March in North Dakota can bring almost any kind of weather. On the 13th, it was relatively warm [50 degrees] in Bismarck and the ground was bare. We had very little snow all winter. Firemann and I drove to New Town, ND where I had some business at the Three Affiliated Tribes criminal court. We drove four miles west of town to see how construction of the new bridge was coming along. By this time, the snow was starting to come down.
The old Four Bears Bridge, completed in 1934, was named after two Indian chiefs of the same name; one was Mandan, the other Hidatsa.
It is a narrow bridge and the sight of a semi coming at you on a slippery surface is enough to get your blood pressure up.
A day later, on the 14th, we helped Firemann celebrate his 87th birthday.
And one week after that, Jack Kline and I took a small excursion south of Mandan where we found this ageless beauty.
For some reason, North Dakotans insist on displaying antique farm machinery atop hills and buttes all over the state [except in the Red River Valley where there are no hills or buttes].
On Easter weekend, we met Meredith in Fargo. Here Jim and Mere pose with a print of a Venetian canal next to the Doges Palace. See our photo of the same canal here.
On the last week of the month, I was walking to the tribal court building when I happened on a curious sight. The scene involving unlikely occupants in a vehicle begged for a camera. Luckily, mine was nearby.
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