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I asked if I could take their photograph, they said sure. I think there’s three generations here.

I guess this is just the boys going out for a ride, the girls sleds aren’t going anywhere.

A couple of buddies over for steak on the grill.

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Flying to Scandinavia at night in the summer the sun appears from the north.

The magnificent Viking Hall at Borre

This is a local girl taking a survey of the visitors to Borre and the Midgard Historical Center. There's an effort to get this listed as a world heritage site. We are all for it.

Preikestolen. Kaia says it means preachers rock.

This is the only photo of the two travelers to Norway on this Rover trip in July 2014. I think, if I got my facts straight, some guy wanted me to take his picture, I said no problem, and he returned the favor. It takes 2 1/2 hours to get here. So plan accordingly. That's after you take the ferry from Stavanger. A lot of these places in Norway, you can plan a full day, just to get there.

Heddal Stave Church completed by 1250, extensive restoration done in 1952.

Heddal Stave Church completed by 1250, extensive restoration done in 1952.

Looking down at Greenland... amazing view.

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The Norwegian-American church in Minneapolis Minnesota

Some of the beautiful stained-glass windows of the American Norwegian Church in Minneapolis.

Tina thing Helseth. I got this photo from the internet.

We were in the balcony Judy, Kaia and Heidi.

This is a concert at the Norwegian-American church in Minneapolis. It was almost a full house to hear Tina Thing Helseth on trumpet and Bretton Brown on Steinway grand piano.

The Avid hikers meetup group at Afton State Park MN March 23 2014.

Afton State Park MN.

This is the loop that we made in the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness last weekend. 1/10 to 13/2014. The trip was organized and lead by Patrick Elliott. There was three of us Patrick and David and myself Jim. We had a fantastic time as we arrived just when the polar vortex cleared the area. So we had temperatures in the teens and 20s but overcast the whole time. We were back there four days and three nights. Each number on this map represents one 10th of a mile. We covered 12 to 13 miles pulling sleds with our camping gear.

This is Patrick and David just after we finished crossing our first lake, Round lake.