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Hiking in Sweden :)

Days fly by here in Sweden by hanging with family & friends 🙂 Having a great time and try to get some work done in between too.

Me and my sister headed for our yearly hike up north here in Sweden a few days after I got here. This hike was 90km in total and we crossed over to Norway too.

Started with taking the night train up north. We went to the restaurant on the train when it took off and had some wine. Very classy with paper cups hahhaaaa… We had booked beds on the train so we slept good. In the morning we prepped with caffeine before getting off.

The bus ride to the trail start was about an hour to Storulvån mountain station. Perfect weather and we found a good spot to have some more coffee and breakfast after hiking about an hour.

Felt great to be outdoors and out hiking. Since it was so beautiful outdoors we decided for an other break before reaching our hut. Only ‘bad’ thing about the weather is that the mosquitos and horse flies were enjoying the weather too and tried to snack on us.

Our first night was at Sylarna. We have stayed there before and this one is serviced and has a restaurant and our favorite – a sauna!

We hit the sauna which is great after a day outdoors. Having a sauna is actually always great when I think about it!

We had booked a 3 course dinner at their restaurant too. The meal started with some charcuterie board with elk sausage and other local stuff. Then a delicious homemade tomato soup and an elk stew with blueberries that was soooo good! Topped it off with a glass of wine. The dessert was Pavlova with cloudberry jam, that I finished before I remembered to take a photo of it!

Decent nights sleep and we were up before 6am since we are both early birds. We only drink coffee in the morning where we stay and prefer to eat our breakfast outdoors on the trail. They do have a great breakfast spread for those who like to have it there.

Second day was a cloudy day and around 11 Celcius. It started with a climb on a rocky surface where you better pay attention to where you step, unless you want to risk a twisted ankle.

Even encountered some snowy patches…

Decided on break, some hot chocolate and some food when we reached the top. The mosquitos were also active in case you wonder about the net on top of my head 🙂

Continued and reached the national boarder to Norway and crossed over…

The hut on the Norwegian side was called Nedalshytta. Very tranquil place.

Checked in and chilled a bit in the ‘living room’ as we waited for the sauna to open 🙂

Their sauna was the least cosy one, but it did the trick.

Starving after and waiting to be served another amazing 3 course dinner. Homemade split pea soup which was sooo yummy! The meatballs were delicious too, but not sure they were homemade. The dessert was a 10/10 blueberry panna cotta.

We had a room with 6 beds all to ourselves. I love the feeling after a day outdoors, sauna and dinner. It’s like you gave your body and mind everything in needed. You pretty much fall asleep within a minute when the head hits the pillow.

We stayed in a separate house from the main building and since both me and my sister are morning people, we had our morning coffee while everyone else in the next room was still asleep. #yousnoozeyouloose

Our 3rd day was our longest stretch. 24km in total. The weather was rainy, windy and a lot of fog. Only managed short stops when the rain gave us a short break to grab a snack. Last year a hiker told me he was wearing dishwashing gloves on top of his regular gloves to keep them dry. You can see mine in the second pic. It worked pretty good, but a little cold at times…

Despite the weather we stayed positive as the scenery was beautiful (when we could see it through the fog). Another positive was that the mosquitos and horseflies were no existent! On our last 4km the weather cleared up and the rain stopped. Please appreciate the first image with my rain poncho on top of my backpack. We call this look ‘The Hunchback of Notre-Dame’ LMAO….

We finally reached the Storerikvollen station where we stayed our 3rd night. This was also a serviced mountain station, but unfortunately without a sauna. There was a group that arrived on horses at the same time as us.

We had booked another 3 course dinner here. The homemade split pea soup was tasty! The main course didn’t impress us as it was sausages and salted meat. Didn’t even take a picture of it. The dessert was homemade berry ice cream so we filled up on that 🙂

I had to go to the bathroom at midnight and this is how ‘dark’ it gets at night during summer here.

The breakfast buffet was a feast though. It was included, so instead of our usual cup of coffee we stayed put and ate breakfast.

Next day was full summer on display again. The hike started with a long climb and when we reached the top, we finally saw reindeers too.

Right before crossing back over to Sweden, we found this beautiful spot and took a break.

A seagull and more reindeers before reaching our last stay at Blåhammaren. We have stayed here before and it’s a beautiful place. Unfortunately they no longer serve their dinners which were amazing.

But, they had a sauna! Best part of it is the round window with views and we saw about 30 reindeers grazing outside. They are missing in action in my pic though.

The room was pretty chilly so I went to bed in clothes and a scarf! Love our view out the window in the morning 🙂

Very eery lighting, or the lack of light, in the morning when we headed for our last stretch.

One last stop before we reached the end of our hike which was also where we started.

There is a scale where you can weigh your backpack. My backpack was 13 kilos when we took off. Lost 3 kilos from it during the 5 days we were out.

Ate and passed out at the mountain station while waiting for the bus to take us to the train.

As always, a great time adventure with my sis. 7th year in a row and hope we have many more to look forward to in the future 🙂

How are you doing? I’m unpacking from a shoot yesterday and then packing again, as tomorrow we are off to an island called Gotland to hang with our cousin. Last week in Sweden and cramming in friends, meatballs & family 🙂

Laters, Puma

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Las Vegas – Stockholm

Hej från Sverige! Hello from Sweden 🙂 Very happy to be here. Hardest part about leaving and being gone is not having Hunter with me 🙁 We spent a lot of time together before I left and even had our bathroom break in sync!

