Flying Geese. This marks the northern end of the Enchanted Highway south to Regent, ND. Along the highway, the fields every 5 miles or so contain large, often amusing, sculptures of mostly steel welded together. Beside each sculpture is a parking lot for people to stop and take pictures.
The lower picture is one of our favorite sculpture of an aquarium out on the plains. Kathy is pretending to be the little diver at the bottom of the tank. At the bottom, Chris looks at the panties of a farmer's giant wife.
The Enchanted Highway is the inspiration of artist Gary Greff. He had the idea of using large sculptures along this highway to draw tourists 25 miles south to his hometown in Regent. It works. Lots of people drove the highway, even on a Sunday morning, stopping at each sculpture to take pictures. We also talked and got to know each other. Visiting each other over and over again at each sculpture, several carloads formed a cohort driving down the road. At the end of the road in Regent, some of us again met in the artist's ice cream parlor and souvenir shop and talked some more. Kathy and I sat at a table talking to a couple from Georgia. One of the other families was from Minnesota; the wife had grown up in Concordia, Kansas!
We then drove south to Spearfish, South Dakota. We camped in the city's wonderful campground. We were camped near a very nice running stream. Off and on we have commented about camp showers. On this trip, we have suffered some of the small showers little bigger than coffins. We have also had the good fortune to use some really nice showers. The showers at the city campground in Spearfish are the best we have seen.
