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Langland's Awesome Thoughts(Extended)
North Dakota December 15, 2009 - 15:51:37
Yeah this is a random thought. I was looking through some things that have happened in my old home while I have been absent. It's sad that few things have changed and I still have yet to visit North Dakota yet. First off, in Grand Forks, they took a face that cheered people up as they drove down the road. In fact this was something that I still remember as well. He was nicknamed Mr. Smiley. He was a Water Tower with a smiley face on one side and a winking smiley on the other. After 9 years of not supplying water, and 78 years of existence, the city decided to take him down and rebuild a Mr. Smiley Jr. a few blocks away. It's sad but I understand why from the reports but it involves many emotions nonetheless. Next there was this Gorilla in Harvey. I have never saw this gorilla but I have always wanted to see him. He was called Og. He was a a gorilla shaped by wires and paper. I guess a storm came in 2005 and destroyed him after years of standing. I am saddened because I have wanted to this gorilla when I lived in North Dakota. The only person i truly blame for this is my dad and his constant stupidity when we lived in the state. I also heard a neighboring town I lived by, Bottineau ND has developed a little as town and has new shops and is now a more economic town. But this brings me into the real point of this blog. I really miss North Dakota. I lived there during my 5th-8th grade years. It was a part of my childhood that I still have. While I still resent the Turtle Mountain tribe that I live nearby still, I have in my mind that I want to go back and see the things I once grew up around. I feel a lot has changed and I want to go back and visit. I have been talking a lot since my Junior year in HS that i want to go back but I never have seemed to ever get it into action. The thing that i really want to do most is finally see the things I never saw when I lived there. I want to see the Peace Garden again(which was 14 miles from my old hometown). I want to visit Medora. I want to see Roosevelt National Park. I would love to the Giant Cow at New Salem and the Buffalo by Jamestown. I miss Devils Lake. I miss Fargo. I miss Grand Forks. I miss Minot. I miss the 2 Air Force bases. I miss North Dakota and I want to go back sometime. I also miss the opportunity to visit Canada regularly too. I hope though that when I manage this trip that I'll be able to round up friends who'll want to see the sites that I once saw and still long to see. Until then it's still a dream to see the UND campus once again. - Langland
Riding horses and such... I liked it there... although hills that are at the same height... The ranch I was at had the highest hill for some miles you got up there you could almost see from the ranch to border many miles away... |
