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The reasons for taking off on a road trip can be varied and many, but its basic nature is that you have a need to go elsewhere. Simple eh? For us, it was the weather that forced us out on the roads in our old Chevy truck.

The story about judge Roy Bean always fascinated people. Let’s go visit Jormvattnet and check out the modern tale.

Many people heard about Roy Bean from the cartoons of Lucky Luke, and so did I. Roy Bean was a colorful character that became a legend of the Old West, “Hanging Judge Roy Bean”. He held court sessions in his saloon along the Rio Grande River in a desolate stretch of the Chihuahuan Desert of West Texas. Although he is in good company among other legends he remains one of the more fascinating.

When leaving the Kiruna city border for the last 100 km trek to Riksgränsen, you notice you have already passed the last tree a long time ago. Except for bushes and some mountain birches the vegetation contains not much else at all.