One more thing before Sweden. We had our league game on Monday and we rocked! Every one of us played great and me and Courtney won 5 of our 6 games. And the barely lost our first game! Maybe all the hours playing and lessons are finally paying off, yeay!

Then it was finally time to fly to Stockholm. First time I flew with a layover in Toronto. Very smooth and Air Canada was a good airline…

Took a power nap when I got to my sister. Our family, we can all sleep anywhere at any time, hence the floor 🙂

When mom was alive, she would always prep meatballs for me. Now me and my sister went out to get the balls 🙂 A restaurant called Nytorget 6 has great ones…

Next morning it was breakfast at one of my favorite spots here -Lisas Grabb. They bake everything fresh every morning and have the nicest people there!

I went to have my hearing aid checked after. I have had some pain in my left ear so told her to check it. Well, she found a plastic cover from the hearing aid stuck really deep in there. She said I have to go to a nurse to have it removed since it was stuck so deep in there. Not sure how I missed that part being lost in there LOL… Found a Dr’s office and was lucky to be seen right away. She removed it easily with some scary looking thing and then flushed my ear clean. The nurse was actually American and was so nice!

To keep the jet lag at bay it required a stop at one of the best coffee shops in town – Pascal.

Then Linda met us up and she’s showing that she brought wine in case we didn’t believe her hahahaaa….

Later I had some more friends come over. We decided to prank the girl arriving last. We put on sparkly dresses and jewelry and as soon as she walked through the door, we said she had 10 minutes to change her outfit as we had to go to a party. Funniest part is that she didn’t think there was anything odd about it. She downed a glass (or 2) of wine, got a dress and was ready to party until we told her it was just a joke. She actually got disappointed hahahaaa…

Had to do some shopping the next day. A bit tired (maybe a bit hungover) from the night before, we downed some pasta to equalize our bellies first…

Tried on a new rain jacket for our upcoming hike, but decided that the one I have had for 7 years and still is in perfect condition, will do just fine 🙂 Hiking clothes are pretty expensive, but all my stuff have lasted over 7 years and several hikes, so considering that, they are worth the price tag.

Had time for dinner too before heading home and topping it with ‘lösgodis’ 🙂 Forget about being sugar free over here!

Today we’ve been doing our last preparations for our hike and packed our backpacks. Having some more meatballs for dinner, a shower and then we are heading to the train station. Taking a night train and booked beds so we can sleep properly all the way to our destination. We arrive early and then there’s a buss ride to the start of the trail 🙂 We will be out for 5 days and hiking over to Norway too. Very excited!

Catch you when I’m back 🙂 How is your summer going so far?

XXX Puma

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Trip to Austin & a bit of this and that…

A bit delayed again 🙁 I blame life, work, naps and a trip to Austin that got in between 🙂

I have friends in Austin and I visited them last year around this time too. If you been here for that long, you might remember that I went to the Phish concert and crashed with the scooter right before LOL… No crashes this time since I skipped the scoter rides!

I hired a local videographer to film me for a couple of hours hitting some local spots. Will be on my OFTV channel hopefully next week 🙂 –> https://of.tv/c/puma-swede-tv. There is a new episode up there from the gym with me, Ava Devine and Kimber James! Go watch 🙂

Oooops, got sidetracked there… So with the videographer we started with a coffee spot called Sightseer. Great coffee and I love when people get artsy with the design on their coffee bags! Space Cowboy looks like Hunter in space and Killer Queen reminds me of the movie Kill Bill which I love!

Making sure I got enough caffeine, we also hit Once Over Coffee Bar. Love their space with pictures of a couple of icons, David Lynch and Dolly Parton! Unfortunately the latte I got was not the best. Could’ve just been one off, as they are rated highly.

Got to eat too and Texas has great Mexican food. They have Tex Mex, but I opted for an authentic Mexican food truck called El Primo. I think they said they had been in business for 20 years, and their tacos were as tasty and authentic as it gets! I forgot to take pics of my tacos cause I downed them with a passion!

I love thrifting and hit American Drifter. Found this cap that says ‘ U toucha da cap, I breaka u face” hahahaaa… Felt it was a good fit for me!

Also hit Feathers Vintage that had a great selection! Got a nice denim overall/jumpsuit from them, but it was too hot and humid to wear it right there and then 🙂

Allens Boots is a must if you’re in Austin. Bought a cool pair of cowboy boots there last time. Found an amaing pair this time too, but unfortunately they didn’t have them in my size so had to walk out empty handed 🙁

At this point the sun was toasting me, so we headed to Barton Springs. It’s a spring-fed natural swimming pool and the temperature of the water is 68-70 degrees year around. I love this place!

I went back once more with my friends while there. The last pic is of the end part of the pool where dogs where allowed and I think drinking alcohol too, which is not allowed in the main park area.

Loved dinner at Fresa’s. This was more Tex Mex style and everything tasted fresh and delicious!

Turns out there was more friends visiting Austin at the same time I was there. We all got together and later ended up at Creek Cave for stand up comedy. It was great and I made a note to self to make an effort and go see more stand up comedy!

