Before I forget, I need to mention that a neighbor of R&P is an elderly fellow who no longer has a license to drive, so he gets around town on his riding lawn mower.
If that's not local color, I am not sure what is. :-)
Okay, some souvenirs from the last day:
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| R&P got a sitter so the four of us could go out to a steak place. The above is half of the appetizers. The first and third of these really caught my eye. See if you can guess which we got! |
We went to the Dakota Discovery Museum which is a truly class act--it's an excellent museum, and very well run. Out back is an old (read: vintage) train car:
One of the main artists featured in the museum is Charles Hargens, who did a lot of Western-themed illustrations, including a cover to the Saturday Night Post. Here's one I particularly liked:
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| It's traditional wisdom in the Plains to face off grizzlies with a broom. They are notorious neat freaks. |
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| Sam liked this one best |
The museum also has a recreation of Hargens' studio. In it is a stuffed eagle. When we entered the museum Josh asked about the bird and ran upstairs right to it. Who knew?
The eagle:
Tomorrow morning we set sail for home.
Btw, the answer was the fried pickles. So good we ordered a second basket.
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