Snapshots From The Road:Update: June 26th, 1999: |
Virtasalmi, Finland
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On this particular morning, we departed our hotel in Helsinki and traveled approximately 350 kilometers North to the small village of Virtasalmi, Finland. Since forests make up more than half the surface of the country, the scenery along the way featured many wooded areas filled with fir, pine, and an abundance of birch trees. We also saw several 'Elk Crossing' signs, and even though we didn't see any live Elk first hand, we were told that there are over 300,000 of them running wild across central and northern Finland...which makes for quite a hunting season each year. Today's festival was dubbed 'Drag & Rock' and featured drag races by day, and rock bands by night. After you finish viewing this page, you can check out pictures from our arrival day here.
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A view from inside the bus: on the road in Southern Finland |
Elk crossing ahead |
The 'Magic Carpet Ride' bus (Finnish style) |
JK enjoying the ride. |
We passed this road sign along the way: |
Special thanks to Marika and Ben Ahvonen (pictured left), for all their help during our stay, and our driver Raino Vallinhovi (pictured right) for a nice smooth ride. |
A local newspaper crew interviews John after the show. |
All the races were conducted before our show.... |
....and included many different race cars and styles: |
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A view of the stage during our afternoon sound check.... 
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....and the Finnish crowd enjoying the show: 
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