon a time that lapland hadn't any roads...all people who want to travel Inari or Ivalojoki gold area, must to traveled via Korsajärvi lake. First people paddle few hundred kilometers along Kemijoki river and then along Ounasjoki river. At last people arrived Tepastojoki river and then little Vietkajoki river. The end of the Vietkajoki river people must pull their boat along the svamp to Korsajärvi lake near fell Korsatunturi. Then water pour toward Ivalojoki river and Inarijärvi lake.

 Ivalojoki river.

I cooked grayling using a stick. Delicious!

This herb is väinönputki in finnish and angelika in english. Very healthy herb. Sami people were traditional used this herb.

Salted trout with crisp bread

We baked bread on the hot stone.

Huuvautsi pool was very good grayling fishing ground.

I carved birch board and little nails and nailed grayling fillet on the board. Very useful way to baked fish.

Vaskojärvi lake. I listened elks voice.

Fine trout.This knife was not home made, sorry.

Same trout on the pan with salt, butter and chive.

It was evening.

And the breakfast: borridge with blueberries and cloudberries.

My home made bridge.

This was bears sleeping place and a big blueberry shit. We found eleven bear shit in this area. Sleeping place is very fresh. I think that bear was scared and little moved.

Vaskojoki river and the end of the trip.