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Finally in my native Norway...home of my ancestors
... assured me that the time spent traveling through the countryside would be the most interesting part of the trip so he could see the farmland and timber production stands. I guess I have worn him out dragging him from place to place. By the way, today he turned 77 years of age. It is not an age you would assign to him had you just met him, as he looks and acts years younger than that. I guess I am pretty lucky to have someone so active as him as a ...
In Norway, and It's Raining... Bummer!
... third of each tree has live needles, which is what we strive for at Beckon Ridge. Our trees grow faster than what we are seeing here. Here, it appears that only bout 1-2 feet of new growth occurs annually, which is about half what we expect at home. Of course, the reason is that at this latitude the growing season is very short, much like our conditions in the high Cascades.
Late this afternoon, we stopped at an ...
Trondheim slikovito norveško mestece
V Lillehammerju naletimo na mednarodni kolesarski maraton. Ceste v kraju so zaprte, tako da z obilo iznajdljivosti, obračanja in vzvratne vožnje avtobus pripelje pod vznožje smučarske skakalnice. Večina jih gre z žičnico na vrh. Jaz pa zavijem v gozd in raziskujem trave, poljsko cvetje in občudujem jezero v dolini. Spustimo se v Lillehammer in se sprehodimo po ljubkem mestecu med stojnicami naloženimi s siri, klobasami, vloženo zelenjavo ...
Meeting the Relatives
... to see the farm Helge and Karin used to own. Helge took us on another tour of the Olympic Ski Jump. We got to see a person jump. Not enough Aquivit made to get me to do something like that!. We also made a stop at the Cross Country ski start and finish line as well as the shooting range for the biatholon. There are several reminders of the '94 Olympics around the city. Karin prepared Rommegrot and Stylte (not sure on the spelling but it ...
And They Like The Snow?
... made in every decade of the 20th century. We walked back through the Olympic park, which looked very different than a day before without the Birkebeiner crowds.
Norway was my longest trip beside Easter break in a few weeks. The entire trip I could not get over how beautiful it was. Being in a valley you are always aware of the horizon, but not sure how far away everything really is.
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