471. A Little Bit of New England in North Dakota
Just a little something to catch on the fly if you happen to be flitting between the Enchanted Highway and the Burning Coal Vein of southwestern ND

On our summer 2012 road trip to Montana, we decided to take a little detour off the "main drag" to revisit a part of North Dakota that we hadn't been back to since our "state high pointing" days of the mid 1990's. So, instead of just staying on the interstate (I-94), we took off south from exit 72 to see some of the remarkable folk art sculptures along the Enchanted Highway. Then, just as it was getting dark, near the southern end of that road section in Regent we started to see 4th of July fireworks lighting up the sky quite a few miles off to the northwest, and decided to head over there to investigate...

Turns out the fireworks were emanating from the little town of New England! We just happened to have a little butterfly box with us that we wanted to set free somewhere along our trip route, and being from New England, we figured, " why not leave it here?" So, we looked around the visitor center under the huge cottonwood tree next to Burns RR Park and across from the Fire Dept./ Town Hall on the southern end of town. That area seemed to be a bit too public, however, with picnic pavilions and such, so we took a short stroll - maybe 3 dozen steps - along the north side of the building just to the south. Along that building, where the concrete foundation turned to wood, we found a small cubby hole that may perhaps provide some safe temporary shelter for this little New England butterfly. Please let us know if you find it still there, since we're not very likely to ever be getting back out that way ourselves!

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