My days are filled with random events that are
priorities but in no particular order. Anything
and everything from watching/listening to online
sermons, exercising with Blake, house work, fishing,
hiking, studying Norwegian, and job searching.
I was attempting to be brave this day by going out
to fish. Unfortunately the wind and rain prevented
me from doing so. This photo was taken on the
SW side of Karmøy.
Kristine's mother Sølvi has been showing me new
places to hike. This is a small building room thing...
I have no idea. I found it on the way to a cabin
located back in the woods near a lake.
This is the cabin I was hiking to. The weather was
quite poor that day so this photo was taken with my
phone inside a zip-lock bag. I would have
taken many more pictures if the weather was better.
On the way to this cabin were a few walking bridges.
There was so much water that the bridges were
submerged by about 4 inches of water.
It was quite funny because Blake didn't
realize there were bridges at all and he would just
swim next to the bridges as I walked on them.
I often fish on a pier located in Sandve.
The fish are always biting here. After
I catch one that I plan to keep, I make
sure Blake stays away while I deal with
the fish. He's quite curious to know what
I'm doing. On one side of the pier, there
are step like layers. With low tide, we
stand on the lowest level for better
fishing access.
This Pollack (Lyr in Norwegian) is the
last decent sized fish I caught. Doesn't
look too big but in comparison with my
shoe, it's quite large. Especially for being
caught near the shore.
This photo was taken while on a walk near the island
of Salvøy. I like areas where the water flows between
sections of housing acting almost as road.
Karl Newman and I took a visit to Amdahl farm
last Friday to visit Kristine's grandparents. Although
her grandparents do speak some English, times like this
are great for me to practice my Norwegian. I enjoy teaching
them English and they enjoy teaching me Norwegian. This
picture is an old foundation to a house that once existed
on the farm property.
There are many rocks that have fallen
from the mountain behind the farm house.
I was told most of them fell because of
the last ice age.
Kristine's grandparents gave Karl and I
a tour of the farm property.
Each time her grandparents give me a tour, it feels
like we're taking a trip back into history. So much
history at Amdahl farm.
This tree is currently alive and growing
inside a rock which will eventually split.
These are a few neat rocks Kristine's grandfather
has found while working around the farm.
Different look...
We went back to Amdahl farm to visit her
grandparents for fathers day. My mom sent
me a picture my parent's yard which was
covered in snow. A lot different than the
weather we've had in Norway. Constant
rain lately.
What's the fall season without a pumpkin?
I really like eating pumpkin seeds.
Since we bought a pumpkin, may as well
put a candle inside.
This next part of the blog is all about FLL (First Lego League).
FLL is an international organization I was apart of
in America. It's difficult to explain but I will do my
best. If you have further interest, visit www.firstlegoleague.org
for more information.
Basically speaking, FLL is a combination of math,
science, and engineering. I know what you're all thinking...
"Why are you, Corey John Meyer, of all people,
involved with that?" Well, I was an education major
at Augustana College and found out that there was
a summer job as an FLL instructor. I taught
computer programming, researching, and presenting.
Each year, FLL has a topic. This year was education
so teams of students aged 9-14 researched education, presented
a project and created programming for their robots. The
"board" that the robots compete on have challenges
that the robots must complete for points. This board
had an educational theme. FLL is educational
and fun at the same time. There are local, regional,
national, and international tournaments. So while
I was in America, I was apart of the South Dakota
Robotics Association.
This was before the competition. We (judges) were
going through the rules and regulations one last time
before the robot competition.
Picture of the two boards.
The robots were programmed in advance to drive
around on the board and complete tasks.
In order for the teams to score the most points,
they had to program their robot really well
with lots of practice before the tournament.
Some robots were extremely complex. Quite
impressive!
There were two judges for each table. After
each round, one of the judges explains to the
kids which tasks they completed. The other judge
reset the board for the next match.
Teams can be very large but only two members
from each team was allowed to be near the board
during the competition.
These were the awards and trophy's.
Some of the robots were so complex, I could hardly
understand how they functioned. Amazing that
such young people can be so creative.
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