bikes, burgers and beers

Bikepacking overnighter to lake Meiko

By Erik Plankton

September 24^th, 2018

windy weekend

Toni organised the traditional autumn bike packing trip. The original plan was to go to a beach by the sea, but storm winds up to 20m/s made a change to the plan. So the destination was set to lake Meiko in Kirkkonummi. I had a sore throat and felt a bit tired so I took a late start and was the last one to reach the destination. Here is Toni's route plan: https://ridewithgps.com/routes/28635488

camp

It had rained periodically for the whole day, but the clouds seemed to avoid us in good manner resulting in a nice sunny evening. The wind was blowing from the lake and it felt pretty cold.

burgers and beers

Eeva and Paulus did the grocery run and brought supplies for tasty burgers and some beers.

bbq time

Hard to beat a burger grilled on open fire as camp dinner.

sunset

The temperature went down with the sun. We spent the night huddled around the fire with either a cold back or smoky eyes. Cranes started hovering over the lake making a lot of noise. In the end there were over 30 of them hanging around. Probably getting ready to head south for the winter.

almost full moon

According to my Suunto watch the moon was 97% full and gave a nice photo opportunity.

breakfast

After a much needed coffee and bread I headed back to the tent for a nap since my throat was really sore and I felt tired. Toni, Kaisa, Anna, Viltsu, Eeva and Paulus started to make their way back home.

autumn is here

I woke up again around noon and packed my stuff. The autumn colors are not yet present here in the south, but plenty of mushrooms have popped up already.