On Saturday we hit a farmers market. It had a little bit of everything and I ate a superb sourdough sandwich, had coffee and found goats. So damn cute! Almost jumped in there with my friends kid to cuddle them up 🙂

Austin is a cool place. I love getting around by walking and there are so many cool houses. Old and colorful ones mixed with new modern designs. Not like Vegas where everything is 3 shades of beige LOL…

Always making sure I pass by a coffee spot too. Need the boost of energy when strolling in the heat and humidity! Visited Maaribu last time while in town and I love this spot. Great coffee, nice interior with a small shop and all their bakery stuff is gluten free and made in house…

I loved this spot! It called Thicket Food Park. Bunch of food truck, playground for kids and it also had a barber truck and a beauty bar. Opted for sourdough pizzas from Day’s and they were sooo good!

Topped it off with ice cream from Lick. Made with real cream without a lot of additives and fake stuff. I like how I found a flavor that matched my nails hahhaaa….

Took a couple of rides with the fully automated Waymo too. So cool to ride without a driver. At one point it had trouble to exit a parking lot and make a left turn, and after a while it just announced – Figuring this out… It finally did!

Some other snaps from the city, a snake I saw, perfect homemade lasagna my friend made, their cat Gizmo and a grasshopper by the pool…

Such a great trip! Some delay on the return flight, but made it home to Hunter who always is happy things get back to normal with cuddles and naps.

Filling in on some stuff that happened before, after and in the between 🙂 Wrinkles had to have a dose of touch up…

Took care of the hair too… Before and after.

There’s been a loooot of pickleball! Decided it’s time to pick up lessons again to work on my smashing and backhand. It’s already hot as pizza oven here in Vegas, so I’m considering playing in a bikini from now on!

I tried getting Hunter to support my pickleballing by buying him some accessories. Can you tell how excited he is????

Been a bit better with also hitting the gym 🙂 There was more sessions than just these 2, but I forgot to take pics as proof. Just trust me 😉

Haven’t made it out in time to hike. It gets too hot out in the Red Rocks with no shade, so taken a stroll in the neighborhood…

Finally received some pics from the photographer who I did a shoot with a few weeks back. I think they turned out great. More to come 🙂

Saw some cool stuff you could make with AI using ChapGPT and decided to have a go. Well, like last time it game a third limb. An arm this time! I think AI is trying to tell me something hahahaaa…

Well, that was a little update. Let’s see what next week has in storage 🙂 I think there will be an excursion to the Colorado River. Have another pickleball lesson and got to shoot. I had a Dr’s appointment and I’m now trying out to take Prednisone every 2nd day. So I have cut my dose in half and so far so good! The rheumatologist in LA said I was tampering down way too fast. I like this Dr here better! I want to get off them asap!

Anything fun in your neck of the woods?

Me & Hunter wish you an excellent week ahead! Which just reminded me that Hunter went full Terminator on the neighbors dog the other night!!!! Everyone is fine and tell you about it in my next post. Go Hunter!

XXX Puma

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Girls Gone Wild, Florida Edition :)

It is a bit of a delayed report, but here it comes!

Where to even start? Short summary – it was awesomesauce and we had the best time! Or at least I did and I hope the same goes for the others 😉 Went over to Angel’s house Tuesday night to catch like 3,5h of sleep squeezed in with Jersey & Freya, before heading to the airport. I like to fly early and arrive early so I can maximize my time wherever I’m going. #yousnoozeyouloose 

I like to document everything! Even bathroom brakes at the airport LOL…

Me, Angel and Jennifer arrived in Ft Lauderdale and were happy to see our final destination was only a 15min Uber ride away. We thought we had arrived and called Tyler to come out and get us. We were nowhere to be found. Turns out we went to Ocean Drive in Hollywood instead of Ocean Blvd in Ft Lauderdale ooopsie… #shithappens

Well, we finally found Tyler and ‘checked in’. No time to waste. Shorts on, food in our bellies, and a walk on the beach catching the sunset.

This is where we enjoyed our morning coffees every day! Ocean views with the sound of the water – perfect!

This neighborhood we were in was super cute and convenient. We had everything we needed just across the street. Breakfast and more coffee at Eat Well, Drink Joy. Very tasty, fresh food, and pretty good coffee.

Tyler knew someone, who knew someone, who had a private cabana. Bikinis packed and off we went. And we rolled in style in Moke, the coolest golf cart or whatever it’s called! Spent pretty much all day there alternating between the pool and the ocean.

Got back in time to welcome our friend Eva. Starving by now, so we hit an Italian place for dinner and drinks. Pregaming for Angel’s birthday!

Friday was boat time! We’re not talking row boats, but a big a*s boat! So cool to go through the canals or whatever they are called. Humongous houses and boats like mini ships were lined up like Honda’s and Fords in my neighborhood LOL…

I wanted to look put together on the boat. That only lasted until we stopped and jumped in the water and emerged looking like a raccoon. Note to self – no make-up when boating!

We also made a video of an awesome song from one of my favorite movies. Like usual it’s in the cue to get edited so you’ll see it soon 🙂

Stopped at a great coffee spot called Spud’s Coffee after we got off the boat. I appreciate that my friends love caffeine too!

Finally it was Saturday and Angel’s birthday wohooo! We were all very excited to congratulate her. Something to know about Angel is that she is pretty much impossible to wake up. So we patiently had to wait until the birthday queen decided to grace us with her presence hahahah… Since I’m such an early bird I took a walk on the beach with Eva in the meanwhile. By chance we found a cute breakfast spot right on the beach…

And the walk back required more coffee. This was my favorite caffeine spot here – Con Calma. The people working here were so nice and coffee was perfect! Went here every day!

