Monday, August 31, 2020

Last of Three ND Camping and Caching Adventures

The third goal of our trip to North Dakota was to complete the five Adventure Labs that are currently in the Fargo Moorhead area. Unlike most of the Adventure Lab caches we have placed and have completed, these ALs had 10 stops each, so there was some overlapping between the Fargo Moorhead Geo Tour and stops on the Adventure Lab caches. As is most often the case with geocaching, we see things we would not ordinarily see, and learn something we did not know prior to the adventure.

The first set of photos are from the three Adventure Labs in Moorhead.

butterflies were visiting the flowers at the MB Johnson Park




cabin was rebuilt to its original size through the efforts of his grandson


an early settler and opportunist



Hjemkomst Center (museum)



"Hopperstad Stave Church is a historic parish church of the Church of Norway in Vik Municipality in Vestland county, Norway. It is located in the village of Vikøyri. It was once the church for the Hopperstad parish in the Diocese of Bjørgvin. The brown, wooden stave church was built during the 12th century. The church seats about 30 people."


"The stave church is assumed to have been built around the year 1130 and still stands at its original location." (in Norway)


one of the four ornate doors to the church




campus was rather quiet during our visit, some students were returning


lots of rose bushes on the campus



And finally, the two Adventure Lab caches that took us around the downtown area of Fargo. The focus was art by local artists...murals, sculptures, walls, alleys, electrical boxes, skywalks, etc. These two were walking tours.


a wet plate of Greta Thunberg from her visit to 
the Standing Rock Sioux Reservation


colorful bison 













And that ends another camping caching adventure from this summer. We have one more planned for September. In the meantime, there is time spent with the grandkids before they return to school and some day long road trips for geocaching. 



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