Sorry -- this is a pretty long post. My husband and I are planning a two week trip to Norway next July. We’re going to rent bikes in Kristiansand and… well, assuming this is a reasonable itinerary, here's what we'd like to do:

1 – Arrive in Kristiansand
2 – Rent bikes, ride to Hara via Rte. 9
3 – Ride to Gudvangen via Hardanger tourist road, ferry to Laerdal, Aurland mountain road, spend night in Aurland area
4 – Ride to Lom via Valdresfrye tourist road
5 – Ride to Stryn via Sognefjellet tourist road
6 – Stay in Stryn; maybe day trip to Vagsoy
7 – Ride to Alesund via Geiranger ferry and Trollstigen
8 – Stay in Alesund, ride to Atlantic Road
9 – Stay in Alesund
10 – Ride to Jolster
11 – Ride to Bergen via Gaularfjellet tourist road and Balestrand
12 – Ride to Stavanger
13 – Ride to Kristiansand – either via Jaeren tourist road or via Lysefjord ferry, Lysebotn road and Sirdal
14 – Return bikes. Zoo. Sleep.
15 – Return home.

I’ve tried to keep the days around 200 miles or less, and maybe 8 hours a day on the bikes with ferries and occasional breaks (we’re fine with 250 mile days in the mountains here in the southeastern US, and we’re okay with riding in the rain). I’m sure I’m overthinking this, but since it’s our first motorcycle trip outside the US and we’re not at all familiar with the country (yet), I want to make sure I haven’t set us up for something we can’t do.

So… does this plan make sense?

(I told you it would be long. Thanks for reading all of this.)