{"id":4012,"date":"2014-06-14T19:25:27","date_gmt":"2014-06-15T00:25:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bismarck-mandan.com\/?p=4012"},"modified":"2014-06-14T19:25:27","modified_gmt":"2014-06-15T00:25:27","slug":"challenge-accepted","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bismarckmandanblog.com\/?p=4012","title":{"rendered":"Challenge accepted"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bismarck-mandan.com\/images\/2014\/06\/windmill_29450.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4011\" src=\"http:\/\/www.bismarck-mandan.com\/images\/2014\/06\/windmill_29450.jpg\" alt=\"windmill_29450\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bismarckmandanblog.com\/images\/2014\/06\/windmill_29450.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.bismarckmandanblog.com\/images\/2014\/06\/windmill_29450-150x99.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.bismarckmandanblog.com\/images\/2014\/06\/windmill_29450-450x300.jpg 450w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a>This goes out to my online pal Jason, who challenged me a while back to deliver a) a windmill photo, and b) a broken-down farm building photo.\u00a0 What I haven&#8217;t posted, due to things being a little busy around here, are my responses &#8211; acquired on May 26th, 2014.<\/p>\n<p>First, I&#8217;d like to present the windmill above.\u00a0 This is one of my favorite windmills, but I didn&#8217;t just dart out to it in order to satisfy a request.\u00a0 This was actually on the return leg of the previously posted trip with my little boys, when I had my youngest out southwest of Mandan.\u00a0 In fact, I have already posted an additional windmill photo from that trip, the one with the damaged fins&#8230;but I&#8217;ve been meaning to share this one just because the colors were so dynamic.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bismarck-mandan.com\/images\/2014\/06\/fallen_farm_29299.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4010\" src=\"http:\/\/www.bismarck-mandan.com\/images\/2014\/06\/fallen_farm_29299.jpg\" alt=\"fallen_farm_29299\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bismarckmandanblog.com\/images\/2014\/06\/fallen_farm_29299.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.bismarckmandanblog.com\/images\/2014\/06\/fallen_farm_29299-150x99.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.bismarckmandanblog.com\/images\/2014\/06\/fallen_farm_29299-450x300.jpg 450w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a>Next is this old house and the remains of its garage, which sit along the road to Fish Creek Dam.\u00a0 That&#8217;s where I took my little guy to show him the bench out on the lookout point &#8211; if you don&#8217;t know about it, I&#8217;ll have to post a little explanation later.\u00a0 I&#8217;ve wanted to approach this house for a while, and the land isn&#8217;t posted, but there are currently cattle on the land.\u00a0 I guess I&#8217;ll have to wait, and let this shot from the road suffice for a while.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m on the mend now, and while I act as a recliner pilot and nurse the wounds from my most recent DaVinci robot attack, I&#8217;m going to try to dig back through the hard drive for shots like these.\u00a0 I have dozens of photos I&#8217;ve taken with every intention of sharing here, but have somehow neglected or forgotten over time.\u00a0 I think I&#8217;ll find some gems in there, and for the next few weeks I&#8217;ll have plenty of time on my hands to work with &#8217;em.<\/p>\n<p>Stay tuned!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This goes out to my online pal Jason, who challenged me a while back to deliver a) a windmill photo, and b) a broken-down farm building photo.\u00a0 What I haven&#8217;t posted, due to things being a little busy around here, &hellip; 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