Norwegian Roads

There isn't a boring road here in the Fjord area of Norway. And very few potholes to boot. If they marked scenic routes on a map, it would be much easier to mark the unscenic ones only. But there are incredible challenges in creating this road system. Most of the roads in this area hug the sides of the fjords, snaking along the bottoms of the tall cliffs. In the past, many of these were very narrow. As road improvements have taken place, tunnels are used. One can see that the oil money here has been buried underground, so to speak...or at least under mountains and the odd glacier. It is not unusual to have 6 and 7 kilometer tunnels that bypass windy fjord parts or connect roads that were otherwise blocked by mountains. We figure that every single Norwegian could have their own tunnelnamed after them, if they wished.
A number of the "unimproved roads" that climb over the passes and snake down the sides are marked as national Tourist Roads. They have beautiful views over the fjords and valleys. Only problem is they are closed in winter...which seems to extend until now. The weather has taken a turn as it is wont to do here, and now we have rain and cool temperatures. That means snow up above the treeline. So, our plan for tomorrow has to be altered...
We are up near the Geiranger Fjord...another UNESCO World Heritage Site...in a town called Struyn. The car ferry has just started at the beginning of May to travel up and down the fjord so we will take that and view the fjord in the forecasted rain. But we will have to stick to the main roads and may just head back towards Lillehammer. The joys of travelling out of season!