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



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

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

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

ok,ok i missed a day

 

on thursday we went up past sturgeon bay

looking for light houses

we found a few most seem to be tucked

back behind, around or under some

goofy lettered street letter like dd, ca, oo

you get the point

this one is as far out on that little

finger that sticks up above green bay

 

 

 

some underwater rocks and sand

 

 

the beach and lake next to

the underwater rocks

 

 

ok i lied this is the lighthouse that is the

furthest out on the finger

 

 

looking back at the second furthest lighthouse

from the furthest lighthouse

 

 

as we were cruising around we came across

a park called cave point

the lake has undermined the

rocks causing caves

that the water sloshes in and out

 

 

a view across some bay, can't remember which one

 

 

another lighthouse in the same area

mosquito breeding ground i swear

 

 

some pretty berrys, i didn't eat them but thought about it

 

 

today was moving day, all hooked up

and ready to go

 

 

took a little break and ended up on a dirt road

surprise, surprise but it was a

smooth road which

took us back to the main road.

 

we are now just outside of superior, wi

we will start looking around tomorrow

in this area as well as duluth

heard there was a good deli on the

waterfront that smokes their own meats