Saturday, October 4, 2014

teddy's park

 today we are on the move,
heading home. we ended up in
sheridan wyoming
should be in heber tomorrow
 
along the way we visited teddy roosevelt's
national park in south west north dakota
 
this is the painted valley area
 
 

 
look buffalo on the prairie


some interesting clouds
heading into wyoming


Friday, October 3, 2014

the enchanted highway



today outside of bismark we ran across these
very large pieces of art,
some were on the interstate
but most were between gladstone
and regent on the enchanted highway




 
the drive to geese in flight is lined with
poles with geese on them
 
 
this is the actual piece, remember these are
between 30 and 40 feet tall all made by
the same artist
 
 
 this one is deer crossing
 
 
this one is power pole
not actually part of the art pieces
but i thought i would throw it in
 

 
grasshoppers in the field
 
 
fisherman's dream
 
 
pheasants in the field
 
 
the tin family
 



 
and a few shots of the surrounding farmland
lots of hay, corn and sunflowers
 
and i was just wondering if anyone else
knew how much water north dakota has
puddles, ponds, lakes, and rivers i had no idea

Wednesday, October 1, 2014

where is waldo anyway

 
 
bet you have been wondering where
we have been, well we seemed to
have ended up in norway,
boy was that a wrong turn
 
 
actually this is a smoke house in
a park dedicated to scandinavia
located in minot north dakota
who would have thought
 

 
the largest building seems to be
set up as a church or meeting house
i suppose if you read all of the
plaques around it would tell you everything
you needed to know, but you know me
 


 
i did take a photo of the Plaque that went
with the painted horse
 

 
taken inside of the meeting hall,
i didn't know that the vikings had
such cushy chairs
 



 
taken from a distance, it is a pretty
impressive building
 
 
amazing detail in the carving and wouldn't
you like to have been the one putting up
all of those shingles