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When last we met we had just crossed over the state line into North Dakota......
This piece of equipment was featured outside of the Center......can you guess why I wanted to go here?
What a grand new building! Hubs initially stayed in the car while I went inside. He noticed that local kids were going into the building and coming out with bags of fresh popcorn. Color him puzzled.....
Then I saw some display cases...........
Then we checked into our hotel for the evening, dropped our bags and went out to find dinner.
We hit a strip mall nearby with two options, Smash Burger and Huhot. After Val in Iowa had raved so about Huhot we chose the Mongolian Grill.
Rollo is the 3 x Great Grandfather of William the Conqueror, the progenitor of the House of Normandy in England. The direct male line descendants of Rollo ended with Henry I. Henry's daughter, Matilda, was the mother of Henry II, who laid claim to the English throne and was the first of the Plantagenet rulers. Henry II and Eleanor of Aquitaine's son, John I, became King of England(him of Magna Carta fame).
That marque is on the Sons of Norway Lodge across the way. This area was settled by Norwegian settlers thus a Rollo statue being prominently displayed in Fargo.
History of the Rollo Statue
The statue now stands in a small park near the Elim Lutheran church in Fargo.
We saw this portable stage nearby. I suppose some musical entertainment was getting ready for that coming weekend. But we were losing daylight and headed back to the hotel for the night.
Sluggy
My daughter went to college in that neck of the woods so, yes, the Elmer Fudd hat is spotted in the coldest days and can by cure college girls. At the time if your trip I couldn't recommend anything, but now we're experts to Fargo lol
ReplyDeleteI live in the deep South and told my daughter I had one of those hats in my hand. She lives in NY where that hat could come in handy. So, I bought one and sent it to her. I wonder if she went to work in it.
ReplyDeleteYes, I knew what the chipper was for. Tommy had no clue since he has never seen Fargo.
Interesting post about your grandpa Rollo.
Love the hat and scenery! Cindy in the South
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