Dakota Days - Foods of the World!

Day Twenty One.  Sunday 8 August 2004

"One of the best days of the trip.  Tris and I went to the Middle Border Museum today.  It was closed until the afternoon, so instead we wandered into town and looked around the antique mall.  There was a soft toy of Mr Peanut, who I remember seeing from my Bolton Wanders mascot meet.  At $28 he is too expensive, but I really liked him!

We returned to the museum after stopping off at a weird KFC, where Tris ended up having mashed potato and coleslaw with his chicken.  It turns out that KFC here doesn't seem to sell fries - I had potato wedges with my burger.  We both agreed that Dairy Queen was better... and cheaper.

The Middle Border Museum was very interesting, with the focus on Indian life in the area, the farmstead expansion, and prairie life.  There was a good exhibit on the Great Depression, whilst outside there were a few old buildings - A church, a school, and the biggest building of all, the Beckwith House, moved to the site from Downtown Mitchell, both beautiful and creepy.  There was also an old railroad station moved from Dimock.

In the evening we all went out to the Twin Dragon Chinese restaurant to celebrate Heather's birthday, which is tomorrow.  It was a really nice evening - Vicky managed to spill her drink and Tris got huffy with the chopsticks.  I had the 'Shanghai beef' and also tried some of Tris' duck, which was ok, but not my favourite meat.  Afterwards we got our fortune cookies.  My fortune read "Beautiful words are not always truthful; Truthful words are not always beautiful."  All in all, a really good day!"

Day Twenty Four.  Wednesday 11 August 2004

"The weather was cold this morning... a bit like my spirits.  I had a funny night last night.  Firstly, I woke up when my deodorant can fell off the cabinet by the bed.  Later, at about 5 o'clock I woke up again, turned off the aircon that we had left on, then went back to sleep.  Then Dan got up, which woke me up again.  Finally, our alarm clock went off at 6:45, and for some reason I seemed to leap upright out of bed.

Nothing notable happened at work today, but by the evening, my mood had vastly improved, and I laughed harder than I have laughed for years.  At the Holiday Inn, Adrien was giving us a slideshow.  He was continuing with the slideshow until our food arrived but, unbeknown to him, the waiters were waiting until he finished before delivering said food.  It meant we were actually waiting for over two hours for our dinner, and it was hilarious.  At one point (say about an hour and a half in) the doors opened and we felt a rush of relief from hunger, but all that was delivered were bottles of ketchup.  Anyway, the whole evening was farcically funny, and I really saw the Fawlty Towers in it.  The Holiday Inn's food is actually getting worse and worse, and I long for a nice roast dinner - mmmm, how lovely that would be!"