Hiking and rowing in Vuoton Joutsen

Yesterday is our project day, we had an offical relax day. The trip destination is Vuoton Joutsen. Unfurnately, the weather is not that good, raining, even thundering, but that can not affect our funny day. After a short meeting, we went outside. Chatting, lunching. After that, we had a great hike. It is about 6km long, but we crossed the forest. Because the rain day, the road is kindly wet. Mud made the trip more harsh and more fun. At the end of hiking, we take either canoe(pirogue) or boat back to the original place. I choosed the boat, because I just caoned 10 day ago. And I am really rowing in the boat. The feeling of rowing on the lake is quite different with sculling on the canal. The wind made the boat/canoe swing on the lake, and the view are totally different. In canal, I felt silent and peaceful, but on the lake, I felt relax. After the rowing, I tried the Finnish smoking sauna. Unfortunately the smoke was not full in the sauna house when I came in. I only could smelt the smoke, rather than saw them. The wood warm sauna is more soft heating than the electrical heating sauna. But they said, normally after smoke sauna, you got more dirty than you came in. There were also the fresh branch which is used to hit yourself. But I did not try. Maybe next time. Anyway, Vuoton Joutsen is a very beautiful and peaceful place. I recommend there. When I came home by bike, I saw rainbow, what a nice day!