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| TRAVEL<br />
North Dakota Tourism<br />
April is a great time of year in N.D.<br />
After spending the previous four<br />
months bundled up while we ski,<br />
snowboard, snowmobile and fish, we can<br />
now hike, ride bike, fish and generally enjoy<br />
the outdoors with no more than a light windbreaker.<br />
Trees are budding out, and yards start<br />
to turn green as we ease into late spring and<br />
early summer.<br />
There are many things to do in N.D. during<br />
April, both indoors and outdoors, as we<br />
transition between seasons. We have concerts<br />
and sports shows; home shows and car<br />
shows; motorcycle shows and auto racing.<br />
By the time May rolls around, you will<br />
have enough to see and do to fill your calendar.<br />
Make it a point to check out some or all<br />
of the following events.<br />
Outside: It’s Easter, time for an Easter<br />
egg hunt or two. Take the kids to Fort Buford<br />
and the confluence near Williston or to Fort<br />
Mandan near Washburn for traditional egg<br />
scrambles on April 11.<br />
Inside: Jazz it up with musical performances<br />
by jazz violinist Doug Cameron at<br />
Belle Mehus Auditorium in Bismarck on<br />
April 18 or a vocal concert by Melba Joyce at<br />
the Fargo Theatre.<br />
Outside: Head to Friday night races at<br />
By Scooter Pursley<br />
Rare Persian Onager<br />
Photo taken from redriverzoo.org<br />
River Cities<br />
Speedway<br />
in Grand<br />
Forks. Outlaw<br />
sprints, late<br />
models and<br />
superstocks<br />
thunder<br />
around the<br />
one-third-mile<br />
oval every<br />
Friday starting<br />
April 24.<br />
Inside: Cars<br />
and bikes and<br />
trikes, oh my!<br />
The Prime<br />
Steel Car Show<br />
and the Red<br />
River Motor-<br />
cycle Show have teamed up to turn Alerus<br />
Center in Grand Forks into hot rod heaven<br />
on April 18-19.<br />
Outside: Get to Red River Zoo on April<br />
25 for the Party for the Planet. Have fun,<br />
while learning how you can protect Earth.<br />
Contact N.D. Tourism for more information on<br />
these and other events in N.D. by calling 1-800-<br />
435-5663 or visiting www.NDtourism.com.<br />
58 thecitymag.com