Our hotel in Bismarck, ND was near the state Capitol. Once again, we’ve been to and through Bismarck many times and have never stopped by the Capitol building.
It was a cold and windy day, but the stop was worthwhile.
I was quite surprised to see that the building is modern.
The main building To the left of the tall office building Statue of John Burke, 10th Governor of ND 1907-1913Plaque at base of statue I have a new bucket list idea Liberty Memorial Building and State Library Fire escape at back of Liberty Memorial building caught my eyeThe name plaques are underneath
As we drove farther north, the snow dissipated until it was completely gone! This was a new, unexpected, and most welcome experience for us.
Falkirk Coal Mine, Underwood, NDNear Gardiner Dam NDLewis and Clark Interprative Center Washburn ND. We didn’t stop this time. This is an old photo of a previous stopApproaching the land border at Portal NDNorth Portal, Canada BorderOur home province Southeast Sask is a part of the Bakken Play. Our area is home to the second largest oil field in CanadaWe made a quick stop to pick up my traditional Easter treat Estevan, Sk coal mining museumLignite Louie is Estevan’s coal mining mascotThe first drag line in the Estevan area – now retired and tiny compared to the massive lines that work nowThe old power plant, now a museum, welcomes us home to Weyburn, SK
It was a good road trip home. I hope you enjoyed traveling with us via these posts.
After touring my cousin around the Las Vegas area for a week, we took her to the plane and then made our way home via a different route than usual.
My feature photo is of a portion of Arches National Park near Moab, UT. We didn’t take any side roads to see the actual arches, but even without that, the scenery “on the way by” was spectacular.
We’d hoped to drive from there to Denver, Co.
At Grand Junction, Co, where we spent the night, we were advised the next morning by the hotel clerk, that there had been a rockslide ahead, so the road we planned to take was closed. We were also informed that roads out of Denver (from ourdirection) were closed for the winter.
Enter Plan B:
We drove on as far as Aspen, Co, toured the place and watched some skiing. Neither of us had been there before, so it was a fun little “been there done that” trip.
One of the many Aspen ski runs
After Aspen, we turned around and headed back to Grand Junction.
From there, we headed north to and through Wyoming and more incredible scenery.
Hoodoos in South Wyoming
After Wyoming, it was South Dakota and then North Dakota (which I’ll cover in a future post) and thenhome.
Radically Retired 