The movie "Fargo" has made Fargo - North Dakota famous. I have never seen the movie, but what I can tell from the tourist picture spot in Fargo, it has to do with some guy that ground his wife up in a wood chipper machine. Great thing to be famous for...right? (I don't think it was a true story from Fargo.)
We had an three day weekend with Presidents Day off, so we thought we would adventure to the eastern border of North Dakota. We could not get a hotel in Fargo, ND, so we actually stayed in Moorhead, Minnesota, 200 ft. beyond the North Dakota state line.
It was a fun trip. Ok, It could have been a great trip if I had not decided to go do leg squats the morning we left for the trip. By the time I sat in the car for 3 hours, the lactic acid in my legs had really done its job. I could hardly get moving from a sitting position for three days. To add insult to my injury, we stayed in a an "AmericInn". Come to find out they did not have elevators in this hotels. So, we packed our luggage up to the stairs to the second floor. Cowabunga! I wanted to die everytime I had to face not only going up, but the going down the stairs was worse. I know,you think I am a wimp. Well I will tell you something...I never do anything halfway. I did
really good squats, and I did
really good damage on those thigh muscles of mine. Yes, I am a wimp! I would have welcomed a wheelchair a few moments on the trip.
We visited a airplane museum while there. We drove up to the location and sat in our car waiting for the musuem to open. Finally a worker came out to let us know that they were in operation. When we walked in the worker said, "Are you from St. George, Utah"? Of course we could not deny it, nor would we want to. She told us a story of her staying in St. George in route to L.A. after graduating from College.
She and a friend, got to St. George and were so tired they pulled into a parking lot and slept in their car because there was no available hotel. When they woke the next morning, they about died, to find out they still had a good six or seven hours to go to L.A. She was the manager of the museum.
While at the museum, a local tv weather man arrived to do a workshop for kids about airplanes. He was so great with them, and had them eating out of his hand.
We also visited a Norweigan Museum while in Fargo.
North Dakota is made up of a lot of people from Norway, Germany, & Poland. We visited a Norwegian museum. It was built to house this huge ship that was made after the design of the early norwegian sailers designs. Once built it sailed from New York to Norway. As you can see in the picture showing the top of the berth view, that it was not large in side, and the crew lived in very cramped quarters on their voyage.
The round disc shapped markers on the side of the ship represents the countries they visited enroute. My mothers' family is "Thompson" so I was sure to get a picture of this.
As you can see, Roger and I have not changed much since we left.
Fargo, like Bismarck suffered from the flooding this past spring of 2011. We were taking a drive on Sunday afternoon and came across a strange site. There was this huge home so close to the roadside.
As we got closer we realized what was going on. They had lifted the home up on blocks in order to move it across the street to get it out of the flood plain. I have never seen a home of this size ever moved. Plus, they even moved the garages. In the picture you can see the Telephone man disconnecting the lines in order to move the home throught the telephone poles and not destroy the whole phone system. They were also up against the weather. The forecast was showing rain followed by snow. Not a good mixture for a home on blocks and tractors trying to move it.
Steve Hargadon and his daughter Anna. 
