October 13, 2010. Aberdeen, N.D. Lazy Days.

First we drove through McNeal, in S.D. with shamrocks all over town. Now we are staying in Aberdeen, a town that is definitely not Irish. The waitress at lunch today could not tell us anything about the history of the name, nor was anything said at the Museum, but it is clear to me that sometime or another some Scottish people settled here and called the town Aberdeen. It is a nice town. The Museum was interesting and informative but took us only just over an hour. The downtown is being restored, which is a good thing because the town has left for the suburbs.

While walking around the downtown, we passed by three large music stores and could not imagine how they stay solvent. Then we discovered that the NSU has a large music school so these three stores serve the needs of the University and also the High Schools, because the university students all work part time at the schools. Apparently the whole music scene is impressive. Who would have thunk it?


The hotels are so much better than in the past. Lovely large rooms, everything clean and new, swimming pool and hot tub, washer and dryer available, full complementary breakfast, papers and fruit at the front desk, WiFi in the room, and all under one hundred dollars. Competition is a good thing for consumers.