International Peace Gardens and Lake Metigoshe Camping Trip

We made a trip to North Dakota last weekend to see the International Peace Gardens and to camp at Lake Metigoshe State Park.  On the way, we stopped at Dunseith to see a turtle made out of tire rims.  Megan and Jason had to climb to the top. 

 

 

 

 

 

We met my mom and aunt at the Peace Gardens.  It has been several

years since we've been there.  Below is a picture of the family

in front of the Peace Towers.

 

The kids standing on the flower clock.

 

Kora loved riding in the car stroller.  Jason also

enjoyed being able to push her around and

pop wheelies with her in it.

 

 

 

Then we headed over to Lake Metigoshe State Park

where we camped for three nights.  We took in several

hikes again.  In the picture below, Kora is riding on Jesse's

shoulders again, but she did walk a good portion of the hikes.

 

Jason, Megan, and Kora riding with Jesse in the canoe. 

They went for about an hour canoe ride around the lake. 

Jason and Kora went with me for a short ride.  Jason was pretty

tired out and was ready to be done after his trip with Jesse.

 

Kora

I haven't taken photos of just Kora for awhile so here are a few of her outside on our swing set.  She had to add a silly face on the last picture.

Fishing on Devil's Lake

 

Megan with a white bass that she caught with Dad and

Grandpa on Devil's Lake. 

 



 

Jason caught this walleye all by himself without any help

from Grandpa and Dad.

Birthday Party

Megan and Jason had their 9th birthday party this past Saturday. They had a Minecraft theme for their cake and a Creeper Piñata.  Jesse had fun moving the piñata up and down while they were trying to hit it.  Kora was scared of it at first and didn't want to try to hit it.  They had a fun day with their friends and family. 

Camping

We went camping this past weekend at Maplewood State Park and had a lot of fun.  We stayed for two nights, all of us in our tent.  Kora didn't want to go to sleep the first night.  She was overly-tired, crazy girl and had a hard time settling down.  The second night went better, but she was still up for awhile before she went to bed.

The kids all had fun at the swimming beach even though it

wasn't all that hot out, especially on Sunday.

 

 

 

We also did some hiking.  They had several trails where we had to walk up and

down hills which were pretty exciting to the kids who are used to flat prairies and fields.

 

  Kora enjoyed picking the wildflowers.

 

 

Megan and Tank leading the way.

 

Jason learned how to use a compass on this hike.

He thought it was fun telling us the direction we were going.

 

 

 

 

Kora got to ride on Jesse's shoulders going up the hill.

 

At the top of the hill.

On the way back down.  Jason is way out in front,

running down the hill. (Top right corner.)

Thunder Road

We went to Thunder Road in Fargo for the first time.  Megan, Kora, and I played mini golf and then Kora rode on the little merry-go-round.

Megan and Jesse on the go-kart.  Megan had a death grip on

Jesse.  This was the only time she rode the go-karts. 

Jason loved the go-karts of course. They ended up in the lead

two times and lapped a few people.

Megan did love the bumper cars.

Jason liked the bumper cars too, but not as

 much as he liked the go-karts.

Megan going after Jason.  She had fun bumping into him.

Fun day in Bemidji

Jason had a soccer game in Bemidji on Saturday, and while we were there we stopped at some of the attractions in Bemidji.  We first stopped at the Paul Bunyan and Babe the Blue Ox statues.  Kora was afraid of them at first. 

 

 

 

Then we watched Jason play soccer and his team won.

 

Next we went to Paul Bunyan Animal Land where they got to feed deer.

Megan feeding a couple whitetail deer.

Jason feeding a 'Piebald" whitetail. 

Jason being surrounded by deer.