We left Cody, Wyoming on Saturday, September 5 and headed east once again. It was a beautiful morning, the sun was just about to rise and the full moon was still high in the sky. We drove up to Billings, Mt and got on I-94 and headed East. Our destination was Medora, North Dakota. We had been told by several couples during our travels that the place that we needed to visit was Medora, North Dakota, the home of the pitch fork fondue.... so off we went once again. It was a long drive but soon proved to be well worth the trip. The town of Medora only has about 150 residents but during the summer the tourists fill up the campgrounds.
Medora is the home to Theodore Roosevelt National Park. Although we did not arrive in time to
take the drive in the park we did have the time to go to the pitch-fork fondue dinner. It is a very popular spot. The night that we were there they had about 750 people for dinner. The dinner is served buffet style that includes, beans, garlic toast, corn on the cob, coleslaw along with fresh fruit, and of course brownies for dessert. When you make your reservation you have a choice of a rib eye, or a new york sirloin steak. We opted for the sirloin. I think that John was a little sceptical, but the steaks were out of this world!!!! The steaks are places on pitch-forks and deep fried in hot oil, just like a fondue meal... only in huge vats of hot oil. As I said, the steaks were out of this world and I would defiantly go back again.
We left there early on Sunday, September and headed to Minnesota. We stayed overnight in Ashby Minnesota. Our campsite was at a very small campground, but peacefull as in Medora the trains were going by all night long. John had never seen Sunflowers growing in fields. There was a huge sunflower field by the campground. The seeds are used for bird feed and also for sunflower seeds for people.
We arrived in the Twin Cities on Labor Day, September 7. Family and friends are anxious to see us... more on that later......
Until later, Love to all,
Candy and Johnny
