2015 in travel
It’s that time again, when it seems reasonable to take a look back at the past year before leaping into the next. In that spirit, here is a recap of my 2015 travels. International travel Read More …
Category: North Dakota
Sheyenne River Valley Scenic Byway, North Dakota
The Sheyenne River Valley Scenic Byway wanders south and east out of Valley City to Lisbon in eastern North Dakota. Last summer we followed a portion of it as far south as Fort Ransom. The Read More …
Hjemkomst Center, Moorhead, Minnesota
The Hjemkomst Center is tucked into a leafy corner of Moorhead between an apartment complex and the Red River. If you miss it and find yourself crossing the First Avenue Bridge into Fargo, just take Read More …
Trees in Fort Ransom State Park, North Dakota
No matter how many times I insisted that North Dakota has trees, it seemed that my husband was never going to believe me. To his credit, he’d never traveled beyond North Dakota’s (basically treeless) Red Read More …
The Hjemkomst Viking Ship in Moorhead, Minnesota
When I was in college I worked with a woman named Deb. One summer, while the rest of us took classes or worked or just goofed off, she sailed to Norway on a 76-foot homemade Read More …
The (Replica) Hopperstad Stavkirke in Moorhead, Minnesota
A “stavkirke” or “stave church” is an architectural style used for churches in Scandinavia at the end of the age of the Vikings in the 1100 and 1200s. The technique uses vertical pine posts (staves) Read More …
Photo Thursday: Leaving North Dakota
I really enjoy driving through grain fields, so thought I’d share a couple more pictures from my wanders through North Dakota. I hope you can see the beauty here too! This is my contribution to Read More …
Photo Thursday: Hilltop Barn in North Dakota
My recent trip to North Dakota was a chance to see some great old barns in various stages of decay. Here’s one of my favorites. This is my contribution to Travel Photo Thursday at Nancie’s Read More …
Photo Thursday: Hay Bales, North Dakota
Summer is rapidly coming to an end in the Upper Midwest, as was obvious from the number of bales scattered about the North Dakota countryside last weekend. This is my contribution to Travel Photo Thursday Read More …
Fort Ransom (the fort), Ransom County, North Dakota
In 1867 a fort was constructed in southeastern North Dakota to protect the overland route between Minnesota and Montana. Named for Major General Thomas E. G. Ransom, the fort consisted of twelve buildings protected by Read More …
Nearly Closed Roads, Ransom County, North Dakota
The friend we are visiting has been taking us on a tour of the area she considers home.Among the highlights she wants to show us is a road that appears run right into the water Read More …
Evolution in Fargo
We (me, Tim, Lynne, Tom, and James) are in Fargo for a workshop on sustainable engineering. Assuming that the amount of time spent in meeting rooms, the cool damp weather, and the fact that I Read More …
Paris Planning From Fargo
Some of you may notice I haven’t posted very much this week. I should be planning my Paris trip, but, since I’ve been in the Red River Valley on business all week (sorry, no pictures Read More …
Fargo From My Hotel Room
It must be a quiet week in Fargo, as I was given an upper floor corner room at the Radisson. At the government rate, this is probably the best hotel deal in the entire upper Read More …
Evening in East Grand Forks
It is a beautiful evening, but the streets of Grand Forks are empty. Tim wants to run an errand at Cabela’s and I have no plans for the evening, so we set off across the Read More …