Guarantee you, that even in the short time you've been there, you probably met someone I know, or someone who knows someone I know. It's a very small state! One of my very favorite places on earth is Fort Lincoln, across the river in Mandan. Anyway, Bismarck has a handful of good restaurants (The Bistro, East 40, Minerva's, Peacock Alley, and The Walrus) are ones that come to mind.
I definitely miss seeing the stars -- being on I-94, in the middle of the night, with just the hum of the highway and the black, black sky full of stars to keep you company....
Anyway. I hope you keep finding great things in Bismarck (but seriously, stay away from Minot. And Fargo, too.) Grand Forks and Bismarck are the only places you need to know!
And for the rest of you, this concludes my North Dakota travelogue and trip down memory lane.
Retha <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Shoulda kept reading messages before I just replied to the first one I
saw....
In response to Ellen's earlier question, I'm in the TV news business,
not papers, but yes I did get a job at a tv station out here and so I
up and moved cross country on about a week's notice. Gene saw me walk
across the stage on a Monday and I was out of Maryland on that Friday
morning, just a week after I accepted the job here.
Diane, what were you in ND for? And I do agree that it is absolutely
lovely out here. Wide open spaces, very rural, but just downright
gorgeous. The Missouri River at night is spectacular...and for those
of you who live in/around DC, you can actually see stars at night. If
there's haze in the sky it means that there's a wildfire nearby,
because there's no pollution.
Though there was a week or so that I kept thinking I had discovered
the middle of nowhere, only to continually be proven wrong. I think
the best was an area I went to, in North Dakota, that had a South
Dakota address because that was where the closest post office was.
And about half the state still doesn't have cell phone service. But I
am in love with Bismarck.
