Summer, 2016 -- As Seen By Vern Whitten

Western North Dakota, my favorites:

• the new Williston High School
• the new Watford City High School
• new track crossing in Dickinson
• the new Middle School in Dickinson 
• look how fast those cement walls go up (Watford City High School)
• how beautiful the landscape is around the pads (slide 20); decades from now, these wells will be shut in, taken out of production; and the land reclaimed; and much of North Dakota will return to what it was 500 years ago; archaeologists from some planet near PSR J1302-6350 may look for signs of these pads in the year 8510 (with apologies to Zager and Evans).

Central North Dakota to west-central Minnesota, my favorites:

• the lakes and forests in Minnesota
• most sad: Devils Lake area

West Fargo, Fargo, and Moorhead, my favorites:

• flood wall, under construction
• Bluestem Center for the Arts
• handicapped accessible launching ramp for kayaks, canoes (wow)
• Microsoft, south Fargo
• Dakota Boys Ranch, south Fargo
• classic car show, Walmart, south Fargo

Okay, okay -- I love all the Fargo-area pictures, because I so seldom get to see that part of the state.

This is just a small, small microcosm of the whole Great Plains -- Mr Whitten gives new meaning to "the fly over states."

These pictures are incredible and continue to remind me how great this country is.

I am sure Mr Whitten would love to hear from you, especially if interested in any prints.

His business card:

Vern Whitten Photography

www.vernwhittenphotography.com

(701) 261-7658