Hettinger, North Dakota

Yesterday I made a shorter ride as I had gone farther than intended the day before. I stopped in Hettinger, North Dakota. This is a town on the edge. There are many well kept houses with manicured lawns. There are also boarded up businesses on the main drag. There are two or three coffee shops boarded up. I think Martha Stewart gave up on Hettinger. There is an acceptable steak house and a bunch of bars. The county hospital and a coal gasification plant here. There are farm related businesses. But I saw few young people.

Here are some Volvos that are parked in front of an abandoned house along the highway. I have no notion what this is all about.

This is just a view of the terrain and the endless straight highway. Not the lack of traffic. This was most of the day. I love the solitude. I don't enjoy DoD nominal.

Here is a very large bull. He is anatomically correct.

This is an abandoned house along the highway. There were a few of these. Lots of this pasture land has gone fallow. It is very green. This house just asked to be photographed.