Ted and I have been to 47 states.  We are missing Hawai’i, New Mexico, and North Dakota.  We seriously considered extending our recent visit to Ted’s sister in Nebraska by continuing north to North Dakota and checking that state off our Missing States List.  Ted researched places of interest but couldn’t really find anything that sounded worth the extra time and travel.  In fact, when we were on our 2015 European cruise, we met a lady from North Dakota.  When we asked her for ideas of things to do and/or places to visit in North Dakota, she thought about it for a few seconds and then responded by saying, “I actually think South Dakota is more interesting.”  We decided that we might have to settle for visiting 49 states, offering the excuse that we just couldn’t find a reason to visit North Dakota.

While we were discussing our travels during Dave and Cheryl’s visit, we mentioned our North Dakota dilemma.  Dave and Cheryl are making a circuit from New Mexico through Missouri, into Wisconsin, then west through Minnesota, etc.  On Saturday, I received a postcard from Dave from North Dakota.  Today, I got two more postcards in the mail.  Dave is tempting me.  Ted and I might have to go to North Dakota after all.