Some days we follow Larry to the high school track for a touch of exercise...
Natalie especially loves these days because she gets to take her bike full throttle. For a girl who gets herself and her bike stuck in half-inch deep ruts on a consistent basis, the track is a preferable place for her.
Other days we take mini-explorations all over our corner of southeast North Dakota.
(Until the day I took this picture, the exact date of which I cannot recall, I had seen many rainbows, but none around the sun. It was hard to see but quite beautiful.)
For those who have read the post about our van getting "stuck in the muck" as Natalie loves to call it, our coming across this bridge a few days later gave me an uneasy feeling. We had just left Dead Colt Creek recreation area, and of course, Larry did not want to take main roads back to Lisbon. Some beautiful woods and hills (an unusual occurrence out here) and gravel roads (a very, very common occurrence) later, we came to this lovely but old bridge. As we rolled over, every board beneath us quaked and rumbled, and Larry casually pointed out the fact the the only boards holding the bridge floor down were the ones laying parallel to the bridge itself. Not comforting. But we crossed successfully.
Our second trip into Fargo brought us to the massive sporting goods store that is Scheels, headquartered in Fargo itself. Inside were wax presidential figures, a multilevel play place and slide, and a genuine Ferris wheel.
For a dollar each, I was able to take Natalie on her first ever Ferris wheel ride! She. Loved. It.
I also discovered that Fargo has a Coldstone. We ate there and will continue to do so whenever we make the trip. There is nothing more to say.
Another little perk to having so few social obligations is the fun stuff Natalie and I have been doing to her hair. She'll give me a direction, such as, "Give me flower girl hair," then let's me run wild with it. She has NO problem modeling her new style afterward, either.
Sometimes her suggestion of a rope braid turns into a full-head twist... (she comes up with these poses without any suggestion from me. Lord help us!)
And just this morning, we turned her "Give me a four-strand braid," into two stands of hair and two strands of ribbon to match her patriotic dress. We've got some work to do on it, but I think it turned out lovely!
Larry and I have learned a few things about ourselves as well, among which is
...the fact that we are not interested in buying the funeral parlor/home we looked at recently, even if the room full of brand new caskets is a new addition and the side room full of stretchers hasn't been used as a body prep room for many years.
...that we love the local made dairy brand Cass Clay and especially the homemade vanilla flavor they make.
...our complete enthusiasm for the Hunger Games trilogy and reading out loud to each other.
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