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January 17th, 2006, 00:32
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| Old Skool  Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: San Diego
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|  Grand Forks Survival Guide
I told Tom I've been thinking about making a free "Grand Forks Survival Guide" in PDF format for new aviation students to download. It'll be a great online book that new aviation students can use to learn about what Grand Forks has to offer for passing the time. I know it's not very much, but if you dig for it you can find it. The purpose of the e-book is for students to venture off and explore outside of campus. Basically it'll have a few categories such as: Recreational activities: Bike trails, cross-country ski trails (even the locals don't know about these), snowmobiling, ice fishing, camping, hiking (ie, Turtle River is a somewhat scenic place for the area - good for photography), kite-boarding, auto-crossing, frisbee golf, etc... Restaurants: The good places to eat, all categorized Points of interest: Scenic places, picnic places, historic points of interest, museums. Bars/clubs: Reviews on some good bars or other social locations Student Perspectives: Write-ups from students - where they came from, how they adjusted living here...basically to comfort students who are "culture shocked" and bored out of their mind. $100 Hamburger getaways: I.E., Rent a plane at GFK Flight Support or Crookston, fly to Fargo, go to Famous Daves for some good Southern-style BBQ. That's all I can think of for now. I want it to be a collaberative (sp?) effort from Aviation students from all different backgrounds to capture a diverse audience (foreign or local, big city/small city). Maybe some of you guys/gals will want to write a review on an activity or place of interest. What do you think? Kinda dorky or people would use it?
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January 17th, 2006, 16:38
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I think you have too much free time on your hands...... 
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January 17th, 2006, 17:24
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January 17th, 2006, 18:57
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Jason -- I think that is a pretty clever idea! Although I don't think I'm going to attend UND this coming fall I still think it's a good idea. I've went to Grand Forks this summer and had an interesting time trying to figure out exactly what kinds of things you could do in the town. With a "Survival" guide, I think it might be more helpful to a student at UND who is not familiar with the town/culture/etc. Good luck if you decide to do it! Adam |
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January 17th, 2006, 19:06
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January 17th, 2006, 19:13
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January 18th, 2006, 01:57
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I think this survival guide is an awesome idea. Hopefully it helps some of the aviation guys have close to as much fun as people across the coulee do.
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January 18th, 2006, 14:40
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Great Idea.. don't forget to put the cemetery in there too, some may not survive
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January 18th, 2006, 19:31
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January 19th, 2006, 02:05
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okay, i THINK youre joking...but you know, im really not sure. Quote:
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