Got to Fargo yesterday about 4:30 p.m.. We're staying with Michelle and the boys (only two of the boys were here - the third is on his way home from Washington). Earlier in the day we had met Hank and Diane Arends for breakfast at a really cool restaurant in the Minneapolis-St Paul area. It's called the Machine Shed and is one about six in the mid-west area. Furnished with old farm equipment and pictures of "the good old days". Although looking at the pictures, I think some of that "good old days" is exaggerated - they had to work hard with pretty simple equipment. There was an old 1944 Farmall tractor out front which they use to give hayrides to guests of the adjoining hotel. Quite a difference between that and Russ's big John Deere with air conditioning, GPS, sound system, etc. Oh, by the way, the food was excellent also.
Enjoyed meeting with Hank and Diane - we really became good friends when we were up in Seattle last year. Sometimes sorrow and adversity do bring some good memories. After breakfast, we drove up I-94 (again those easy directions for the day - get on I-94, eat, get back on I-94, repeat). Stopped in Clearwater at a bakery and gas station which we always frequent when we're on I-94. They have the best apple fritter bread and their pastries are huge. We suppressed the urge to buy the pastries, but did bring some of the bread up to Michelle's.
We're be here in the Fargo area for several days. Tonight is Reilee's graduation party out at their farm, so we'll get a chance to catch up with a lot of people there. It's got to be an exciting time for her and a culmination of a lot of hard work - but probably just the start of the hard work since she starts at NDSU (Go Bisons) in the fall.
Tom III has told me that I have to include pictures in the blog so that people don't have to go to all the trouble of clicking on a link to view them. We'll try that after the party.
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