Driving Sweden,Tanum, and Denmark

July 22-24 we drove on through more of northeastern Sweden, then at last into familiar Uppsala and then west, initially toward Oslo, then Goteborg, again on a familiar road, stopping, the 23rd, to see the World Heritage rock carvings site at Tanum and environs. We camped the 23rd at a rest area north of Halmstad, on west coast now.

On trhe 24th, in Halmstad, we had the Grey Wanderer serviced: oil change, filter, fuel filters, wheels rotation, etc. $900. OK, the Sprinter requires 14 quarts of oil, synthetic oil. But we also had to pay Swedish wages, roughly twice those in the US, and, of course, it was a Mercedes dealer again. We've been pretty happy with Mercedes, except when it comes time to pay. The camper's still in warranty, however.

We then took the familiar Helsingborg/Helsingor ferry, back to Denmark and drove on across Denmark to Jutland, which we had pretty much skipped going north, stopping for a time at the world's busiest McD. Total kid bedlam, despite which we did some internet work. McD's has been our standard free wifi site throughout Scandinavia, when we could find them. We camped at a rest area near Arhus.

The Tanum sites are all Bronze Age, 1500-500BC; much
more developed art; the museum had a Bronze Age village 
exhibit that was very interesting

Famous boat scene

Fleet

The Lovers, also very famous

Lovers, in perspective...a wedding?

The Spear God, one of very few life-
size depictions; precursor to Odin?

Menacing figures

Mounted figures

A number of figures, such as this warrior, were unpainted, but
easier to find in the light rain

Horse

Unpainted boat

Others

Big hands; the phallic stuff was much in evidence;
very, very few depictions of women

Love that Swedish sense of humor!