Fantastic Fred

StoryCorps participant and dear friend Fred Holdridge came by the booth this evening while we were cleaning and preparing for tomorrow’s journey to Detroit. He was took us out for ice cream in his fantastic electric car and taught us to treat everything in life as an adventure. We will carry Fred in our hearts as we travel on to new cities

Posted by   July 26, 2005   No Comments

Wicked storm


There was a wicked hail storm in Bismarck this evening. The hailstones were as big as Anna’s big toe.

Posted by   July 22, 2005   No Comments

Vegetable delivery

Laura, a local organic farmer, dropped off fresh produce at the booth. She and facilitator Brett Myers pose with a yellow cucumber, which was later eaten with lunch.

Posted by   July 21, 2005   No Comments

German from Russia Visitors


Two members of the German from Russia Society visited the booth today. The arrive dressed as their grandfathers might have when they came to North Dakota as homesteaders in the late nineteenth century.

Posted by   July 20, 2005   9 Comments

Driving with farm equipment


We passed this contraption driving around Bismark

Posted by   July 14, 2005   No Comments

Center of Science and Industry

Before opening the booth today, we visited Columbus’s Center of Science and Industry. Along with an impressive exhibit on the Titanic, and a high-wire unicycle, COSI has an outdoor exploration park. Here we easily lifted a 2347-pound car with the help of the museum’s Big Giant Lever.

Posted by   July 14, 2005   No Comments

Opening in Bismark


Our first day at the state capitol in Bismark.


A local public radio show called “Hear It Now” broadcast their daily show from our site.

Posted by   July 14, 2005   No Comments

Facilitators in the badlands


We had a day off before opening in Bismarck, so we headed to Theodore Roosevelt National Park, otherwise known as the Badlands region of western North Dakota.

Posted by   July 13, 2005   No Comments