by Mary Tastad | Apr 12, 2018 | North Dakota history, Small towns, Then and now, Watford City
Then Things change. And that’s as true as true in Watford City. When the Northern Pacific plotted the new town there were just a handful of businesses scattered on the west edge of Main Street. Today, traffic through and around town is a challenge. 103 years...
by Mary Tastad | Apr 7, 2018 | North Dakota scenery, Photography, Snapshot Saturday
Why are bluebirds so encouraging? Just like crocuses are a sign of spring, so are migrating birds as they come through the Badlands. The North Dakota Badlands can be fairly harsh for migrating songbirds. This week, we were greeted at a prairie dog town by a few...
by Mary Tastad | Apr 6, 2018 | journal, North Dakota scenery, Places to go
Road Trip! We’ve got a thing for back roads…and our dirty vehicles show it. And we have a thing for “yesteryear.” Highway 16 south fulfilled both of those “things we have” a few days ago. North Dakota Highway 16 is the first...
by Mary Tastad | Apr 5, 2018 | journal, Medora, Mild-mannered Explorers, North Dakota history, Places to go, Then and now, Things To Do
Then We love finding old photos and doing our best to locate the scene so we can duplicate the shot. When the weather was warm enough for a picnic, we headed to the East Entrance of the South Unit of the Theodore Roosevelt National Park. It’s a short jaunt,...
by Mary Tastad | Apr 2, 2018 | journal, North Dakota history, outdoors
Small Sightings and the Sounds of Solace Part 2 by Fred MacVaugh Part 1 is here. Today, the birds I see are too far away to identify. They hop and flit quickly. Could they be dark-eyed juncos? Perhaps they’re American tree sparrows? Against the background of brown...
