We chose Bodo as the departure point for the Lofoten Islands as it was an okay mix of time and money. Everything is expensive and booking the ferry costs more than just showing up so about 95% of the traffic just shows up for the appointed ferry and takes their chances. By the time we got the urgent call from Lynne & Frank to hot foot it down there, all the assigned lanes were full. We were in standby lane No 5 - fortunately we all made in on but it was a near thing! The next ferry was at midnight. The crossing takes about 3 hours and the vehicles are loaded onto an upper and lower deck. Leaving the ship all the other motorhomes took off towards A, so we followed to free camp overnight in the Museum carpark.
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Bodo was just the place from which we were going to catch the ferry to the Lofoten Islands. As luck would have it, it is also the site of the National Aviation Museum. It is an excellent museum covering all stages of the country's aviation history including both civil and military and ATC. The new museum which sits across one of the suburban streets is topped by the old Bodo control tower which was lifted onto the top of the new building. Bodo was also used as a landing point for some of the covert U2 flights over the USSR.
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