Bonnie Bonholm, part IV

We intended an earlier start on Sunday, but while we were eating breakfast at a bakery along the edge of the harbor we saw carloads of people in period costumes unloading right in front of us. It turns out they were Swedish dancers who were there for a public performance, so we stayed and enjoyed the pinsedag (Whit Sunday) celebration.

At the same time, behind the Swedes, there was a huge barge with two giant backhoes doing their own dance dropping piles of rock into the water outside the harbor.

on the way to the rocking stone

resting after trying to rock the stone

We cycled southward toward the Paradise Hill (paradisbakken) forest to find rokkestenen, the rocking stone.  After failing to budge the several tonne stone a Danish couple joined us.  We stepped out of their way and the husband came right up and rocked the stone!  He even allowed David to help him rock it a second time.

From there we cycled to Nexø for lunch and rode south through the small towns of Balka and Snogebæk.  We stopped to enjoy a beautiful white sand beach on our way to the hostel and campground in Dueodde.

We went to the extremely wide beach with shallow water and miles of extremely fine white sand.  Judy and A. swam in the pool afterward while R. and David cooked dinner in the well-equipped kitchen.  Our cabin had two bunk beds, a private bath, and dutch door.