Fargo

Made it to Fargo KOA at around 5:30 PM. Stopped at a store in Moorehead, ND to get cheap boots with heels, since we all forgot to pack something for horseback riding and we’re going at 7 AM on Friday.

Back in Minnesota, near Duluth, we had stopped at a general store and bought wild rice bratwurst (a local specialty) and fresh sour cherries, which together made a fine dinner. The kids also made Annie’s Mac and Cheese in the microwave for themselves.

The T@B is a big conversation starter everywhere we go. Don’t buy one if you don’t like to talk to people. A guy at a gas station on the way here (a place called New York Mills, funny enough) told us that it had been a hundred degrees up here this summer. Kind of spoils the point of living up north if you have extreme winters and extreme summers. He said it always used to be beautiful up here in the summer. Hmm…

Plan to look for a health food store in Fargo.Our Green Highways book lists two. We need to pick up a few things before heading to Medora tonight. We’ll be at the Theodore Roosevelt National Park tonight. Conor is so excited to see the North Dakota Badlands that he packed up the tent and air mattress himself this morning. Chloe was too tired to help him.