Zeeland, ND

[Woodrow]

Beach party at Woodrow's tomorrow!!!

The Polar Bears are trying to light a camp fire to warm up.










Not quite true, nearest polar bear would be about 500 miles north of us.

 

[Beardo]

Very few I believe only 3 or 4

How do they go to school? :X

 

[Supreme]

Does everyone know each other like on Eastenders?

 

[Woodrow]

How do they go to school? :X

Walk.

The one school is located in the town, but it serves 4 or 5 counties. Has about 75 students. Most of them come by bus, 3 to 4 hour ride one way for some of them. Many children are home schooled up here. The school is actually very modern and up to date, which is a big surprise as it operates on a very low budget.

 

[Woodrow]

Does everyone know each other like on Eastenders?

Yes, everybody knows everybody else. Although the 2000 census lists the population as 126 there are now less then 50 people living here. Hard not to know everybody.

 

[Ramadhan]

I got out for a little bit yesterday and took some more snow Pictures. I believe it is safe to say winter is here. Currently we are in another blizzard. Watch the Zeeland Banner in my sig if you want to see what cold is.

I just had a look at your banner and it says the temperature in Zeeland is -31 degree centigrade ! :skeleton:
that is bleeding cold!
(around 5 pm my local time, which is around 3 am your local time)

 

[Muslim Woman]

how is life br Woodrow ? How is our sis ? Snow is still falling 24/ 7 ?

 

[Woodrow]

how is life br Woodrow ? How is our sis ? Snow is still falling 24/ 7 ?

snowing again or should I say still. we did have a few days when it was just light flurries. but the temperatures are unseasonably warm for this time of year.

electric lines were down for almost a week, but that is to be expected. It gives us an excuse not to be on the PC 24/7 But, we are in good health and having much time to think of Allaah(swt) without distraction. Mashallah

 

[Muslim Woman]

:wa:

... we are in good health and having much time to think of Allaah(swt) without distraction. Mashallah

:statisfie

 

[Woodrow]

winter is still here. I took these pictures yesterday, First time I was able to get out of the house in nearly a week.

this is downtown Zeeland. Most of the stores are vacant and closed over 20 years ago.

In this block of stores the post office is the only occupant and they have the old store at the end.

This is about half way down the block. That is snow inside the window. the building is in bad shape and much of the roof has long blown off.

This is the Post office. the post master did clear the side walk. She did a good job. Yes she, our postmaster is female.

This is looking across the street from the Post Office

this is our car in the drive way. a neighbor plowed the driveway with his tractor. the pile of snow is what he cleared from the Drive way.

 

[cat eyes]

i havent seen your other thread uncle but those pictures look extremely familiar to rural life in my country, and what an extremely boring place to live where everybody knows your buisness;D

i am afraid i am a city girl and i would never be able to leave city life for no one. i feel safe living in the city because everything is at ones need

 

[Woodrow]

i havent seen your other thread uncle but those pictures look extremely familiar to rural life in my country, and what an extremely boring place to live where everybody knows your buisness;D

i am afraid i am a city girl and i would never be able to leave city life for no one. i feel safe living in the city because everything is at ones need

It is not the life for everybody, but it is what both my wife and myself like. this is actually what most of the USA is like. Most people are only familiar with the 6 most populated states and the 10 largest cities, but most of America is actually empty farmland. The states of Wyoming, Montana, North Dakota and South Dakotah combined have a total population of less than 3,000,000 but the total area is about the same size as all of western Europe combined

Here is a pie graph of all 50 States:

44 of the states have very small populations, yet in area they make up nearly 2/3 of the total area of America In the graph the sections marked up other consists of 13 States and are roughly 1/3 the total area of the USA.

 

[cat eyes]

yeah its what my father likes aswell all rural places i love america though its very big and the people are interesting and nice

id love to visit that place btw but not to live because i love snow..id roll around in it for hours and throw snow balls at people mmmmm

 

[Woodrow]

yeah its what my father likes aswell all rural places i love america though its very big and the people are interesting and nice

id love to visit that place btw but not to live because i love snow..id roll around in it for hours and throw snow balls at people mmmmm

Be certain to avoid the southern states. They are semi-tropical and usually don't get any snow. The South western States from Texas westward are desert. You want to make snowmen and igloos, not sand castles.

