Friday, 8 May 2009. For I don’t do getting up at 6 a.m. very well. It was sunny, but chilly. As I headed west is clouded over a little bit more but no rain. The only slow this on the drive to Fargo was around Minneapolis-St. Paul where the bypass interstate is about one or two lanes too narrow. Once you free of the Twin Cities I was able to pick up the pace and keep one truck and to the west. I stopped once for gas and let Lee Troutman and Thema and Chandice Johnson know that I was closing in on the great city of Fargo.
We met over it at the Saturn dealer in Fargo where was taking in my car for the 25,000 miles service. It was great to meet Thema and Chandice. I had been corresponding with Thema for the past 15 years concerning Arthur Upfield. After I dropped my car off, we headed over to a nearby Denny’s for breakfast. I was in need of coffee. The Doritos and Pepsi I noshed gone during my drive to Fargo had not been enough.
After filling breakfast and very good conversation we headed over to the Fargo which was a cinema. There we were to watch the documentary film In Search Of Bony. A few folk associated with the Fargo over Festival were interested in seeing the documentary. I gave a brief introduction and after the documentary I made some additional comments and answered questions. It was neat to see the documentary film on the big screen again. It is quite possible they will show the documentary at the upcoming Fargo Film Festival. I later suggested to Thema on the possibility of a panel on Upfield and his books if she could find a few more knowledgeable people in the area.
After the showing we headed back to Grand Forks and to Johnson’s and I headed back to their place to continue our discussion on Upfield. Early in the evening we headed out for dinner as the Fargo Marathon was being run the next day. We finally found a place that they had not yet before and for which turned out to be a very nice find and excellent restaurant. As the weather had turned quite chilly, about 41 Fahrenheit/5 Celsius, I happily dug out my parka and put it on. Such is spring in North Dakota. There’s a good chance of frost over the next couple of nights. While it is only May 8th.
After delightful dinner the Johnson’s took me back to my car, we made our goodbyes, and I headed north to Grand Forks. Mean maps and my GPS systems I had very little problem in finding Lee’s place.
We got me stashed away in the basement into my delight her wireless worked fine for my computer once on a typed in the password. Between checking e-mail and news and chatting with her while watching some TV the evening passed quickly. I read some and then tried to fall asleep.