OK, birthday Queen was ready to be celebrated. We hit Pier 66. Spent the day in the pool. I even squeezed in a nap after a couple of Pina Coladas. Tyler was just too obsessed with me to let me be 😉

In the evening we had a chef come over and whip up an amazing dinner! Different meats, grouper, shrimp risotto, veggies, among other dishes! Everything cooked to perfection! Topped it off with a chocolate birthday cake. My bellybutton was about to pop off like a button on a shirt after that dinner! Happy Birthday Angel 🙂

Eva had to leave on Sunday. The rest of us hit the beach and created some content. Wait till you see our recreation of Baywatch LMAO… Like the boat video, it’s in the que for editing…

Oh, and Tyler got payback for snoozing off on the beach!

Grabbed some food and drinks after beach-ing and in the evening there was a great block party with a live band. Packed with people and super fun! One guy sat on a bench with his cat watching the festivities.

Our flight back to Vegas was not until the afternoon on Monday. We decided it was best to squeeze the last out of the ocean and Florida sun, and spent it on the beach. In hindsight we all agree we overdid it. We all had body parts that were 50 shades of pink/red. 

Pretty smooth flight back and almost got separation anxiety when I had to say bye to Angel & Jennifer. 

I can’t wait for our next girls trip! 

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There was also a night of facials, sugar cravings and other leftover pics of whatever I deemed worthy of snapping pics of 🙂

Monday morning now when I’m finishing this up finally! Had a 3h delayed flight home from Austin last night and a little worn out, but here we go! Got to get all that content in order, pickleball league tonight and maybe I’ll attempt unpacking. Most likely there will be a nap with Hunter too who is very happy I’m back to spoil him 🙂 Got any fun upcoming plans?

All the best, Puma

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Muddy Dash, OF TV & Failed Fast…

I was about to blog on Sunday, but ran out of time and energy. Then there was prepping for our girls trip to Florida – spray tan, nails, botox to look presentable. Custom orders, shipping pics & panties, oil change on the car and our pickleball league. Now I’m finally sitting here in Florida, typing away and hopefully finally finishing this 🙂

Best thing last week was the Muddy Dash that me, Angel and Jennifer participated in. We did not expect there to be this many people there, but I guess others were eager to crawl in mud too 🙂

It was hot, but we had a blast! I look like I had an ‘accident’ in my pants after LOL…

After we were in dire need of caffeine.

None of us thought of putting sunscreen on so my shoulders looked like lobster parts after!

I also felt the need to do another fast. The goal, as the past times, was 72h. I failed this time and only lasted 63h. I fell on the finish line 🙁 Felt very weak and lethargic and just decided to give in 🙁 I think paying 2,5h of pickleball in the heat didn’t help, so will try to do the next fast when I can chill more. Took a walk every day though 🙂

Our pickleball team and some nice opponents 🙂 Me & Stormi had some wins and we’re getting better at playing together! Our team leader brought empanadas which I had to decline because of my fast, which sucked cause I love empanadas! On a side note, I had some pretty tasty ones at a Colombian place here in Ft Lauderdale today to make up for it 🙂

And Hunters week? Pretty much as always, eat, sleep, repeat. When he decides I had enough work, he walks and plants himself on my computer!

So I can finally share the good news! My channel on OnlyFansTV is finally LIVE! It’s all SFW (Safe For Work) stuff 🙂 Like a YouTube channel. This is the link if you want to follow (please do) and see my first video on there – Health is the new Wealth! —> Puma Swede TV

There is a video coming from our Muddy Dash event and also shot a gym session with Ava Devine and Kimber James 🙂

Knocked out some other content too, spotted these cute dogs in the car next to mine, watched Pulp Fiction for the 54th time, a coffee run and finally botox jabs!

OK, I think that was it. Need to hit the shower and get some rest cause we got a busy schedule planned. Tomorrow 2 more girls arrive and on Friday 1 more so it will get busy 🙂 I’m very excited to hang with these amazing friends!

Have a great rest of the week and catch you when I’m back from here 🙂 If I make it back alive 😉

XXX Puma

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LA, PMR & Pink Cowgirl…

On Tuesday I roadtripped down to LA. Checked in with my LA family. Love Sandy and her family and feel right at home in their house.

Wednesday was a full day on set. Sandy was doing production planning & make-up at a huge house and I crashed the shoot 🙂 I know the crew, and since it was such a big house with large surrounding area, I was able to shoot some stuff too. And of course I took advantage of having Sandy do my make-up since when you get access to a pro, utilize it 🙂

My favorite was this barn they had, so had to dress the part. Save a horse, ride a cowgirl -Yeehaw…

Nick is part of the crew and when he has time he snaps pics and video of me. Known him for ages from when I first got into the adult business in LA. We discussed if we we’re getting too old for this? But decided naaah, we’ll probably still be doing the same smut in 10 years hahhaaa…

Didn’t get home until late at night, but a great day all together 🙂

On Thursday I had the appointment with the the rheumatologist. Told him my story and everything I’ve tried. I told him that I’m pretty sure of my diagnosis with the help of AI and Reddit, but wouldn’t tell him when he asked. Said that if he came to the same conclusion, I would just be my own doctor in the future 😉 This Dr actually did a proper examination, bending and lifting my arms and legs. After some questions he said he was pretty sure I have ‘Polymyalgia Rheumatica’, PMR as short. Exactly what AI told me. Got prescribed Prednisone. From what I’ve read, people with PMR have gotten pretty fast relief. I have less pain now and I hope it will keep improving 🙂 Feel very relieved to have a diagnosis and going to work on getting back to exercising and boosting my immune systen!

