Hunter's Fast Ball

Today Hunter got his shot at the All Star Strike Zone challenge. He won the challenge for the 3rd graders with a 58 mph fast ball. He won a lovely bat shaped pen!

Go Hunter!!

Legend: Norwegian Food is White

They say all Norwegian food is white but we really didn't find that was true. But, just for fun, I did note a couple of times that white food turned up. On our trip up a mountain, we stopped for an asparagus soup and bread lunch. Even the asparagus was white. Later, I plated up a dinner of white food, just to see if I could. OK, so the potatoes have a lovely brown crust on them. You can't fault the Norwegians for their tasty potatoes! Nothing like them in the good ol' USA.

We promised pictures

The Midnight Runs in Reykjavik, Iceland featured a 3K, a 5K, and a 10K race. Kim and Adam easily ran the 3K in a few minutes and are now the proud owners of Icelandic medals strung on striped ribbons. It was a thrilling night in the bright light and such fun to participate in this international affair.

NEWS FLASH! Kim & Adam Running the Reykjavik 3K

Tonight's the night for the Reykjavik Runs. Start time: 10 p.m.

Icelanders like to make use of their "Bright Nights." Kim and Adam signed up for the 3K run and Allen and I will be there to photograph the results (in the daylight)...stay tuned! The prize for finishing is a free swim in the thermal pool not far from our hotel.

See you there!

We stopped in a graveyard at a Lutheran church in Voss...we were looking for Gjerde graves. Found one being tended by some Gjerdes who had ridden in on their bicycles. An exchange happened at the grave--perhaps Allen is related to these Gjerdes. We were invited to their house (close by) to check into the family tree book. Alas, we were on tour...no time. We exchanged email addresses...who knows? We'll see...


The fjord picture is the narrowest part of the Sognefjord...we slipped through on the right arm.

What A Country!

Hello from Bergen! We're all well and happy,spoiled rotten by our tour and British tour director, Barry (from Manchester). We're traveling with Aussies, New Zealanders, Bombay Indians,Canadians, and seven Americans. Top picture is the Hanseatic League houses across the water from our Clarion hotel...the Fish Market is at the end.

Second picture: We're floating down the Sognefjorden while the goats are walking home. We've lost track of where we are. One thing we know for sure: we're somewhere in the mountains. Tonight we sleep at a ski chalet in Rauland. Tomorrow we stop at Vermork before moving on to Oslo.

Blake's First Fish

Blake's cub scout den had a fishing derby today. Blake caught his first fish. He waited and waited and waited and in the last three minutes it finally happened.