Day 60, July 18. So close!

From: Strömmingsören
To: Seskarö
Distance: 56 km
Total distance: 2383,5 km
Wind: SW-NW 2- m/s
Weather: Mostly sunny, heavy shower around noon
Great sunny morning and an early start, yes! Started this day by paddling a lot of open sea and the conditions were perfect, sunny and light wind from southwest. The last couple of days I started listening to the Swedish radio show "Sommarpratarna" and getting entertained by all their stories the hours and kilometres pass by quickly and easily.

I had a loosely set goal today and that was to reach Seskarö so that I could have a great last meal at Seskarö Wärdshus. I've visited a fair number of nice restaurants during this trip and to top it all off by eating at another one recommended by "The White Guide" I reckoned was a great way to end it all. By lunch it was looking good and I realised I would be at Seskarö around half past five 😀, sweet!
The paddling during that afternoon was not easy though, the wind was strong and the waves big and just like that within a minute the wind shifted from SW to NW resulting in a very choppy and messy sea with waves coming in on a 45 degree angle from behind from both left and right. I felt like a little piece of floating cork being thrown around in every possible direction. I was still making good progress though and arrived safely at Seskarö at the time I originally estimated (I'm getting really good at this, figuring out how long it will take me to kayak from one place to another 😉). The harbour I thought would be good for getting ashore and camping turned out to be everything but. I ended up on a private little beach just next to it walking up to the house asking if I could park my kayak and pitch my tent for the night, they said yes! Thanks guys! I hope you have a great big family get together!
If you ever pass Seskarö, make sure to visit Seskarö Wärdshus, the dinner was absolutely delicious!!!

Reindear filet with potato cake and a chanterell sauce 😀, yummy!

As I'm sitting here enjoying a fabulous meal my family is on their way up north in the car, the plan is that I will stay put here at Seskarö until they have 4 hours of driving left and then I will pack all my gear and head for Vitikari head where they will great me and this whole trip will be come to an end.
Today's route: