On our way from Minneapolis to Bismarck we stopped in Fargo to rest for the night and to catch up with an old family friend, Ross. Our server at Denny’s was one of the best I’ve ever had, he was on top of everything, but that’s beside the point, we had a nice meal and caught up with Ross. After Denny’s he came back to the bus to check it out, and consequently entered an elite group of people who have actually seen inside the vehicle. The next day we woke up and quickly headed to Bismarck, well not that quickly, like 55 mph, but we were trying to get there in time to go cruise the river on Kyle’s pontoon boat.

Luckily we made it while it was still warm and managed an hour or so on the river. If you don’t already know this about me, Bismarck is my second home to Redmond; I spent every summer there growing up. I still remember all those summers we spent cruising on the river on Kyle’s pontoon boat, or on his jet skis or with Brian and his boat. Needless to say as we played on the sandbar in the river all the memories came flooding back, it was awesome. Just driving around town was a lot of fun for me too; I got to see all the old places we used to ride bike to and whatnot. The city has grown a lot, many things were new or have changed. The Mini Mart on the corner at the bottom of our hill is now a Loaf and Jug but I can still remember riding bike down there nearly every day. The city has grown like crazy too, which I’m sure Lieu and Ann Marie laugh at, but Graham and I still remember when there was nothing north of Century or on the West side of town. Bismarck has always been a fun place for me because we always knew so many people and they were all so friendly and fun. During the summers there were constantly people over at our house, watching TV or playing video games, and if it wasn’t that then we were off on some quest or just cruising around town. So this time around there weren’t as many people in town as before, but we still had a blast with our old friends that were there. Kyle is working in Bismarck now, so we got to hang out with him and his fiancée Kristin a bunch, he grew up across the street from us so we’ve known him for a really long time. We were also able to see the Godfread’s which was nice, I haven’t seen them in years. Tom happened to be in town too so we went to his dad’s house and played a bunch of video games like old times (the same Tom from Minneapolis a few days prior). I could go on and on about the good old days with Kyle, or Tom, or Brian, or all the other buddies in town but it was a lot of fun to be back in Bismarck reminiscing. Next time I’ll have to come back when it’s warmer and the summer stuff is still open, like the wave pool or the amusement park. Anyway I had a blast, we ate at all the places we used to eat at, we drove to all the places we used to go and we got to cruise the river on Kyle’s pontoon boat. Great times in a small mid-western town.

- Carson

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