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Peace Gardens, Bottineau and Lake Metigoshe
North
Dakota -
July 9. We had a bit of trouble at the border. It all started when our
passports were misplaced during the move. Not to worry - we were
sure we'd come across them as we settled in. One fine Monday morning we
decided to go for a drive. We settled on the Peace Gardens as a
destination and then decided that while we were so close we should
check out a few places in North Dakota. Bev embarked on a mad scramble
to find those passports and sure enough, as I was waiting by the door
she shouted, "Found them" and a few minutes later we were on the road.
After a pleasant tour of the Peace Gardens, with a highlight being the
Cacti Exhibit, we pulled out of the parking lot and into the short
lineup at the US Border Crossing. It was then that Bev discovered that
the passports she had been so happy to have uncovered were in fact our
1973 Passports. We decided, "Well we might as well give it a
try," and proceeded. We explained the situation to an amused Border
Guard, who, expressed an interest in seeing what we would have looked
like when we were "young and good looking" in 1973. He had a good
laugh at the photos, exclaiming to me, "Hey you sure had hair!"
Then he
took our driver's licences into the office and came back soon to tell
us to proceed. We seemed to have made his day - and left both him
and
us with a story to tell.
Lake Metigoshe, North Dakota
The Storie Family Reunion was at Oak Lake on the weekend of July 14.
We travelled to Winnipeg on July 17 with
Jonah.
Jonah,
Geoff and Lindsay attended the Bomber game while we went for a good
walk and some ice cream, then watched it at G&L's apartment. Stayed
over and went to Gimli for lunch (Beach Boy pickerel - Jonah's request,
and treat.) We came home by way of Stonewall with short detour to Stony
Mountain.
On July 22 we took another day trip - this one confined within the
Canadian borders. We ended up at Lake William for a swim, with stops at
Ninga and Killarney along the way and Ken made a short visit to the
Beckonning Hills Museum (while Bev looked for Ice Cream) in Boissevain
one the way home.
A few days later went did another trip, this
time
westward to Virden by way of some historic churches and an interesting
picnic park called Eternal Springs. All these were just north of the
Assiniboine River between Oak Lake and Virden. We came home by way of
Lenore and Rivers.
On
Sat. Aug. 5 Jerry and I hiked the Bald Hill and N.E.T.
Trails along the North Escarpment Trail System in Riding Mountain
National Park. It was a total of about 25km with some serious uphill.
Ate pie, picked wild plums. Had super at the Hotel in Erickson on the
way home.
Spent
the night at the South Beach Casino Hotel over on the east side.
It was a good day for Kite Surfing
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