By the time we made it back to Bismarck, Mom’s cracked\/broken ribs had healed enough that she was largely free of pain. \u00a0We were delighted to see how youthful she looked — almost back to where she had been before the awful summer of her ill health began.<\/p>\n
Our outside activities during the period of this posting were minimal — we stayed home with Mom during several periods when\u00a0Zona spent some time at Lake Sakakawea and Minneapolis. We took the RV out to Tappen, ND, where it was stored\u00a0away for the winter in a huge building owned by Marvin Bodvig as part of the complex that comprises the Tappen Farm\u00a0Supply\u00a0Company. \u00a0We had a nice visit over lunch with Marvin and Violet after tucking in the RV.<\/p>\n
We spent quite a bit of time with Jon and Cathy Docktor and their children Katie and Cole, including meals at Zonas and a meal at the Dockters and a farewell dinner at the Bistro in Bismarck. \u00a0We attended Katie’s last basketball game of the season. \u00a0And when Zona returned from Minneapolis she brought along some brun geitost<\/em>\u00a0(brown goat cheese). \u00a0 We had brought along\u00a0tytteb\u00e6r\u00a0syltet\u00f8y\u00a0<\/em>(lingonberry jam) from the Ikea store\u00a0in Las Vegas. \u00a0So when Zona made fresh norske wafler<\/em> (Norwegian waffles) we all gorged ourselves with waffles eaten by hand and spread with the jam and brown cheese. \u00a0Yum yum yum!<\/p>\n Barb mostly doesn’t appear in the photos below; the last picture reveals the reason: \u00a0she was in the throes of a multi-week treatment to remove persistent pre-cancerous growth on her blue-eyed visage. \u00a0As I write this she is back to her beautiful self.<\/p>\n\n\t\t