The Trip Home

 It took a day longer than we had planned.

We took more backroads 

and went through more beautiful countryside.

We made a stop in Minot to see 

the Gol Stave Church

and the parking lot where Paul stayed for 3 weeks

while working after the big flood.

The church is similar to the Chapel in the Hills in Rapid City.

Then just for fun we decided to go to the International Peace Gardens.

The entrance was  feet from the Canadian border.

There was a big sign at the entrance to the gardens 

telling Canadians to turn around NOW

or they would have to quarantine for 10 days when they went back to Canada.

I had to prove to the chilluns 

 that we were in Canada.

It was a gorgeous day for a walk through the gardens.

The 9-11 Memorial has actual beams from the Towers.

That part of the walk was very somber.

The rest of it was a nice walk 

with few people and lots of flowers.

It's very near the end of the season

but still gorgeous.

We had to go through Customs on our way back out.

Soon we were on the backroads again.

After figuring out that we were going to get home about 3:00 a.m.

we decided to spend the night in Grand Forks.

Monday we drove all backroads again

and went to Faith Haven Bible Camp

to see where Paul spent much of his childhood.

We made it back home to our amazing children

at bedtime Monday night.