Yesterday's Post

Whoops. Forgot to do this yesterday, and yesterday was very eventful.

Yesterday we drove to a place called Gloppedalsura. Gloppedalsura is a terminal glacial moraine. What's that? When a glacier moves forward it collects rocks and stuff in it. When it recedes it leave a pile of rubble. That's the moraine. The terminal moraine is the final pile. Gloppedal is a rare sight because it's actually where a second glacier came through an already formed glacial valley.

The road to the moraine is of course very scenic and treacherous. When we got there it was raining. We got out and walked around, but it was too wet and too cold to really explore much. So we continued on to a restaurant and gift shop near there. The restaurant had typical Norwegian fare. The gift shop, however, was enormous. They specialized in candles, and they actually built the store onto the side of the mountain.

After the gift shop we drove back to Stavanger and drove around to some of the Stavanger sights. The first stop was the 3 swords monument on Hafrs fjord. It's a dedication to a battle there that unified Norway as a kingdom. By this time the rain had cleared and it was sunny, so it made a nice scene. It was also the first time I slipped and fell. The first of many I'm sure.

We then continued on to a park along the North Sea. The park was basically a long path and a lot of rock. At one point there's a huge chain link in the rock set as a dedication to a sunken ship. It was cold and windy, but I loved it there. There were tons of rocks to climb on and a lot of exploring that could be done, not to mention the scenery. I will probably go back.

Finally we drove to Stokka Lake. We just walked down and looked at it. It has a very nice running trail which I'm looking forward to using. There was 3 swans near the lake. When they saw us they came over expecting some bread. When we didn't have any they got mad. It probably didn't help that Spencer was taunting them.

That's about it. An eventful day.