Wednesday, September 23, 2009
Weather update: This morning it is 36 degrees but clear and dry. Wind is 0 mph so it feels okay.
Today we drive across all of North Dakota on I-94 to Fargo, ND for the night.
Stayed at the AmericInn in Medora, ND last night. Had a very nice indoor pool and Jacuzzi at this motel which looks almost brand new. There was also a pool table in the pool area so three of us played pool while Earl frolicked in the pool and Jacuzzi all by himself. Well there were the 3 or 4 inflatable toys, too (I believe they were already there and not something Earl brought with him). I think everyone enjoyed this motel the best of all the ones on the trip.
Medora looks like a western town that Disney would have built. Very nice place. We ate in town at one of only three places open but it was a good local place. I finally got the buffalo burger and it tasted just as crappy as I remember it. That’s not a slam on the restaurant but more the lean buffalo beef just doesn’t have much taste and is very dry. Medora is a very small town and it’s basically closed for the season but there were enough shops open that we found some souvenirs to purchase with Carlos dragging off yet another box with a buffalo in it. It’s a good thing I didn’t bring my trailer hitch or else he could’ve rented a U-haul trailer for some serious shopping…
Earl found another thimble but has lost a t-shirt that was purchased last week. I’m confident we will find it in the mess that was once my van. It’s hard to describe what the van looks like, but just think of four male college freshmen sharing their first apartment with a beer cooler in the middle of the floor. The only thing missing is the smelly dirty underwear. Actually, scratch that, as there IS smelly dirty underwear involved…
After leaving Sheridan we stopped at the Little Big Horn Battlefield National Monument. It was about 90 miles north of Sheridan in Montana. I’m sure most of you might remember this place as “Custer’s Last Stand”. We toured the grounds where they have markers showing the places Custer and each of his troopers fell. We then took the drive along the ridge to see where the rest of his 7th Calvary unit survived the fight with the Indians. Not all of the 7th Calvary died with Custer as the unit was split into three groups. Only Custer’s group was wiped out as the other two units banded together and held out for another two days until help arrived. A good site to visit to learn more about Custer is www.garryowen.com
Earlier in the trip whenever we would drive and be talking about something, about 10 minutes later Earl would chime in on the very same subject that we had discussed like it had never been discussed before. This happened more than once and we would always give him grief about it. Now, I’m noticing Carlos is starting to do the same thing. I swear they are morphing into the same person. If Carlos starts “crying like a girl” then I will banish them both from the van.
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