Well, actually we're in West Fargo at Michelle and Adrian's home. Started out on Thursday with a little backtracking from Bismarck to Mandan because we wanted to visit the North Dakota Veterans Cemetery to get some genealogical information. The cemetery is located at beautiful site on a hillside along the Missouri River and is a northern extension of Fort Lincoln State Park.
The NDVC has a very impressive building and lay-out with white marble gravestones aligned in perfect symmetry. We went inside to get some information and found a very helpful receptionist as well as an amazing computer system. You type in three letters of a name and it returns a list of all the people buried at the cemetery. Not only did it give the grave location, but also all available information on their military service and family history. It was very helpful in providing more data for Vi's side of the family tree. We killed a few trees because you could print out the information - saved having to write it all down.
The picture above is of Floyd and Mary Wells gravesite. Mary Wells (Vi's cousin) just recently passed away and you can see where they placed our ashes at her husband's grave. They eventually will engrave Mary's name on the reverse side of his marker.
After leaving the cemetery, we resumed our trip on I-94 heading east. Because we had a relatively short trip on Thursday, we decided to stop in Jamestown and play golf. We played at Hillcrest Golf Course which was in excellent shape, although the greens had been recently sanded and then "painted" green. Fun course, although we only played nine holes. Great to get out of the car and get some fresh air and exercise
Arrived in Fargo in time to go to Colin's track meet at Discovery Middle School. Amazing field layout. They actually had separate areas specifically lined out for discus and shot put (Colin's area of expertise). A far cry from my high school days when everything was crowded into the center of the running track. We won't even talk about the quality of the track, which was outstanding! Must have been our influence because Colin had a Personal Best in his efforts. Unfortunately, because of timing we were not able to get over to see Ryan participate in his team trapping shoot event. He also got a Personal Best Thursday evening!
Afterwards, we enjoyed dinner which Michelle bar-b-qued on their great new patio (Adrian was working late, but arrived home in time for dinner). After dinner, Melanie stopped by and we sat outside (in the cool North Dakota air), drank wine and reminisced. Always fun to visit family and relive old memories as well as create new ones.
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