What a great summer this has been for us, and I hope you as well. The theme for it would have to be "Friends and Family", because we were fortunate enough to spend lots of time with both groups. We spent most of June visiting around, and then had a wonderful family reunion, and finally settled in Dickinson so Bob and Jean could begin destroying and rebuilding. During the time they were doing that, Bob and I attended his class reunion, and then two weeks later Jean and I attended ours~~40 year reunions are the best, because there's just no pretences! [View Full Entry]

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Days 4 & 5 Yesterdays ride started out in the North West corner of North Dakota. I headed roughly North East, to find a part of the Little Missouri. I was following one of the about 3 “scenic” roads in the state and I was not disappointed to find myself in the Bad Lands on North Dakota. For those of you familiar with the bad lands of South Dakota, these are a bit tamer, but still exist. It is if God drew a dull knife though the landscape, a great rip of the tundra opens to canyons and valleys that I [View Full Entry]

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Evil North Dakota Ok. I have a lot of writing to catch up on! I left off in the Twin Cities almost a full week ago! A lot has happened since. We left Minnesota - land of lakes - and continued through the rest of Minnesota and through the rest of North Dakota. That was the worst day of driving that we had. Hayfield after hayfield. Bale of hay after bale of hay. It was a nightmare. North Dakota had to be the worst drive ever created. There is literally nothing to see. I thought we were going to go crazy. [View Full Entry]

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We head home today. If you look at the 1st picture you will see that the morning did not dawn with sunshine. Cloudy, and pretty sure it is going to rain on us. Since the weather looks bad we decide to get going right away and find breakfast on the way. From Mobridge we head east on 12 to Hwy 83. Turn north on 83 to take us into ND. It's not raining yet, but doesn't look good. We come into Herrod SD and I now have to drive in the worst road contruction I can imagine. It was slimy, mud [View Full Entry]

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Today it is the girls turn to leave. Connie gets to my house about 10AM and we are on our way. The day is sunny and dry. The temp is a little cool, but that is OK. Our route of course begins on County Rd 17 South to Hwy 46, and we are on our way west. Enderlin, hmm, sounds like a good place to stop. We choose The Friendly Bar. Of course, since it is before noon we are the only ones in the bar. The bartender/owner is very friendly and we visit for awhile. Back on the bikes and [View Full Entry]

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Our summer vacation begins a little different this year. The guys will be taking off first heading through Montana, across Bear Tooth Highway, back across Wyoming meeting us in Montana. Connie and I will be taking the "slow" road through North Dakota, South Dakota and then meet up with Steve and Del in Montana. So today begins with Del leaving at 6:45am to meet up with Steve and Mark in Casselton for breakfast. The morning is kind of cloudy and looks like it could be rainy. I'm spending my picking up the house, washing clothes and packing. Connie and I meet [View Full Entry]

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Day 4 - Well, today we need to head back home. Our choices to cross the Missouri River are either Bismarck ND or Mobridge SD. We decide to go through Mobridge. That means I have about 130 miles to prepare myself for crossing the bridge. In case you don't know, I am terribly afraid of bridges. But I'm sure I will make it. As I see the bridge come in to view I start taking deep breaths and telling myself I can do this. If not me, there is no one else to get my bike over to the east side. [View Full Entry]

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Day 1. My first ride without Del. Connie and I were on our way about 4:30 today. Our final destination for the night was Napoleon, ND but before that we HAD to make a few stops. First stop was Enderlin grocery store for a bottle of water and some chocolate. Back on the bikes and a stop at Sandy's Gas station to fill. OPPS, Sandy's was closed. So on we go to Gackle. Gas station closed. Next best stop was Dani's Place. The local beer establishment. Very friendly bartender. She helped us with our Scavenger Hunt items. We got our Dollar [View Full Entry]

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Jean’s House (aka: Antelope Creek Kennels) It’s the middle of July, we’re half way through summer, and this is the first time I’ve blogged since we left project; it’s like starting a Christmas letter~~I’m wondering where to begin! Since leaving Ohio we’ve visited all our kids (they’re all great, and the grandkids are extra-great!), had a family reunion on Bob’s side of the family (a remarkable time to see the young kids, now married with kids of their own~~which leaves us as the older part of the family…how did that happen s [View Full Entry]

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Had a wild time over the 4th of July with: The 7 of us Siblings, 6 Siblings in laws, 14 nieces, 8 nephews, (in and out laws) 6 grand nieces and 4 grand nephews [View Full Entry]

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