Aug. 30th

It is cold windy and rainy this morning feels like fall to me. Last Wed. my cousin Rodney Wheeler and wife Joy came from SW NE to visit and see the area. Thur. morning we did the mine tour along with the tour of Antelope Valley Power Plant and the Dakota Gasification Plant. After lunch in Beulah we went to Washburn where we went through the Lewis & Clark interpretive center and Fort Mandan. On the way back home we toured the Knife River Indian site at Stanton. They returned to NE Fri. morning. We sure enjoyed having them come and enjoyed showing them the area. The week before that we had a couple from Georgia stop for one night they liked our camp ground and the area so much that they stayed for 5 days. We became good friends with them, I am sure we will see them again in our or their travels. He played the guitar and she the dulcimer they played and sang for us one evening. Both couples enjoyed trying some of the German foods (fleishkekla & Kuken) that you seem to only find in this area.