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... along side of it. It was a great place to explore local crafts !! The kids even fed some bison that they had here as pets really. We loved visiting Medora which was a town created by a young french Marquis in the hopes of becoming a beef baron and meat packer with exclusive rights to new york city. He built the meat plant and a beautiful chateau for his young New York bride but it ended in tragedy as he was accused of killing a man and everything fell ...

... we head to the Lakes in the Brainerd, MN. area. Thanks for all your postings. I will add more about our short visit to Rushmore and our wonderful time at my Aunt Silvia's farm. The girls, and especially I, LOVED it there. I just wanted to let you all know we are safe and sound, despite being without any cell phone service until midnight, when it was too late to return any calls. Hugs to everyone. Time for some home made blueberry pancakes and zucchini bread.

... They also had a fabulous mall that we trolled around for a few hours, appreciating the free wifi. We are enjoying heading East as it becomes a little more familiar feeling – some of those British influences still seeping through.

We set a cracking pace but we both really enjoyed the car time together and being able to chat about everything and anything, although ...

... the road, so it seems there is also a horse industry in the area. Today we crossed the Mississippi River in Brainerd, Minn. It was just about the same size as the Mississippi in Carleton Place. We also crossed the Red River coming into Fargo N.D. We saw three trains today loaded with coal headed east. On a giant billboard we saw the message "Be Grateful" and we are!

... from the west to northwest at around 20mph I'm guessing and there must have been frequent gusts up to 30+ mph. We took US-2 into Superior, WI and across the bay to West Duluth, MN and briefly took I-35 south then exited west onto US-2.

We had no more got started west from I-35 and there was this huge steam engine sitting in front of us in a park so I naturally had to pull into the parking lot and take lots of pictures. It had a caboose hooked on ...

We didn't actually leave Olathe until just before noon. We hit mile zero of I-29 coming out of downtown KC and just trucked up on to Omaha by late afternoon. We stopped at the Union Pacific Railroad Museum and spent about an hour looking a all kinds of historical stuff they had collected there. The guy at the desk told me there was a train simulator upstairs and I had to keep it on the tracks. Turns out it was actually just a bunch of TVs that played a video loop and a dummy control panel ...

... their seats so far back that you get stuck behind them); the smelly ones (especially when they return from a cigarette); and the unhelpful ones (who are unfortunately often the bus drivers). If that wasn't enough to strain one's patience, my experience at customs was more than frustrating. I thought the Canadian officer was bad on my way to Vancouver, but I hadn't seen anything yet. I was the third person in line from the 12 on our bus, and ...

So I am snowed in right now and I thought it would be a good day to get my blogging started. I am doing one through Saint John's, but I thought I would get a little more freedom with my entries this way. I am getting really anxious to start traveling. I just can't believe that first semester is over and I am almost heading to South Africa, but I still have just under a month left before I leave. I think all of the excitement is coming ...

Well we had another nice day in Fargo. We slept in again and then drove up to Grand Forks to have lunch with Brittany's grandparents. We had a nice lunch and Brittany showed us around Grand Forks, where she grew up. Brittany's grandparents were so nice, really warm and welcoming, just like everyone else in North Dakota. We drove back to Fargo and drove around a little bit ...