August 6 to August 10, 2008

Wednesday 6th~~~We didn't get up too early today because, after the getting home late from the play last night we stayed up late watching TV. We did the laundry, cleaned house and did some errands. Kent is trying to figure out what is wrong with the 5th Wheels tires, the way they look. The garage said to have the tires aligned, which he did, that guy said we needed new tires as the belts inside the tire was broken and that is why we have broke two shocks. The tread looked good, so we were glad he was a good alignment person and found the problem. He had to order the tires, so that meant spending another night in Dickinson and have the tires put on in the morning. Then we will head to Elgin, North Dakota to see our friends Guy and Elaine who moved there from Salem last March. Friday 8th~~~ We had the tires put on and we headed down the "Enchanted Highway" to Elgin to visit our friends. This Highway was recommended to us by several people as a unique road with roadside folk art along the way. It was the brainstorm idea of a retired high school teacher who was trying to think of a way to detour tourists through the dying town of Regent, North Dakota. There are 7 of these sculptures spaced about one every five miles. They all have an area large enough for the bigger rigs to pull off and turn around to get back on the road, picnic tables and some have play structures for children. We took pictures of some of them, the deer sculpture has a 70 foot tall buck and a 60 foot doe. Next is the world's largest grasshopper, 40 feet tall and 50 feet long. It sits in a wheat field with two medium sized and 3 small grasshoppers. There's a climbing structure and bounce grasshoppers for children to play on. The covey of pheasants was built with a group of high school students working after school and on Saturdays. The rooster is 40 ft. tall and 70 ft. long, the hen is 35 ft. tall and 60 ft. long. the 3 chicks are 15 ft. high and 20 ft. long. The tin man stands 45 ft. tall. His wife is 44 ft. tall and held up by 12 telephone poles. Her hair is barbed wire and her earrings are grain augers. Their 23 foot-tall propeller-headed son licks a gigantic lollipop. Neighbors leased the land to the teacher for $1.oo for 20 years. Each sculpture cost nearly $30,000 even making them out of scrap tanks and metal. , They were so tall, it was hard to get a good picture of them, but we are posting what we took. Enjoy!!!