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| Description: Waking
up to the putt-putt of the "one-lunger" engine on this charming old wooden
boat was captivating |
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| Description: the
driveway to the Ebne place where fine herbs and plants are carefully and
beautifully grown |
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| Description: Keith
and Einar pose with the Ebnes beside their garden |
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| Description: Front
view of the lyngsenter (Heather nursery) and iterpretive center |
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| Description: inside
the gift shop of the lyngsenter |
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| Description: outside
among the many varieties of this important plant, heather |
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| Description: Peg
takes a walk along the tended rows of plants |
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| Description: the
remnants of a copper mine from where the statue of Liberty gets her copper |
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| Description: The
elevator system for the workers of the copper mine |
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| Description: another
feature of the copper mine |
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| Description: "Jacob
is not here; he has gone to Stavanger to emigrate to the United States,"
says his "sister." |
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| Description: Rotraud
role plays Keith's ancester's family as he arrives for the first glimpse
of the farmstead |
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| Description: Sonja
and Rotraud greet us in a special way at this special moment in this special
place. |
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| Description: With
the fjord view in the background, Sonja and Rotraud continue the reinactment
related to Keith's ancestors. |
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| Description: Overcome
with emotion and gratitude, Keith smiles through his tears. |
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| Description: The
first view of the pasture where the sheep are unimpressed with the silly
Americans. |
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| Description: Keith
and Rotraud walk toward the house Einar and Rotraud built. |
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| Description: PC,
Keith and Rotraud pose in front of the Slogvik home. |
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| Description: Einar
shows Keith the stone monument they installed for family members. |
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| Description: Daughter,
Sonja plays a musical greeting at the piano. |
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| Description: Peg
and Keith outside the Tysvær Community Center at Aksdal. The statue
is the artist, Lars Hertivig. |
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| Description: Keith
is greeted by the mayor and the cultural officer of the Tysvær municipality. |
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| Description: Ingvar
Frøyland, Cultural Officer, accepts the genealogy information of
the descendents of Jacob Slogvik. |
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| Description: Keith
meets his 4th cousin, Ingrid Austerheim. |
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| Description: The
Aksdal Emigration Concert featured (l-r) Andrew Harding, Hanne Krogh, and
Tom Russell. |
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| Description: Irish
Mick O'Brien, the ulien pipe player, can be seen seated on the far left. |
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| Description: Another
view of the concert. |
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| Description: Tom
Russell pays tribute to Hanne Krogh, Norway's sweetheart. |
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| Description: Keith
and Einar meet with the town reporter after he interviewed Keith for the
local paper. |
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| Description: Back
exhaused in our favorite hotel room. |
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