This Is How I See Williston, North Dakota
Link here to The Washington Times.
North Dakota is sheer beauty. Like anywhere, there are drawbacks. The
winters are frigid. My experience in June would have been less
enjoyable in February. North Dakotans are used to negative temperatures
and appreciate them; they keep out Californians.
While meeting people in a single city does not give the picture of
an entire state, it helps us form a more informed opinion than those
who have never visited, especially when the state population is
relatively small. Those who think of North Dakota as flyover country
need to drop their elitism and visit for themselves.
My parents were born in Sanish/Van Hook area. We always visited each summer, My dad never went back for Christmas, although my grandparents came out to Pacific NW for holidays a couple of times.
ReplyDeleteIt's been quite a story, hasn't it? The old-timers who first homesteaded and have since passed on, would never have guessed how it turned out -- especially for some of the heirs if they were fortunate to hold onto their minerals.
DeleteThank you for taking time to write. That was a nice story above.