Hjemkomst=Homecoming

Today I
traveled
to Norway -

in my
mind.

I figured

it was

about time

for my escape.

My four guys

had each

had theirs.

So after Noah's
honor band
concert,

we navigated
our way

to Moorhead's
Hjemkomst Center.

The place

houses

two

modern-day 

replicas

of
ancient
Norwegian
history:

the

Hopperstad

Stave Church

found in
the community
of Vik

on

Norway's

western

coast

and the
Gokstad Ship
housed in
Oslo's
Viking Ship
Museum.

Norwegian friends

and family

who've visited

the Fargo-Moorhead area

were surprised

to learn I'd never toured

the center.

Today was
my third time
- in 18 months -
coming through
Minnesota's
northwestern region.

The rest of our day's schedule
was wide open.

What

better time

to explore

Noah's

ancestoral

heritage? 

What an
opportunity
to reminisce
on my second
homeland?

The

two-hour

tour

lived up to

the interpretive

center's name

 

"Hjemkomst=Homecoming."