Before leaving Hingham I finally was able to get a picture of this sign. Massachusetts has one for each of their towns and it's such a kick to drive from one town to another and see this sign with date of settlement started. Hard to get pictures because you don't know where the town line begins and there is no place to pull over for a quick stop and picture. It's a bummer. On this one I was lucky enough after a month to be driving towards sign and 1st at stoplight with camera next to me. ha! All these towns are so historic and have some wonderful history. Too bad so many have been neglected. Roads are terrible in most places and some are really run down while others thrive.. just like anywhere. Just interesting observations. I was taken so much with Hingham because we lived there for 5 weeks and it was so CLEAN! Loved the manicured yards and over 1800 historic homes and some still in residence of 13 generations! That is something in this young country with so littl
Finally made it to the Capital of North Dakota! This is quite a building and they have a very nice observation deck on 18th floor! It is certainly the tallest building around. Their legislators are only part time and gone for the season so with money rolling in from the oil fields they are in process of updating things! Now that North Dakota is 2nd largest oil producer in USA there has been a conference in town to work things out.. it's a mess from what we 'hear".. no housing, flipping hamburgers at McDonalds for $18.00 an hour. Lots of money to be made; no housing or very little and top dollar for everything.. The oil people are moving ahead with dilling wells before buiding any infrastructure and buringin off natural gas like it's a free unwanted commodity! shameful really but guess it's ok - isn't that why we subsidize the oil companies? ha! Haven't really been there so alot is just talk but we will be heading in that direction soon so may take a little drive for a look see....
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