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

Sunday, September 28, 2014

around duluth and superior

 
lumber baron's home is superior
 
 
more red Berry's, this time i
know what hey are.
rose hips which are edible
and make great jellie
i know this first hand

 
flower


 
the last two were of duluth
between duluth and superior it is
one of the largest ports in the country





 
the leaves are at their peak
according to the news and online


 
these are all in one area also just about
a mile up from the campground


 
a little stream just up from the campground

 
shrooms

 
a superior beach indeed
 
 
little sandy bay, up by the apical islands
we were thinking about a cruse around
the islands but too late in the season
everything was closed
 
tomorrow it is going to rain so we thought we
would do up the dirty laundry have the
oil changed in the truck and be ready for
the move on tuesday morning