Celebrated by going out eating with Sandy’s kids.

Love waking up and getting morning kisses from Snoopy, even though they are a little bit too sloppy for my taste hahhaaa…

They have an orange cat too named Simba. It’s more the size of a midsized dog! Hunter would look like a kitten next to him. He is a very chill cat!

Thursday morning we had some time to run some errands. When we were driving I saw this store named Kändi. I saw it on Instagram a couple of weeks ago and got so excited because I thought it was located in Vegas. It’s a candy store with Swedish candy, so Sandy had to make a quick u-turn so I could go in and get my sweet fix! I mostly go for the salty licorice because that’s impossible to find here in the US. Made my morning!

Shopped some make-up and ran into these cool dogs 🙂 Apparently the 2nd one was an influencer dog with his own Instagram account his proud human told me 🙂

Then it was finally time for my appointment with the rheumatologist. I told him that I’ve researched my symptoms and ran my bloodwork through AI and Dr. Puma has a diagnosis. He asked what the previous rheumatologist diagnosed me with, and what AI told me. Said that I won’t tell him since I want to see what he comes up with. This Dr. actually did a proper examination bending and lifting my arms and legs. After questioning me and looking through the bloodwork he said he believes me to have Polymyalgia Rheumatica. PMR for short. Same thing that AI told me. So don’t hesitate to contact Dr Puma in the future hahhaaaa… I got prescribed Prednisone. Now going to work on boosting my immune system and start moving more. The pain is better, but I was told it might take a few days or up to 2 weeks before I feel the full effect of it. Fingers crossed! I feel very happy and relieved that I have a diagnoses now and that my future post will be about me being pain free!

Felt that this needed some celebration, so we went to dinner with Sandy’s kids. I like my food spicy, but I might of overdone it since it required a couple of bathroom visits at night LOL… #tmi

Until next time LA. Hunter was happy I was back per usual.

Went to support some pickleball players from the gym this weekend who played in a tournament close by. Can’t wait until I can play again!

Also went to the Red Rocks again to catch some sun and fresh air. Came across this hole that looks like nature made it’s own flower pot 🙂

And an evening walk… This couple was walking their cool ass cat that walked on a leash like he was a dog. Look at those eyes! Also finally befriended this neighborhood cat that I’ve seen and tried to approach several times without success. He finally caved to my attempts! And a pic of my Hungarian goulash that was delicious!

Are you planning something for Halloween? I think I will just sit outside my place and hand out candy to the kids like last year. Our street was very popular because the neighbor across the street has an awesome display on his garage that everyone came to see.

Now going to edit some Halloween content, then a walk and starting a short yoga routine with some strengthening exercises with a band. Slowly, but surely, I hope to be back in the gym soon!

Happy Halloween!

XXX Puma

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Birthday in Whitefish, Montana

Didn’t really know a lot about Whitefish, but the pics online of the place looked inviting, so thought a birthday trip there would be an excellent idea! And it was!

I think I mentioned before that have slight fear of bears! I have watched and read plenty of educational material on how to act if you encounter a bear. Unfortunately I think all my rationality would blow out of my brain and I’d either freeze or run LOL…

Didn’t help that the first thing I see at the Kalispell airport is bear spray for rent!

The airport is small and it’s the nicest airport I’ve been to. The rental car desk was downstairs and the lot with the car was a 3 min walk away. Very convenient not having to take some shuttle bus to a place to pick it up after flying…

Checked in to the Airbnb right in the city and went eating and checking the town out. It’s small, but pretty. Plenty of places to choose from when it comes to eating. Decided on this food truck park called Thirty Eight with live music. Crab bowl with no lame imitation crab and tacos. Couldn’t decide and was fomo-ing. Then ice-cream for dessert at Sweet Peaks, but it was more icy than creamy 🙁

Went to a store to pick up some stuff for the hike the following day. Had to pick some new flavors of Maeve chocolate I’d never tried. If you see this chocolate, buy and try it. It’s the best! They even had Swedish ginger bread cookies!!!

I had booked a group hike with Glacier Guides Montana Raft since I was too freaked out by the idea of hiking alone in bear woods! Meet up time was at 7am and since I need coffee first thing in the morning, I bought this strong ass instant coffee the night before at the store! 300mg of caffeine should do the trick, right? And apparently formulated for NASA in 2018, so I thought it would be good enough for me too LOL!

It was dark and lonely on the streets when I left at 6.20AM…

I met at their office with the group. Got our lunchpacks and jumped in their van for a 2h drive to the Glacier Park. The start was from a hotel, which I don’t remember the name of, but they had beautiful mountain and lake views. We had a short talk about bears with both guides carrying bear spray. Basically they said a bears thoughts were not “look, a human, let me eat it”… And they had never needed to use their bear sprays. OK, felt pretty relaxed after hearing that!

The hike was about 15km in total there and back from the glacier. The nature was impressive!

We finally reached the glacier with super clear water. Surprisingly you were allowed to swim in it. Pretty hot after the hike I took a quick dip. Needed to show the rest of the group what we Finn’s are made of! Cold, but so refreshing! After lunch in the sun and drying up.

