BisonGirlLife: Hager family 2009 golf tour

All the Hager kids (Corey, me, Jesse, Megan, Andrew, Matthew, and Maria) and Megan's dad and Corey's parents, Andrea and Gary Hager gathered together for a Hager family 2009 golf tour. On the agenda were three golf courses - Hawktree, Bismarck, ND; Bully Pulpit, Medora, ND; and the Kenmare golf course, Kenmare, ND.

On Thursday, Aug. 6, we headed west about 150 miles to Medora, ND.

We made a pit stop at Assumption Abbey in Richardton, ND.

It is beautiful and has amazing architecture.

The weather was pretty crummy, so we weren't in any hurry to get to Medora - we wandered around the grounds for a while and shopped in the gift shop.

It was definitely worth the stop.

Medora was overcast, chilly and drizzly so we made the drive through the Theodore Roosevelt National Park.

... looking for prairie dogs.

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My fabulous bonus parents :)

Andrew and Matthew enjoying the views in the park

All us Hager kids

In the evening we had dinner at the pitchfork fondue and then watched the Medora Musical. As you can see, it was very chilly but still lots of fun.

Friday morning the boys golfed at Bully Pulpit.

The scenery at the course is one-of-a-kind in the North Dakota badlands.

While the boys golfed, the rest of us explored Medora.

After lunch, we made our way north to Kenmare.

Our car took the 'short cut' from Dickonson north through Killdeer and Stanley. That also means that we drove through the Bakken. We were amazed at the transformation that has taken place. What used to be sleepy farm land is now hustle bustling with oil activity. The big piece of machinery pictured above is a rig.