The Random Ramblings of Samm Diep

Rugby, the Geographic Center

Sometimes, spending a few days in the "small town" can be quite refreshing. Everyone's smiling and friendly. They all know each other. You have huge family meals with a lot of people and a ton of food. Everything is done manually. And, everything you need is within five minutes of each other.

Mike and I are on a small roadtrip through Northern MN and a couple small towns in ND. We've spent the past couple days doing some work in Rugby, North Dakota. Rugby, in case you didn't know, is very proud of the fact that they are the geographic center of North America.

I used to only come through here once a year, during the coldest time of the year, for the annual Northern Lights Shootout. We've been through twice now this summer and I am amazed at how a town that gets SOOOO cold in the winter time (record low of 60 below in 1936) could be so hot in the summer. It was up to 99 degrees today with about 50% humidity (Yuck!) and I couldn't save my gummies... :(


Our Trip:
A. Minneapolis, MN
B. Alexandria, MN
C. Fargo, ND
D. Rugby, ND
E. Mahnomen, MN
F. Fargo, ND
G. Minneapolis, MN

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posted by Samm @ 8/12/2009 10:40:00 PM