This was an awesome hike! My joints were hurting pretty bad after, but so worth it! Outdoors gives you an appetite and dinner was at this cute little restaurant called Piggyback Barbecue. Probably some of the best ribs I’ve ever had!

Since it was my birthday weekend, I couldn’t drive by Clydesdale Creamery without having this sugar bomb! WOW, it was almost too much. But only almost! They also have a Clydesdale (giant horse breed) farm that you can visit and stay at. If I had more time I would’ve gone there too…

Soaked in the hot tub which was under a giant tree in the back yard of my Airbnb after, and it was a perfect ending to the day!

Saturday was my birthday! Happy birthday to me 🙂 Started by getting coffee at Folklore and enjoying it in front of the fireplace…

Dressed to impress!

More coffee in town and some shopping. I’m good at treating myself 🙂 Spotted these cute doggos on the town too…

Then went to the City beach. I’m like a kid when it comes to water. Had to get in and do another quick dip 🙂

Dinner was at the Whitefish Lake Golf Club at their restaurant. The smoked trout for starter went down faster than I could take a picture of it. The steak was great even though the presentation could’ve used some creativity 🙂 They gave me an ice-cream dessert with a sparkler 🙂

Since it was still light out I checked out the neighboring downtown of Columbia Falls. Not much there and definitely happy I chose to stay in Whitefish instead. Beautiful sunset by the river and thankfully no bears 🙂

Finished in the hottub again and it was definitely the highlight of my Airbnb with the fireplace and heated floors 🙂

My flight wasn’t until the afternoon on Sunday so started with caffeine at Folklore. Great coffee spot!

Then a short hike at Swift Creek Loop Trail. But first – Rent bear Spray! Convenient station where you could rent bear spray per day.

I think I can admit it was probably not the most enjoyable hike in my life. I was just on a constant lookout for bears hahahaa… Luckily there were people on the trail, so I hoped the bears would go for quantity! Needles to say, no bears. But so many other animals. Big woodpecker, what I think was a chipmunk, some hairy larva and only had time to catch a pic of the snakes tail. Snakes don’t bother me at all!

Stopped for a coffee on the way back to town at Crema which was excellent and just next to the parking lot this deer was grazing 🙂

Hungry again and went back to Thirty Eight because they had a BBQ truck from Texas there on Sundays. Baked potato with brisket and some huge rib, both smoked to perfection!

Could’ve easily spent a couple more days here. Can really recommend Whitefish if you enjoy nature, hikes, skiing in the winter and perfect little cute town with everything you need! And bears….

Still good to come back and hug Hunter. Angel’s friend looked after him and from the pictures she sent me, he lived like a king while I was gone 🙂 Only the best for Hunter!

What I planned to look like for my birthday… But that didn’t happen! Maybe next year when I turn 50 🙂

Lots of other stuff to tell you about, but it will have to wait until Sunday 🙂

Catch ya’ later!

XXX Puma

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Sphere, Sleazing and Museum…

The Sunday before yesterday I visited the Sphere for the first time. It was very cool! The movie ‘Wizard Of Oz’ was great in this setting. Projected all around you and onto the roof. There were leaves blowing inside when there was a storm and apples dropping from who knows where. Can’t wait to go and see a concert there!

On Labor Day I did nada! I think I was mostly reading… Did you do something fun?

A lot of my joints are hurting now and I wake up feeling like I would imagine a 98 year old feels like. Stiff and achy. Been using Gemini AI and decided it was time to go and get blood samples to see if I have an infection in my body. Got suggestions on what infections I should test for and made an appointment for Tuesday at 11am. Worth to note here is that you have to fast before which also means no coffee! I was pretty cranky and even crankier when they told me I actually need a doctors referal to get my blood drawn! I was pretty miserable when I walked out and my first priority was obviously to get caffeine! Been wanting to try a new place, The Coffee Class, and luckily it was just around the corner. I can say the place fixed my mood pretty instantly after the first sips of coffee and freshly baked goods – sugar that is!

I even took Angel there this week and it’s a new fav spot!

I’ve been going for walks to at least try to be a little bit active. Got these awesome barefoot shoes from a very sweet fan, and they are sooo comfy! It’s like walking with soft slippers on! Thank you very much 🙂

Had to put some more Botox in my face too. I loved waiting for my turn in one of their massage chairs. Could’ve easily napped there!

Did my fair share of sleazing too…

Not sure why the sound cuts off in the middle, but hopefully you can enjoy this video anyways 🙂 You prefer the “Morning Puma” or the “Done Up Puma”?

I finally got the referral for the blood tests too and the doctor added a few tests to it. I guess hobby doctor-ing and AI didn’t make me a fully qualified doctor LOL…

I have missed being creative with some art and crafts, so popped by Michael’s and shopped around a bit 🙂

Yesterday Angel & I went to the Infinity Museum. Very impressive and fun! The videos haven’t uploaded yet so I’ll put them here next week 🙂

The experience made us hungry so off to Settebello Pizza we went! The Nutella pizza was all Angel’s idea, but I still ate half hahhaaaa…

After I got home, I went straight into a food coma and passed out with Hunter!

I’ll leave you with some shameless selfies, Hunter attempting some play time and some silent lightning…

This is my birthday week wohoooo!!! My actual birthday is on Saturday and on Thursday I’m taking off to Montana! First time visiting there! Got any tips? Plan to hike and avoid being eaten by a bear!

