We left Carrington this morning and traveled some distance to Dunseith, ND. North Dakota's landscape is still relatively flat but did offer some changes in color dependent upon the crop being grown. We saw fields of green (corn and/or cattails in the wetland areas of which there are a lot), lighter green (an unknown grain), tan (another grain, perhaps oats) and the stumper, yellow which we found out is mustard. We saw quite a few beehives close to the fields of mustard and concluded the yellow flowers that are blooming now must need to be pollinated.
We arrived at the International Peace Garden--half in Manitoba, Canada and half in North Dakota--shortly after noon, had our lunch on the grounds, and walked the mile+ 'green' taking pictures of the flowers, the peace towers, the carillon (that supposedly plays every 15 minutes but didn't) and the 9/11 memorial erected there. This was the first attraction that did not live up to our expectations.
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| One of the flower gardens |
The Bell Tower or carillon as I called it in the text.
The Peace Towers were erected in 1983.
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| 9/11 Memorial (some of the actual steel beams taken from the NYC site. |
We decided to get off the road about 5 p.m. tonight and are staying in the town of Rugby, ND - the geographical center of North America.
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| Jack sitting at the geographic center of North America |
Tomorrow we head for Minot, ND and the Scandanavian Heritage Museum. We hope then to drive to Theodore Roosevelt National Park, close to the border of Montana, where, weather permitting, we will spend a few days in the northern part of the Park hiking and camping.
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