Our Thanksgiving this year consisted of two days we spent in the Linton/Strasburg area, so I'll include both on this post about Thanksgiving 2008.
Thanksgiving morning we drove down to Linton for dinner, and met in a church in town. Of course, all the food was great. Our family has a bunch of good cooks. The turkey was tender, moist, and cooked to perfection. I ate too much.
After dinner, the ladies worked in the kitchen cleaning up. The men sat at the tables concentrating on digesting. Some of us were half tempted to lie down on the pews to help the process.
My brothers Duane and Harvey are discussing a jovial topic. Probably saying something like, "That dang Bruce is taking pictures to put on his blog again."
Hi, Samantha. Peek-a-boo!Late afternoon we drove on down to Strasburg to my parent's farm, where we stayed overnight.
On Friday morning I baked caramel rolls. They were unbelievably delicious, if I can say so myself. It is a good recipe. Lots of caramel sauce is one key. This was the first time I had made these rolls for my parents. This was sort of a late breakfast and we also had scrambled eggs and bacon.
Later on in the morning my dad added some brake fluid to my old Dodge pickup. He has done so much work to that thing. I appreciate it very much.In the afternoon Dad, my brother Doug, the kids, and I hopped in the van to head out on an adventure to two other old farm places my Dad has.
First we went to what we call the Compaan farm. Dad rents this place from his uncle and most everything here is owned by the Compaan family.
When we drove up Doug saw an owl and yelled out like he was scared. This freaked Samantha out, so almost the whole time at this farm she was crying and saying things like, "I want my mommy" and "I want to go home." Thanks Doug!
My parents lived in this house when they were first married - from 1960 to 1964. In 1964 my grandpa (Dad's father) passed away and they moved to that farm after my grandma moved to Bismarck. The more modern chimney looks out of place on this home.
This was my mom's car. It is a Plymouth but I don't remember the year.
My dad told us this wheel belongs to a Willys Overland car. The frame and drivetrain, minus engine, are here also.
Your common wagon wheel in the grass and dirt.
There is a windmill on this farm but it is not in very good shape.
This building was a granary - a storage building for grain. Years ago I took some boards out from the interior. On the boards were written years along with how many bushels of oats/wheat/barley that year. If I remember correctly the dates were from the 30's and 40's.
It looks like flattened cans were used for shingles.
The building has a good lean on it, but I looked at some pictures I took in 2003 and it has not changed much.
What used to be the barn. The east shed, which was added later, is still standing. Sort of.
I took this picture of the barn in 2003. Looks like it could go at any minute, doesn't it?
Another 2003 picture of the barn. I actually stood in front to take this picture of the hay loft. Do you think that if it were to have fallen it would have been like in the cartoons? I don't.
Please don't litter.Then we drove over to the Slagh farm. Samantha had settled down by this time and it wasn't so hard to look around and take pictures.
An old bus used by the local wildlife club to go on hunting trips. I think they would go to Montana and Wyoming. I bet those guys have a lot of memories from those trips.
Before long Doug had climbed in and was looking around. When I mentioned hantavirus he was out in a jiffy. The interior has mouse droppings on almost every surface.
This is a Plymouth Plaza station wagon. I think it is a '56 or a '58.
An old road grader. I think I remember my Grandpa Slagh using this.
The dairy barn on this farm is looking pretty decrepit. My dad said no one is really interested in barns like this anymore and since it is no longer used it isn't worth it for him to maintain and keep up. At this point, though, it has become more than just a simple maintenance issue. Many shingles on the other side are missing and have been for years and years.
This neat old fridge is inside the barn. I'd guess it was used mainly for bovine medications.
This old building on the farm looks like it isn't going to be standing for too much longer. I believe at one time this was a home.
My mom has this cute ceramic piece at her front door and I couldn't resist taking a picture after we returned from our excursion. We stayed about another hour and then left to head back to Bismarck.Until later, my peeps!
