Need some Monday Morning Motivation? Here’s some photos from our father-son trip to Ruka in Lapland, where we found lots of snow!

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The skiing season 2020 started in Ruka for me, and I was really happy to have my 8-year old son along. These kind of trips are great to bond with the kids, learn more about them, and of course also share my passion for the outdoors with them. Plenty of hot chocolates where consumed, Pokemons were caught, and of course we also had a lot of fun on the slopes of the Ruka Ski Resort!

Besides skiing the slopes every day, we also had a few activities planned. Ice climbing with Outdoor Passion Finland for example.

And ice fishing and a reindeer ride at the Palosaari Reindeer and Fishing Ranch.

And we were pretty lucky that the Polar Night Light Festival kicked off while we were there - it’s on till the 1st of February if you wanna see it yourself!

There also was some Nordic XC Skiing, eating tasty food, and relaxing in the Sauna at our flat. That and more I’ll tell you about in my article, which comes in the end of January!

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