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"The Rexall"
The lone drugstore in Enderlin ND closes at noon on Saturday and is closed all day Sunday. Day 7 Enderlin - Glendive, MT
Visiting with Aunt Gladys and Uncle Palmer was a wonderful way to start our day!
Uncle Palmer came over to visit as Aunt Gladys made a yummy warm breakfast for us. We experienced our first overcast morning with a short rain shower as we ate.
Palmer walked back home and brought his puppy over to play. We caught up on some family news, looked at a few pictures, and got advice about what roads to take and what sites not to miss.
Next, the job we were not looking forward to . . .de-bugging the van. Gladys handed us a bottle of Windex and a roll of paper towels. We had to scrub the windshield and headlights. Don offered to take the van over to the carwash, but what was the point, we were hitting the road again in a bit, and well....the great bug death march would most likely continue.
Gladys hopped in the car with us and became our personal tour guide, of Enderlin, ND.
The highlights included the Rexall, post office, the meat locker, the library, and the school. Don noted that many of the business closed before
or at noon on a Saturday. Very different retail practices than back home.
Next we drove out over the dike to the Coulee Rd. We saw the grassy area that once was Grandma Oslie’s and The Dehn’e homes.
Back out and up the hill to the old farm. Brian and his
shooting club, the Sheyenne Valley Peacemakers have revitalized the once overgrown abandon farm into a beautiful park like area that hosts state wide, champion shooting events. The theme is that of an old western town with a saloon, a school house, and barber shop. Visitors and competitors can camp out in tents or small RV’s. The local Lion’s Club has even held an event out there. Brian and his group hosted over 200 visitors last weekend, giving a nice boost to the Enderlin economy.
After saying our good-byes and thank you's, we headed west across North Dakota plains. We weren't on the road too long before we were treated to the Worlds Largest Buffalo outside the National Buffalo Museum in Jamestown, ND. The area was set up as a wild west town, complete with a town drunk and a gunfight. The shops along Main Street housed locally owned businesses, most of
The School/Church
This is out at Brian's Shooting club....it is very cute! He has done a wonderful job!! which were artisans and a scattering of trinket and souvenir shops. We stopped in a one room school house and had the opportunity to talk with an old “school marm” who actually taught in a very similar school. She had 15 students and taught all the grades.
After driving through a heavy thunderstorm, we were greeted by and rainbow as we got gas. Plains thunderstorms can be scary and this one was no exception. After another hour or so, we reached
Theodore Roosevelt National Park. This park included the North Dakota Badlands, so-called because they were “bad lands to cross.” The drive through the park was pretty amazing (see photos). As we left the park and headed to Glendive, MT, we drove off into a beautiful high planes sunset.
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