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We began day 2 at 6 a.m., got ready quickly and re-hiked part of our previous day’s route to get back to the adjoining trail to Bakken.  Only today we had to go past Bakken on to the next hut at Songedalen to make up for our lost day.  That meant about 12 hours of walking ahead of us.  After a bit more searching and taking a leap of faith by following something that looked remotely like a small path, we found the trail we needed.  Seriously, tears of joy!  Now, Rob and I have been doing a lot more hiking/walking since we moved here but Norway is a far cry from the pleasant, FLAT, walking paths we’ve found.  It is either up or down, never flat, and there were parts where we were pretty much scaling rocks.  A few humorous highlights included Rob grabbing hold of a small tree for balance which promptly bent sideways, leaving him parallel to and just inches from a muddy pit (while I laughed uncontrollably) and then karma hitting promptly a few hours later when I slipped and fell into a huge mud puddle, getting everything soaked and dirty.  But we made it to Songedalen and, after quickly jumping into the icy nearby river (to remove the mud) we cooked a hot dinner and made a fire in the wood burning stove of the hut.  Our total distance for Day 2 had been 26 km so needless to say we slept like babies.