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Nodak Flickertails
State Club

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The first campout of the ND State Club, Nodak Flickertails, was the best weekend ever. Eighteen members found their way to Regent, ND. We did not have snow or rain and the sunshine was not too hot. We arrived Friday. The hosts for the weekend were John and Cathy Hilley and John and Helen Evans. Shortly after supper, the artist of the metal sculptures in Regent, Gary Greff, stopped in to welcome us to his home turf.

We were treated to tours of four of six museum buildings. The four buildings are filled with amazing heritage artifacts that took us back in time. However, our guide, Don Wagendorf, was extremely knowledgeable of all the artifacts and was able to answer many of our questions.

We caravanned to The Enchanted Highway, the entranceway to Regent, ND, to get a close-up look of the metal sculptures. The Enchanted Highway is truly a unique traveling experience featuring the world's largest metal sculptures produced by artist, Gary Greff. Just before you enter the entryway of Interstate 94/Exit 72, there stands a one-of-a-kind humongous metal sculpture name "Geese in Flight." It is in the Guinness Book of World Records as the largest scrap metal sculpture in the world and was erected in 2001. After supper, we went to the Enchanted Highway Gift Shop that Gary opened for us for ice cream, to purchase a few souvenirs, and to pay for the weekend camping.

Sunday we held our business meeting with discussions on what to do at GNR, which also included how to promote the State of ND. President Leier also told us that the club received a letter of congratulations from WIT General Manager, Doug Formanek, and a 10-year patch celebrating the club's 10th anniversary. The patch has already been sewed onto the flag by Chris Hesse. A group picture was taken of the first weekend campers. It does not seem like it has been ten years since the club had been formed. Congratulations to all!

Adam Leier 701-226-8490

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