Bear Up North
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The man who designed the 50-star U.S. flag was in the news awhile back. He was the former mayor of Napoleon, OH. He happened to be the person who did the official marriage ceremony for me and my wife, in his office filled with pictures of presidents, actors, politicians, etc. The 50-star flag got me thinking about our 50 states. And an attempt at a Cyburbia "fun" thread.....
Let's see if we can get 49 more responses to this thread....each response making a reference to a state that has not been mentioned. Let's try for just one (1) response per state.
Your response can be a fun fact or facts about the state. It can be a photo or more. Your response can be a memory of an event that you were involved in while in that state.....good or bad.
If you have to respond to a wrong fact or a "dissin" of a favorite state, you can do that and it won't count....unless you then include another state in your comments.
For our friends to the north.....what with their provinces.....go ahead and jump in with info (etc.) about your Canadian province....ehhhhh?
I will begin by ignoring my home state (OH) and my favorite state (MI).....leaving those two (2) to others. My pick will be the state I feel that would be the last one (1) picked....so I will pick it first......North Dakota.
I have been to ND a few times. I strongly recall the rolling plains, with the straight roads going on "forever". When you see trees off in the distance you know you are approaching a town, because the trees will be planted by settlers.
I recall the tall State Capitol Building.....kind of unusual.
And I remember the missle bases and air force bases.....scattered throughout the state......strange and scary reminders of the "cold war" and our defenses against a Soviet missle attack.
Fact: Fargo, ND, is always on "best places" to live lists. Vibrant little town (with Morehead, MN across the river) with nice friendly folks, clean neighborhoods, low crime. Very cold winters and very hot summers. (Probably much akin to the Canadian provinces to the north of the U.S. great plains.)
Call me crazy, but ND is a place I could live.
Crazy Bear
Let's see if we can get 49 more responses to this thread....each response making a reference to a state that has not been mentioned. Let's try for just one (1) response per state.
Your response can be a fun fact or facts about the state. It can be a photo or more. Your response can be a memory of an event that you were involved in while in that state.....good or bad.
If you have to respond to a wrong fact or a "dissin" of a favorite state, you can do that and it won't count....unless you then include another state in your comments.
For our friends to the north.....what with their provinces.....go ahead and jump in with info (etc.) about your Canadian province....ehhhhh?
I will begin by ignoring my home state (OH) and my favorite state (MI).....leaving those two (2) to others. My pick will be the state I feel that would be the last one (1) picked....so I will pick it first......North Dakota.
I have been to ND a few times. I strongly recall the rolling plains, with the straight roads going on "forever". When you see trees off in the distance you know you are approaching a town, because the trees will be planted by settlers.
I recall the tall State Capitol Building.....kind of unusual.
And I remember the missle bases and air force bases.....scattered throughout the state......strange and scary reminders of the "cold war" and our defenses against a Soviet missle attack.
Fact: Fargo, ND, is always on "best places" to live lists. Vibrant little town (with Morehead, MN across the river) with nice friendly folks, clean neighborhoods, low crime. Very cold winters and very hot summers. (Probably much akin to the Canadian provinces to the north of the U.S. great plains.)
Call me crazy, but ND is a place I could live.
Crazy Bear