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SabreCanuck
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Jun 26, 2014

Minot / Bismarck / Medora ND area Week of July 7th

Hello All. We're planning a little golf/camping getaway in and around the Bismarck/Minot/Medora ND area during the week of July 7th. I've made a few phone calls and found that due to oil patch act...
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Jim_Shoe
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Jun 26, 2014
I've read recent news articles about farmers renting a space(no HUs) in their fields for oil field workers in RVs. In Williston (the Closest town) there's one restaurant and one grocery, and the prices are horrible. They've hit oil shale which will extend the boom. I'd avoid US 2 and make sure I had reservations at a reasonable price in Bismarck and Medora.
This isn't going to get better soon.

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