Also keep in mind that the tradition of CARVING the
"mooring holes" can be traced to Scandinavia...and
therefore does in all likelyhood mark the presence of
Scandinavian immigrants in residence here in the upper
midwest.(I live in a tiny dormatory village north of
Moorhead.) However, do remember, Vikings Gots Legs, as
the BC character would remark. They had vast overland
traderoutes east of Scandinavia to the Black Sea.

Soooo, finding a Scand "Hole-Inna-Rock" does not
necessarily mean it was mooring a boat. Judy Rudibusch
has lots of evidence to show they were used quite
often
as flag-pole holders to claim territory, mark property
bounderies or tether animals onland as well as boats
at a water's edge. Stock did too come on the larger
craft. As an experienced camper in my younger days, i
can think of over a dozen uses for the tri-sided holes
to prop, fasten, support, hold or assist any number of
camp/subsistance tasks or structures. Connecting the
dots is a good idea. But dont count on expecting that
data to tell you where the water levels were. The hole
technique was in all likelyhood used to solve a varied
assortment of problems, the least of them being a
loose
painter.

Just thinkin'
-chris

--- roger_e_nelson <no_reply@yahoogroups.com> wrote:

> hilgren,
>
> I may seem to be asleep, its just that I have said
> all I have to say
> about the KRS long ago.
>
> If someone states that there is a Templar connection
> and has proof,
> I
> am hardly surprised. I have no doubt that the
> Templars had extensive
> knowledge of North America, it as a source of some
> of their wealth
> information and they passed this to thier
> successors.
>
> The residents of the Northern realms including
> Greenland and Iceland
> for many years went to trade with the natives of
> this continent.
> Later when thier settlements failed many moved here,
> others went to
> Europe and became guides to the new colonists and
> traders. The
> tradition of using norsemen as guides continued into
> the 17th and
> 18th Centuries, when the Hudsons' Bay company hired
> exclusively from
> the Orkneys.
>
> Even the French who preceded the English in the west
> drew on
> knowledge from both the Northmen and Esotheric
> sources associated
> with Templar suvivor organizations. Montreal that
> was the jumping
> off point for trading activity was run by the
> Sulpicians.
>
> The speculations of Dan Brown in his book came as no
> surprise, I
> would rather hear though about hard evidence than
> fictional
> speculations. So please tell us what you have I
> will read it with
> great interest and try to understand the
> interrelationship between
> it and the other information that I have learned
> over the
> intervening years.
>
> Roger
>
>
>
>
> --- In americanrunestones@yahoogroups.com, "hilgren"
> <hilgren@...>
> wrote:
> >
> > I have posted a photo of the KRS and a mooring
> stone I found on the
> > 4th of July. It is the first in this area and a
> few miles upsteam
> from
> > where I am looking for an ancient viking ship in a
> small
> lake....REALLY.
> >
>
>
>
>
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