Viking Navigation LLC: Guiding you across turbulent and stormy government relations seas.

Viking Navigation LLC (Viking) is a government relations consulting practice representing entrepreneurs and local governments before the White House, federal departments and agencies, and the U.S. Congress.  Viking Principal Adam Nordstrom has over a quarter-century of Capitol Hill, lobbying, campaign, and state government experience.  Viking will guide your enterprise on a successful voyage as you interact with your elected government.

Viking protects your rights

Protecting and promoting your constitutional rights:  The First Amendment devotes half of its text to guaranteeing “the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.”  In other words: “lobbying.”

In 1793 the bureaucracy was small and each of the 105 U.S. Representatives [2] served roughly 30,000 constituents in a country with a total population—slave and free—of 3.9 million people.

Given those ratios, a lone citizen could persuasively advocate for change, know their congressman, and as late as the 1860s, obtain a meeting with the President by strolling through the front door of the White House.

Today, the federal bureaucracy has three times as many officials, employees, contractors, and proxy administrators than the U.S. had people in 1793!  Congress has four times as many Representatives and each represents 20 times as many people.  A paramilitary force of 7,000 with a $3 billion budget exists to ensure you never meet your President.

The math is not in your favor!  Acting on your own, your First Amendment right to petition your government is made meaningless by the incredible ratios involved.  You need a professional plan.

Bipartisan relationships

Building relationships across political divides: Bipartisanship is not dead; but it is on life support.  Sustainable success in Washington occurs when differing ideologies work together.  Bipartisanship is much rarer than it should be.  It needs careful planning and professional advocacy to incubate cooperation.  Adam Nordstrom, Viking Principal, will guide you through the day-to-day political food fights to secure lasting and valuable change.

Adam Nordstrom’s prior bipartisan efforts include service as the Washington representative for five governors from across the political spectrum.  He has secured 2,400 individual endorsements by Members of Congress in the form of “cosponsorships” for bills.  He led seven House bills and six senate bills to a majority support—218 Representatives and 51 Senators—and subsequent enactment of eleven of those initiatives created over over $5 billion in value.

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A Viking’s Walkabout: | Prologue | Day 01 Calif. to Az. | Day 02 Az. to N.M. | Day 03 N.M. to Colo. | Day 04 Colo. | Day 05 Colo., Kan., Neb. | Day 06 Part 1 Neb. | Day 6 Part 2 Neb. to S.D. | Day 07 S.D., Wy., Mont. | Day 08 Mont. to Alta. | Day 09 Alta. (Banff) | Day 10 Alta. (Grande Cache) | Day 11 Alta. to B.C. | Day 12 B.C. to Yukon | Day 13 Yukon | Day 14 Yukon to Alaska | Day 15 Alaska (Coldfoot) | Day 16 Part 1 Alaska (Atigun Pass) | Day 16 Part 2 Alaska (Deadhorse) | Day 17 Alaska (Prudhoe Bay) | Day 18 Alaska (Fairbanks) | Day 19 Alaska (Anchorage) | Day 20 Alaska (Anchorage) | Day 21 Alaska (Tok) | Day 22 Alaska to Yukon | Day 23 Yukon | Day 24 Yukon to B.C. | Day 25 B.C. (Prince Rupert) | Day 26 B.C. (Prince George) | Day 27 B.C. (Vancouver) | Day 28 B.C. to Wash. | Day 29 Wash. to Or. | Day 30 Or. | Day 31 Or. to Calif. | Day 32 Calif. |

  • A Viking’s Walkabout – Prologue

    A Viking’s Walkabout – Prologue

    In 1993 I envisioned a trip from Patagonia to Prudhoe Bay. For 30 years I have held onto this dream while building a career funding infrastructure projects. And what is a continent-spanning road if not one of the greatest of projects possible? My goal: Depart L.A., reach the Arctic Ocean, solo, and return safely…

  • A Viking’s Walkabout – Day 32

    A Viking’s Walkabout – Day 32

    Sacramento to Orange County, Calif.

  • A Viking’s Walkabout – Day 31

    A Viking’s Walkabout – Day 31

    Klamath Falls, Or. to Crater Lake to Lassen National Park to Sacramento, Calif.

  • A Viking’s Walkabout – Day 30

    A Viking’s Walkabout – Day 30

    Hillsboro, to Troutdale to Multnomah Falls, Or. to Bridge of the Gods to Hood River Bridge through Washington to Mt. Hood, Bend and Klamath Falls, Or.