Wednesday, Thursday; October 1-2, 2008

We spent Wednesday night 10/1 in Williston, ND. Oil drilling in and near the county has created a boom in the population with workers coming in from all over the US. No signs of a weak economy here! Bob is beginning to feel like a Nomad. Today he had a haircut at The Super Wall Mart while Gail picked up a few grocery items. Driving through large grain farms and oil rigs, we arrived at our campsite in the Turtle Mountains and at The International Peace Gardens just north of Dunseith, ND and on the Canadian border. The turtle you see in the photo is constructed of discarded vehicle wheels. Here we met up with eleven other coaches and couples to form the Fantasy RV Caravan that would travel into Manitoba and on to Churchill to view the Polar Bear migration there. We closed out the day with a social gathering of the new group members and a celebration of Gail’s 5th year since her cancer surgery. Thursday the 2nd was spent touring the International peace Gardens. Our tour was conducted by the senior gardener. This was a stunning place and a tribute to the international peace keeping efforts of Americans and Canadians. We were all very impressed with the place. The following website will do a better job of describing it than I can. Please take a minute to look at it. http://www.peacegarden.com/ Photos will follow at a later date.