Dave rides his bike to school

Above: In a field full of sunflowers facing east, this lone plant decided to face west.

Above: When I saw this, I instantly thought of those (usually cheesy) inspirational posters with themes like “Teamwork”, “Achievement”, and “Courage”.

Above: I believe this plant is called “cattails”. However, when my sisters, my cousin Emily, and I were little kids, we called it “poop-on-a-stick”, which was undoubtedly the funniest thing we’d ever heard.

Above: Smile! The water tower in Hope, ND.

Above: People from Minnewaukan, ND, and all over the county, came to bid on items at an estate auction. The gem of the auction was a 1957 Lincoln, which sold for $17,500.

Above: Auctioneer Arlo, “ten-ten-ten-the-money’s-on-ten-who-can-give-me-eleven-eleven-HEY-we-got-eleven-eleven-eleven-who’s-got-eleven-fifty-eleven-fifty-HEY”

Above: A swampy lake in North Dakota. It seems like the farther east I travel, the more water there is. This is definitely not something you’d see in Eastern Montana.

Above: I took this picture on Sunday, July 15th. In retrospect, I think God might have been telling me to get off my bike and go to church.

Above: Here I am, in the center of it all!

Folks, I must apologize profusely for slacking off this past week. I didn’t write a single entry between Minot, ND and Fargo, ND. I think it was a combination of 3 things:
1) being impatient to get to Fargo. My 10-year high school reunion was the weekend of July 22nd, so I flew from Fargo to Houston for the weekend. I spent a lot of the preceding week just looking forward to seeing my friends over the weekend.
2) The scenery didn’t change much between Minot and Fargo.
3) It was hot!

Don’t get me wrong; I enjoyed riding through North Dakota. However, the majority of what I saw was farmland, which was pleasant, but for the most part it didn’t scream out to be captured on film.

OK, fine, basically I just got lazy.

The highlight of North Dakota, without a doubt, was Fargo. I stayed in Fargo with some friends of friends named the Jordheim’s, who are the nicest people in the world. They got me a free ticket to an outdoor performance of “Fiddler on the Roof”, which was super fun. They cooked fantastic, HEALTHY meals, and they even dropped me off and picked me up at the airport. I couldn’t be more thankful for their hospitality.

Also, while I was in Fargo, I saw Fargo’s Minor League Baseball team play Winnepeg. Fargo won in the bottom of the ninth, in a dramatic finish.

In my next posting, I’ll post some pictures from my high school reunion in Houston.

Now I’m headed to Northern Wisconsin to visit Red Arrow Camp, the summer camp where I was a camper for 5 summers, and later, a counselor for 2 additional summers. After that, I’m heading south for Chicago!

Tags: Travel

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