 

[Italianguy]

It is actually Granmas old house that she had abandoned about 10 years ago. It has been empty for a long time and needs a lot of interior work.

Here are some pictures of it:

The old wooden shingle roof is nearly 100 years old and needs to be taken off and rebuilt. We will do that next summer as it would not be pleasant to spend the winter without a roof.

On the inside I have to completly rewire the electrical system. The electric lines were installed in 1934 and are now very hazardous. There are some leaks in the plumbing I have to fix and we also need to tear out the old floors and lay new ones. We bought the materials already and need to go down to Rapid City to pick it up.

We just got telephone and internet service on Monday Oct 12, and today we finally got water.

As we are working on the house we are living in the motor home:

We will most likely spend the winter in the motor home as the interior of the house is not only hazardous, it is quite unlivable at this time, but we will renovate it. We will be working on it all winter. we have kerozene heaters to keep us warm while we work on it and have a portable generator so we can use the power tools.

We are also in the process of buying a dairy farm, but that will not be finalized until next spring at the earliest.

Uncle woodrow, My company (or I ) could rewire that entire house in one day for you! I wouldn't charge you...as long as you had a hot plate of food for me at the end of the day I will even throw in some extra receptacles for your wall mounted plasma tv's for some extra bisquits;D

Beautiful area by the way! Tooo much country for this "City slicker". But beautifull, I bet it's peacefull.

P.s. I know you will chuckle from this, but I have a friend named Mario who is a plumbing contractor. He could hook you up!....for some extra bisquits of course;D

I think it may be a bit tooo much of a drive though comming from Virginia?

 

[cat eyes]

Be certain to avoid the southern states. They are semi-tropical and usually don't get any snow. The South western States from Texas westward are desert. You want to make snowmen and igloos, not sand castles.

well i love making sand castles also haha and relaxing on some remote beach dont like the hot weather that much though:hmm: i know that certain parts in america is really hot so i would not fancy living there. maybe i could live in a cold state then when i want a holiday go to a warm state thats the cool thing about america you can move around

 

[Italianguy]

Be certain to avoid the southern states. They are semi-tropical and usually don't get any snow. The South western States from Texas westward are desert. You want to make snowmen and igloos, not sand castles.

I live in Virginia and we only got about 12 inches of snow this year ....TOTAL. Thank God! I like to see it snowing but after it starts building on the ground it gets messy....VDOT or Virginia department of transportation is neverrrrrrrr prepared for snow......all 12 inches we got:hmm: Schools were closed for a week, and that only took 1 inch of snow! When i was in New York city, there were no snow days unless it was 6 feet high, otherwise they threw chains on the tires of the busses and kept going! ....and they say the south will rise again:hmm: Yeahhhhhhh right!;D

 

[Italianguy]

well i love making sand castles also haha and relaxing on some remote beach dont like the hot weather that much though:hmm: i know that certain parts in america is really hot so i would not fancy living there. maybe i could live in a cold state then when i want a holiday go to a warm state thats the cool thing about america you can move around

I hate the cold+o( I wish it was 100 degrees all the time. The hotter the better. My wife keeps the heat on in the house even when it's 80 degrees outside! ......I think she forgot she moved from India;D

 

[Grace Seeker]

I think it may be a bit tooo much of a drive though comming from Virginia?

Now, if you are serious, I live about halfway from Virginia to North Dakota. We could provide free lodging for you enroute. It would be a long two day drive (30 hours altogether), and you wouldn't want to plan on working the day you arrived, but you could the next.

 

[Italianguy]

Now, if you are serious, I live about halfway from Virginia to North Dakota. We could provide free lodging for you enroute. It would be a long two day drive (30 hours altogether), and you wouldn't want to plan on working the day you arrived, but you could the next.

You are to kind my brother!I would wholeheartedly accept the lodging ....if uncle wants me to do the work?

Your a good man Grace Seeker, I would humbley accept...and bring you some of my wifes samosas!