As I said in my earlier posts, we spent Monday night in the Ice Hotel, which was a truly amazing experience. We then spent much of the next day, Tuesday, wandering around the Ice Hotel, taking more photos of the rooms, wandering around on the frozen, and exploring the gift shop. It had been a lovely experience and I didn't want to leave.
But we had to press on towards our next destination. There was just one more thing to do before we went - Jun really wanted to have a go driving the car on the frozen river - the Torne. He asked about it at reception and found out there was a 'road' across the river to the little town the other side, so we decided to go for it. It was great too, Jun really let the car rip and it literally felt like we were flying. When we got to the other side, I suggested that I walk back out onto the lake and video Jun driving past, and then we should swop and I could have a go driving on the ice. This suggestion was met with great enthusiasm and off I went to get into position. Jun revved up the car and came flying past, carrying on for some distance on the ice.
Another car came onto the ice I saw Jun in the distance pull off to the side and allow the car to pass. I thought he was going to do a u-turn then, and come back for me, but he didn't. I called out, but he didn't make a move. Crap, I thought. Does he really expect me to walk all the way down there back to the car?
So I called out again - still no movement. Then just as I thought I would have to go down there, a snowmobile came past, approached Jun and the car - and then I saw the guy get off the mobile. Hang on, what's going on here?
Turns out the car was bogged! The problem with snow and ice is that it looks very deceptive - you can't actually see how thick or deep it is until you're in it. So whilst it looked like the snow was level with the path we'd been following, it clearly wasn't. The snowmobile guy and Jun both tried to dig the car out, but to no avail. There was nothing for it, we had to go back to the Ice Hotel, where we would have to call for help. The snowmobile guy gave us a lift - it was really cool flying over the ice going back to the hotel.
Back at the hotel they were magnificent, they called one of the 4wd guys and he came back out to have a look at our situation. He came prepared with a tow rope - but the only problem was we didn't have a tow bar! Nonetheless he managed to loop the rope over something, dig a bit, and then pull us out with the 4wd. And it didn't cost us a thing!
Just as well...
It might not look like it, but this car is well and truly bogged!
The rescue mission
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