North Dakota Adventures

I feel like a real "Prairie Girl" here in North Dakota. The wind blows everyday with the grass waving in the breeze. We have decided to "Bloom" where we have been planted in the great state of North Dakota and see all the sights. We attended the HostfFest in Minot North Dakota. This is the largest Scandinavian festival in North America. It was great fun and we plan on going again next year. We visited the Sioux Indian Reservation in Standing Rock, North Dakota. We kept seeing a sign that pointed to Sitting Bulls burial sight but was never able to find it. The Sioux must be keeping it a great mystery. It was a beautiful drive along the Missouri river. We stopped at the Prairie Knights casino and resort for a great buffet lunch. In Standing Rock we saw a sacred stone to the Sioux people. According to Dakota legend it is a body of a young indian women with her child on her back. She refused to accompany the tribe as they moved south. When others were sent back to find her, she was found to have turned to stone. The stone overlooks the water of the Missouri river and held in reverence by the Sioux. We are also finding that North Dakota has some quirky attractions. These are attractions that get people to pull off the freeway and hopefully spending money in their little town. We have 3 of these attraction fairly close to us in Bismarck. First the inner "Dairy Princess" came out in me with the visit to Salem Sue the largest Holstein cow in North America....She weighs in at 50 tons and overlooks the town of New Salem, ND. According to local history the early settlers were plowing their fields when two Sioux told them "wrong side up". The farmers thought about it and decided the soil was better for grazing than farming so they started dairy farming. My dad would have loved this cow.....The next attraction we saw was in the town of Jamestown. It's nickname is the "Buffalo City" It's claim to fame is the largest buffalo in North America...It weighs in at 60 ton and overlooks a real buffalo herd. (Are you seeing a pattern here???? LARGEST IN NORTH AMERICA) Our next visit was to the largest Sandhill Crane in you guessed it NORTH AMERICA...It is also the home of the Lone Steer motel (AKA Bates Motel) Marv almost had to spend two nights in this place. We are looking forward to more "Quirky" and wonderful things in North Dakota.

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North Dakota