That’s it! Catch ya later!

XXX Puma

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Sweden Finale…

Feels great to be back in Vegas! I miss my friends and family in Sweden the instant I leave, but I’ll go back or they’ll come visit soon I hope 🙂

My somewhat healthy eating habits went out the window while in Sweden. My favorite cafe in Sweden is called ‘Lisas Grabb’. Nicklas the owner, bakes everything fresh every morning and all the bakery stuff is so good! The service is also a bit different there. You pick you own plate and drink. No fancy coffee machines here, just good old brewed coffee and you fill your own cup. Or grab a soft drink from the refrigerator. When you are finished, you tell Nicklas what you ate and drank, and he rings you up.

Always the best to see and catch up with friends. Have been friends forever and I love them!

Also had a night with relatives and their significant others. Was just supposed to be a dinner, but ended up at some bar with too much of everything liquid hahhaaa… During the night plans were formed that they all are coming to visit in Vegas. They all agreed that the temperatures here need to cool down or they’d melt LOL…

Sweden provided some sunny days (or hours at least). Took my nephew’s son out to some outdoor pools. I made my sister swim with him because the water was pretty damn freezing. I prefer hot Vegas pools thank you very much 🙂 I took a cat nap in the meanwhile 🙂

Then there is the continuing issue with my shoulders. First off, thank you everyone that emailed me with suggestions on how to rehab them! A friend suggested acupuncture and I went twice. As you might know, I’m not a fan of needles, but it was OK. I believe acupuncture can help a lot of issues, but can’t say I got much relief. Worth a try though… Happy he didn’t puncture my ‘floaties’ while at it hahahaa…

I also saw a chiropractor the day before flying back. Seen him before and he is amazing. He thinks my issues are related to my posture. A bit heavy on the front, and that has caused my shoulders to pull forward. I now have a posture correction harness I try to strap on as often as I can. Very frustrating as I can’t sleep if I don’t take a painkiller before bed. During the day they feel pretty OK, but at night I get a throbbing pain in arms. I think my next step is to go for an MRI, to rule out any tears or whatever else they might find.

A couple of selfies and pics of Stockholm while gift shopping before returning to Vegas…

Guess who was very happy with me returning? Hunter 🙂 He stayed glued to me the first 2 days. He jet lagged with me on the couch too. You can question his choice of space hahhaaa….

Went to see Angel right away to drop off the chocolates I brought her. Ended up sharing them with her. We also went to a Tiki bar with some friends one night. Healthy living can start tomorrow!

Found this chocolate bar in my carry-on bag that I’ve forgotten about. I was going to snack on blueberries, but ended up wolfing down the chocolate bar. I reason that it’s better to not have any sugar in the house when trying to make healthy choices next week. So it was better I ate it, right?

Today I’m going to the Sphere for the first time! Going to see Wizard of Oz there. Super excited about it! Plans for next week is to get a mani/pedi, get back to work properly and try to figure out what to do about my shoulders. Oh, and healthy eating 🙂

Did I miss something while I was gone?

Wishing you a great Sunday and Happy Labour Day!

XXX Puma

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The Padjelanta Trail Hike in Sweden

After a week in Sweden it was time to pack up for my annual hike with my sister. This is the 6th consecutive year we’ve went. This time we set out for the 160 km long Padjelanta Trail in the northern part of Sweden.

You feel every extra kilo in the backpack on your back! The weather forecast looked rainy so we both bought rain pants. Most of the huts sell food and snacks, but since you don’t know what or how much they’ll have, we brought food for every day.

We flew up to Gällivare early in the morning on a smaller propeller plane.

From there it was a 3h bus ride to Ritsem where you can start the trail from. Saw reindeer on the road and we had a pee break at a cool hotel on way. Had to take a pic of the stuffed bear since I have a slight bear phobia…

We spent the night at Ritsem since we arrived late. Most rooms have bunk beads and since I thought I might roll out of bed we made a barrier out of our slippers 🙂

There are 2 departures with a boat in the morning to shuttle you over to where the trail starts from. In very good spirits and ready to tackle the first 18km of the trail!

There was a small settlement where we started where the Sirkas Sámi have their summer stays. I loved this church ‘kåta’. ‘Kåta’, traditional Sámi housing back in the day.

After about an hour it started raining lightly. Then the wind picked up and it started raining even more. Luckily half-way to our first stop, there was a small shelter. We went inside to make some food, hot chocolate and put on long johns.

A Sámi guy also entered to have some shelter from the rain. He worked on the trails in the area during summer and otherwise hunts reindeer. He also happened to mention that there are bears in the area. I had a slight panic attack until he said that the bear will see us, but we’ll never see them. Puh!

Warm & full, we took on the last part of the trail. The weather switched between rain and no rain. Beautiful surroundings with a lot of waterfalls. Worth mentioning is that the water is so clean here, that you can always fill your water bottle up and have ice cold and fresh water. Yes, my rain poncho on top of my backpack makes me look something from the ‘The Hunchback of Notre Dame’ character!

Our first night we spent at the Kutjaure Mountain cabin. All the cabins have one or two wardens that supervise the cabins. Everyone is asked to help bring in water in buckets, empty waste water buckets after doing dishes, chop up and bring in logs for the fireplace and clean up. The cabins have no running water or electricity. They have gas though so you can heat up water/food and pots, pans, plates, glasses and utensils to eat and cook your food from. Here is dinner with the fireplace going and us having our coffee the next morning before heading out.

