The night train to Ostersund was interesting. It wasn't quite as comfortable as we had expected, but we did get some sleep. By now it wasn't ever really getting dark, which made convincing yourself to go to sleep a little hard. And, as fate would have it, the train arrived 40 minutes early. 
The difference between 6:20a and 7:00a always seems like alot to me.We walked through the sleeping town to our hotel to drop off our bags. Even though we weren't even registered yet they invited us to indulge in the massive buffet breakfast - that amazingly friendly Swedish culture that we experienced again and again. After breakfast we walked around town and waited for the vistor center/bike rental center to open at 9a.
We got a pair of really nice mountain bikes at the visitors center and headed to the bike trails on the island of Froson. It was cloudy and it had been sprinkling a little bit, but the weather was supposed to turn toward partly cloudy. However, about seven miles out of town it started to rain. We stopped to get out of the rain and tour Froso Church, a small, wooden church that was first built in about 800 and had recently been restored. 
It was really beautiful inside with sea themed murals. When we left the church it was still raining so we went across the road to The Music Cafe where we had waffles with cloudberries and hot coffee until we were nice and dry. It was becoming obvious that the rain wasn't going to stop, so we decided to head back to town and our hotel room rather than ride on in the pouring rain. We were cold and soaked when we got back, but it had been a great ride.
It did eventually stop raining and we headed out for a late lunch and to walk around the town. Before we left the next day we took a ride on the S S Thomee, an 1875 lake steamship, to tour a small part of Lake Storsjon. The lake is huge. 
After riding for more than an hour we came upon the open center of the lake and though we could see the moutains rising on the other side, we couldn't see the shore as it was beyond the horizon. The lake is said to be home to a lake monster that is a relative of the Loch Ness Monster.
