[speedgibson] Speed Gibson: Peaceful, easy feeling

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Posted by Speed Gibson:
Peaceful, easy feeling
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   My football travels took us to Ellendale, North Dakota this past
   weekend. The Trinity Bible College Lions owned the first quarter, but
   we (the Minnesota Morris Cougars) finally settled in to win.
   I hadn't been in North Dakota for years. My wife asked me what famous
   people hail from North Dakota besides Lawrence Welk. I could only
   think of Mitch Berg.
   Ellendale is about an hour West from the Minnesota border, and just
   above the South Dakota border. We passed any number of well kept farms
   with healthy crops, new mown hay, and large farmhouses. I have to say,
   I was a bit smitten with it all, but my opinion might be different
   during their six month winters.
   I felt freedom in the air, like these hardy people have life figured
   out a bit better than most, including me. We returned via South
   Dakota, and I didn't feel anything similar, like Tom Daschle was
   hiding around the bend.
   I don't know what this "Peace Garden State" slogan is about, but North
   Dakota truly does have that peaceful, easy feeling, temperature
   permitting.