too cold to swim ----- Not in Bismarck in November

Here are the Polar Bear triplets swimming in North Dakota when it is 28 degrees outside. They sure had fun at the pool and the water slide was a big hit. see picture below. Here is the picture below with JOY coming down the waterslide. It was NOT a passive waterslide. It shot water down the slide with force that increased your natural flow down. It was enjoyed by all but Sister Johnson who, after her water slide experience at "Sisters" did not venture on another slide.

Kimo enjoyed the pool very much even though he aparently forgot his swim suit. the motel was a HIT!!!!

OUR MISSION VISITORS FOR THANKSGIVING

The Heather and Kimo and Joy and Lilly Wilson arrived Saturday about 3:30 and we have have fun and been on the go ever since. Here we are with the usual Eagle Picture by the WORLD FAMOUS BISMARCK EAGLE. This was after we had walked the Mall together and did some multiferious shopping and still needed a few minutes before the Missionaries would be arriving for lunch at Ground Round. The weather has been beautiful. Notice and Sunny Day and no Coats. Here is JOY in Bismarck in about1950s, a miracle of time travel thanks to Museum magic in Bismarck. We had a ball in this most marvelous of all museums and all for free. ( except for the dinasour eggs we bought for them to eat.)

Here is an example of how really big those old beasts can get. They discovered the entire leg of this baby and then painted the rest of it on the wall so you can compare yourself to it in real size and space. They have in this museum a one of a kind Mummified dinasour. Where the actual SKIN has been preserved through some natural mummification process so they could actual study the outside layer of a dinasour.

Here we are near the end of a busy day in our missionary apartment even with an official Missionary Picture of Jesus on our wall.

Space Aliens again go our family as Alicia and Giulio were sucked into their ship and were forced to eat the best Bar-B-Que around. Martian Munchies, animal ribs, potatoes NOT from Idaho, and then we had to go to Mr. Delicious and have some cheese cake to round out the day -- or is that round US out today. Halloween is always a scarey time... but here we have two unknown missioanries who wandered around a week before Halloween at the YSA Activity in full disguise. The dollar store rules around Halloween time.

Jumping Missionaries are a common sight when you visit Salem Sue. The 40 ton Holstein Cow in New Salem. We took Alicia and Giulio there but failed to get a picture of them jumping to touch her belly. One of the Missionaries is not like the other ones. Can you guess which one was not able to jump up and touch her tummy?

Sturgis was calm and quiet when we visited her on Monday Oct.27th We still got into some stores and gathered a few G rated shirts and such. Then on to Mount Rushmore and the giant faces of democracy and freedom thereon. That is a marvelous place and Spirit of history is felt strongly. (except when a young boy pulls the fire alarm and it blares for 20 minutes until the rangers decide the protocol to turn it off.

Well that is about enough for a while. It is Sunday Morning and we are getting ready to head off for our hour+ drive to Fort Yates. The Weather is friendly and the rodes should be clear and nice. Weather is about 39 and rising.