North Dakota

So last Wednesday Jen and I decided it would be fun to put 1067 miles on the silver bullet (my car), leading us to Lake Metigoshe just outside of Bottineau, North Dakota. Jen's boyfriend Jay has a cabin there and we decided it would be a fun mini vacation over the 4th......it turned out to be fantastic. not sure how to sum up the outing so will do a top 12 list of cool and crazy things that happened...in no certain order!
#1. we carried a massive crate of raspberry bushes from Jens grandparent house to jay parents house and planted them in their yard. good times working on the farm! #2 i didn't shower the whole time i was there...ok, i shampooed my hair twice, but did it in the lake. and i think i got swimmers itch. for those of you that have not heard of that- well it's some sort of parasite that gets under the skin and itches...makes little tiny bumps on the skin. i don't have it bad, or at least i hope i don't!
#3. i got to jet ski when ever i wanted. and i even got to dump Jen and i off tring to do crazy turns.
#4. we eat non-stop. Crazy Joni (Jay's mom) had a non-stop array of goodies- food and drink. i am bummed that we didnt get a picture of the Crazy Cake Joni made. #5. we didn't get to bed before mid-night....jay and Jen i think stayed up til 2 most nights. whoa.... and sleeping was of course an option, i just couldnt get it done. up at and it close to 8 every morning.
#6. I got to read....i think everyone thought i was anti-social...but i just wanted to read. reading on the dock watching the sun come up and enjoying the beauty and comfort of a peaceful lake was pretty awesome. ya just don't get that in the cities!!!!! i read a book and a half. thats me on the end of the dock.#7. I got to get to know and hang with some pretty sweet people. of course- Jen! i love that girl. and Jay- love that guy. but got to meet and greet Jay's parents and his sister and her family. it was very fun. super cool down to earth people. they made me laugh- alot!
#8. watched Nadel beat Federer on Sunday!!!! YES. (that's the only TV we watched all weekend) #9. took in some super fun fire-works on the 4th. we sat in the pontoon boat for at least 2 hours and watched random peeps sat off their own works. some of them were directly above us. at times we thought the sparks we going to light us on fire. they were super close. than on the 5th we drove out watch the 'real' fire-works. we pull up and sat int he back of the truck cuz if we took the boat it would have taken us years to get out of there. i honestly think there we 500 or so boats on the all int he same area at one time. the works were fun! #10. got to see where Ben and Jay grew up. took in their small time life styles and schools. had some fun on the turtle...(see picture) look how small we seem... #11. read the 'Swin Shickleback' Fish book 3 times to Javen and Talia. ( jays neice and nephew). yes....the book was super fun to read and the kids totally digged it. they both sat on my back and loved listening. i think i even had Crazy Joni's attention a couple times.
#12. got to have some good solid conversation with Jen and Jay. it's always enjoyable to do a mini- vacation with people you enjoy and get along with. i really don't think i could ever get enough of Jen....and Jay! we spent time sitting at the fire. something extra fun, yet relaxing about a fire. super fun time. although i will admit that the drive (on the way home) was pretty sucky. and putting 1067 miles on the silver bullet was tough- otherwise.....we might make it a annual outing! is that ok Tonneson's????