Honduras

Honduran Girl

Norway

Stave Church

• Here's a pic of the smoking warnings they put on their cigarette packs. Apparently they take it seriously! But quite a few people seemed to be lighting up anyway...
• A view from my relative's dairy farm on the island of Finnoy. There are rocks on the property that the government won't let them move because they have depressions carved in them that supposedly date back to the Vikings.
• Some of the roads in fjord country get interesting. One surprise to me was how many waterfalls and tunnels there were. Most of their electricity is hydro-generated. Another fjord. Another waterfall.
• Norway has a lot of public art, especially Oslo. The sculpture "Monolith" in Oslo was done by Vigeland.

Brazil

Island of Morro de Sau Paulo, Brazil

USA, Minnesota, Lake Superior's North Shore

Superior Hiking Trail

North Shore of Lake Superior

The weekend of September 17-19, 2004 I set out to backpack the northern-most two sections of the Superior Hiking Trail on Lake Superior in far northeastern Minnesota. I started at Arrowhead Trail and went north to the trail's end at Otter Lake Road near the Canadian border. I anticipated the leaves would have been well on their way to full fall glory by this time, but there was just a dusting of color. Here's a shot of Lake Superior from one of the highest points on the trail. It was a great trip, which I hope to be the first of several to hike the entire length of the trail.