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pohonkelapa & his nephews ryan & jacob travel to nor-da-koh-ta in late june of 2009.
no narration except emoticons,just to be different.

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[amazondk]

Paul,

It looks like you went through SLC. Boy are there ar lot of mini jets there now. Thanks for the sights of ND. Even though it is a state that borders on my home land of Montana I have never spent any time there. I always thought of North Dakota as some place you drove through to get to somewhere else.

dk

[BS Man about Palms]

Yeah, if you "snarked out" this thread you would need a couple days rest. I see why you skipped it.

[Kris]

Dear Paul

Beautiful coverage and lovely stills and the still of you standing with the GMC bus at the background is my favouriate still ! I love american automobiles from cars to heavy vehicles..
And by the way i see less of your participation in our discussion board,are you busy ? Since the forum is appearing dry in your absence.

Convey my regards to your dad,

Lots of love,
Kris

[Jeff in Costa Rica]

Paul, it just isn't the same without your snarky commentary!

[pohonkelapa]

maybe i will add some comments from now on,if thats what the public wants

don i am not sure what "SLC" is...

kris it seems you have been busy as well lately

[Al in Kona]

Since I have a brother that married a Great Falls, Montana girl (same city where Don K. in Manaus, Brazil is from) and they live there and I also have a cousin who lives in eastern N.D. we visited those areas a few years ago. Naturally it becomes much more interesting to visit such places when you know someone there. As this thread is about N. Dakota, I'll only make a comment on it. Found eastern N.D. to be very green everywhere (as even your photos show), lots of mostly quite flat rich agricultural land. People were friendly practical types and I really didn't see any poverty as such anywhere. Pohonkelapa can't be all that bad if he from a place like N. D.!
He probably only moved to CA so he could grow palms . . . or maybe they kicked him out cuz he was too radical for them. Ha ha.

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Paul,

Salt Lake City, Utah.

dk

[osideterry]

So do your nephews call you P-Dog? Uncle Pohonkelapa is a lot to ask. I'm not into bars per-se, but if I were in South Dakota, that Tower bar looks awesome.

[freakypalmguy]

Great pics as always Pohonomeister, but I'm just curious, what day was it that you were in the air? The reason I ask is that I was airborne and heard of a possible terrorist attack on another jet where some freaky passenger kept yelling out something very strange every time they hit a little bump. Turns out the guy just kept yelling, " Matty, Matty, Matty......". ? ? ?

[Wal]

Excellent documentary with sustained smiley usage. I don't want to pry or anything, was it a family visit to nor-da-koh-ta ? And, did you start talking funny once you got there ?

[OverGrown]

Some of my friends are among the best tattoo artist in the LA area so I consider my taste very particular. Judging from a distance, your nephew's have some very nice artwork on their arms!

[Kris]

pohonkelapa, on Jul 26 2009, 01:36 AM, said:

maybe i will add some comments from now on,if thats what the public wants

kris it seems you have been busy as well lately

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the house my grandparents lived in after they retired from farm life.


better have a big can of "fix a flat."


ferns thrive in the summer.


1st thrift store shopping expedition to the nearest big town--Valley City ND.
this is the "costume shop" in the basement,where all the cool vintage stuff ends up & is NFS.thats "NOT FOR SALE"!!!
i could vomit.

[pohonkelapa]

cool 1940s tie.


40s double-breasted suit.


hmmmm,a reputable tailor,too.


heres jake reminding us what hispanic people look like since there were none in valley city.
or nearly none.

[pohonkelapa]

i told you that "piratism" runs in my family.


not many palm motifs in ND.


i call these next few shots :"adventures in eye-wear."

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"b-b-b-benny and the jetsssss"!!!


heres what the thrift shop looks like from the street in case you are ever in the neighborhood.


many of you may have never seen a large,bustling urban center such as this,so here are a few pix.


parking is at a premium.

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all the buildings are dated so no one forgets.
i forgot what they are trying to remember.


i can taste the artificial colorings & flavors from here.


hey,something is missing! why aren't there homeless people living in the alleys here like downtown SD?


oh yeah,cuz its 40 degrees below zero in the winter!

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they save old buildings,instead of tearing em down.


just pull up on the curb & eat a gallon of "blue bunny" ice cream at 10am.
thats how people build up their fat stores to survive the frigid winters on the great plains.




i love glass bricks,so much easier to see through than the "non-clear" kind.

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next we hit some antique shops.
cool old trucks.antique farm implement toys are quite popular.




this building still has tin ceilings.


one of these is the fabled "little brown jug."
choose wisely.

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say "cheese-like non-pasteurized soy-curd product!"


wares.yes,thats how you spell it!


up in a loft we get a closer look at the tin ceiling.


its hard to look cool with a fur muff,but jake pulls it off.
ryan demonstrates that he is exactly "loft-sized."

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peeking into the dropped ceiling.
ok,i'm curious!


i call this shot "boy smoking a pipe on rustic bed."


hubba,hubba!

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down in the basement.its the coolest place to poke around & imagine wear gangsters buried all the bodies & maybe
sacks of money from a bank-robbing spree.


hoosier.i dunno why they call it that,dont ask me.


all that furniture looks awfully sad,just waiting for someone to take it home & use it again.


i hate all that digital stuff--this is more my speed!