Sunday - North Dakota

 

The train track campground last night wasn’t so bad.  I heard one train as we were going to sleep and another as we were waking up.  Far as I know, there weren’t any in-between.  (Judy and Annie might tell a different story though.)  The campground had a lot to offer besides trains.  Afternoon shade.  More robins than we’ve ever seen in one place before.  We sampled the indoor swimming pool, Jacuzzi and Sauna.  And it had mosquitoes.  More mosquitoes than we needed.  I think they’ve had a nice wet summer in Montana.

 

Continuing east on US Highway 2.  Rolling wheat fields yesterday giving way to rolling grasslands today.  No-traffic two-lane blacktop.  Big sky.  Missouri River to our south.  Tailwind yesterday.  Headwind today.  A weather front traveling faster than us must have passed.

 

Crossed the Missouri.  Turned right on US 85.  Crossed the Little Missouri.  More dotted lines on the map.  The scenic route.  Crossed into North Dakota; a new state for us.  More rolling grassland.  Theodore Roosevelt National Park.  We went on by.  We stopped at North Park Campground at the edge of Dickinson, North Dakota.  Almost got a new bird today.  We saw a family of sharp-tailed grouse.  Only the second time we’ve ever seen them.

 

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4,400 trip miles.