This was the only overnight motorcycle trip I made with my wife this summer!
We were riding from our hometown in south-west Finland to Sysmä. It’s a small city on the eastside of lake Päijänne.
On friday we ride to Sysmä like this:

In the beginning I was riding on the big road all the way to Hyvinkää. But from there I chose the smaller roads. We made first stop at Saloinen village.

We continued riding but soon it was time to stop for awhile and admire the sunset at Pulkkilanharju.

At this point I was regretting that I didn’t take the drone with me! The sunset was so incredibly nice!!
We slept in a small cabin in Sysmä Camping area and we ate breakfast in the hotel that was only few hundred meters away.
It was still very early when we were already walking in Päijänne National Park and checking the viewing tower of Päijätsalo.

After we left the National Park area the weather started to be much brighter! It was nice idea to stop at Vääksy Canal.

Vääksy Canal has only 1 block and the surface height difference is 1,2 meters between Vesijärvi & Päijänne.
The block is located under the (old) mainroad of the village!

This was my first time in Vääksy Canal -what a lovely place to spend even longer time!!
We still made short stop at Hämeenkoski…

And in Ylimmäistentie (to put on rainsuits because it was about to start raining!)