Høstfest!

The Høstfest was fantastic! There was so much information, so many displays, so much to buy. It is held at the Fairgrounds in Minot. A very talented woodcarver has made many, many woodcarvings that are spaced out all over the venue.

I had to take a photo of the troll with a fish.














The carving of Myron Floren looks just like him.









Gary got to taste his first Walleye. Most of the food booths are run by the area churches and there are a lot of churches. You can buy lefse at many booths as well as several push carts. And, yes, there was a church that sold a Lutefisk, Swedish meatball and lefse dinner that Gary and Mom both said was fantastic.

One thing that probably shouldn't have surprised me so much is how many tall blond people are here. I usually can find Gary easily in a crowd. Here he seems to be just average and I feel kind of short. And I kept seeing people who looked like friends and relatives. It is that Scandinavian look that we don't realize is as predominant as it really is until you get a lot of them together.

Today we drove around Minot trying to find homes our relatives lived in. We couldn't find my grandmother's house, but did find my Aunt and Uncle's former house. Then we found something wonderful.


Minot has a Scandinavian Heritage Center that is just amazing. There is a recreation of a Stave church as well as a couple of buildings that were moved to Minot from Norway.And note the size of Gary next to the Dala Horse.














It was another great day. Tomorrow we'll see my cousins.