2nd day was 19km. A bit of rain and most of the day was cloudy. We met a German lady who had taken a break and offered us some coffee. Most of the people you meet on the trail and in the huts are super friendly! Saw some reindeer too 🙂

2nd night was spent at Låddejåkka cabin. Dinner was a super tasty Bison Chili and a Blueberry Peach Crisp for dessert 🙂

The 3rd day was one of our longer days and it was 25k. We skipped one of the huts and it made the hike longer. The trail was pretty even and easy even though it started with a 4k long uphill climb. A lot of heavy fog when we reached the top, but so quiet and peaceful!

Since there was no rain we had some porridge with dried raspberries, coconut flakes and goji berries for lunch. Some chocolate chip cookies too for some sugar to help with the remaining kilometers 🙂

The 3rd night was spent at Staloluokta cabin. This was the only place along the trail that had a sauna. Us being Finns obviously we got very excited! I can’t describe how good and rewarding it felt after the long day! And to wash off properly too! 2 thumbs up for Staloluokta and their sauna!

Since we both prefer to eat outdoors, we always start our mornings with just black coffee. Then hike and find a good spot for breakfast. It’s a good thing we are so alike – wake up early, fine with starting the day with just coffee and pretty much keep the same speed on the trails.

The 4th day was an 18 km day. Very beautiful scenery and so green everywhere.

Found a nice spot by a waterfall to eat and rest. Right after we packed up we spotted a small group of reindeer. They say that if you spot a white reindeer, it brings you luck!

Most of the days so far had been cloudy and rainy. This afternoon we finally got some sunshine! Had to sit down and just enjoy the warmth. Probably our legs needed a break too 😉 See, the reindeer brought some luck right away 🙂

When we almost were finished, we come to this wide river. No way around, but through. Soaking wet feet, socks and shoes ! And 10 minutes later there was another river crossing just as wide, so we arrived with clean feet at Tuottar cabins 🙂

Here they had about 6 smaller cabins with 3 bunk beds in each. We shared our cabin with a solo hiker from Catalan. The water was down at the river where we just came from and kind of far. The guy was a gentleman and told us to chill and he’d walk down and fill the water buckets so we didn’t have to 🙂 Instead we went to see what the store had to offer. My sister got very happy to find that they had beer. Even though it cost like 3 times more than in the store 🙂 Oh, and there was a rainbow so more luck to us hopefully!

5th day was a 26km day again since we skipped a cabin and walked to the next one. Started with decent weather. A little pit stop by a river…

Right after we had to cross that river. Soaked again… I think from this point on, our shoes and socks never completely dried up for the rest of the trip!

Since my hiking shoes are made of leather they don’t let out the water. After each river crossing I had to stop and empty the water out of them and wring out my socks.

We were pretty exhausted by the end of this day. It rained on and off and the final stretch was downhill and the trail was wet, muddy and slippery. We had made reservations before for all of the cabins. They say you have to arrive before 6pm to be guaranteed to get your room. Otherwise it might be given to someone else without a reservation, since you might not show up. We got a bit stressed at the end of the hike since we didn’t arrive until 6.45pm. Our longest day so far. But we were lucky and got our own room at Såmmarlappa Mountain cabin 🙂

Our 6th day was a 19km stretch. It got more woodsy as we were on lower elevation. That also meant that the trail was even more wet, big pools of water and a lot of mud you tried to step around. Also the weather cooled down. Around 5°C in the morning and you could see some fresh snow on the mountain tops.

We could feel the kilometers in our legs by now and felt good when we finally arrived at the Njunjes Mountain cabin. All the cabins have a fire place, or a heater, in the common room, and in your room so you can dry stuff up. All my crusty socks went up 🙂

Last day was an easy 13km stretch which felt good. You mostly hiked in the woods. We both prefer the higher grounds with open landscape and where you get the views for miles.

Then you have to get on a boat to get a ride to the last mountain station which is Kvikkjokk.

Since there is only one bus which leaves 05.25am daily from Kvikkjokk, we had to spend the night there. Treated ourselves to a delicious 3 course dinner at their restaurant. My starter was smoked elk, fermented reindeer and first time trying reindeer tongue. I wasn’t going to eat that, but the waiter said it’s the best, so gave it a try and it tasted pretty damn good! Dinner was reindeer steak and for dessert we had vanilla ice cream with cloudberries. Cloudberries only grow up here in the north and are called ‘the gold of the forest’. If you ever get a chance to try them, do it! Soooo good!!!

Next morning we took the early bus for about 5h to reach Luleå where we caught a flight back to Stockholm.

What a hike! We both agreed that this was our hardest and most strenuous hike we’ve been on so far. The rainy weather played a huge part since we made fewer stops along the trail. We learned that we need to study the map before-hand if there are a lot of climbs and downhill parts before we decide to just skip a hut. This hike was recommended to be done in 9-10 days and we did it in 7. Even though it was hard at times, it was beautiful and me and my sister always have the best time together. It feels great that we pulled it off and tested our limits. Can’t wait to see what we plan for next year! Thanks for this year’s adventure sis!

More of my time in Sweden coming hopefully on Sunday. Giving jetlag and my sugar cravings a fight now hahahaa…

All the best,

Puma

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