Geo-Adventures

 An abbreviated blog today even though it was a day filled with adventure. It is late and time for bed, but I just needed to share that it has been more than 20 years since I have sooo many stars and the Milky Way. It was mind blowing and, of course, impossible to take pictures of. IN REVERSE ORDER OF THE DAY because I can't figure out how to rearrange the pictures. The shots above are from our current campsite in Madora, ND The next one shot is of the Knife River Indian Site. The plants in the bed are tobacco. The plaque said that young men rarely smoked, but that men of about 60 were done fighting and hunting so they grew tobacco to smoke. Below are shots from the Lewis and Clark Interpretive Center near Bismarck. A great museum. Since Bismarck is the capital of ND, we had to see the building. Not your typical building. Judy ventured out to get the money shots. No dome!

 Morning number two: Leaving the twin cities with Bismarck, ND the goal - over 400 miles. Our morning got of to a messy and late start because of a couple of rookie mistakes on my part. The top picture is the Minneapolis River and the bottom of the skyline of Minneapolis while we were heading for I94. Unlike Illinois where the crops usually corn and beans, Minnesota (and ND) also grows hay. In both states, one sees wetland grasses along the highway and in the fields. Today they were waving their little arms off because the winds were ferocious. Towns and gas stations were getting further apart. Judy had seen a sign that said Dawson had gas. She saw this many miles before the exit. We crept into this little berg to discover this sign at the far end of town. The place looked closed. Come to find out it wasn't. It was the only show in this town of maybe 74. We must have made the owner's day - $150+ later. This a ND rest stop fashioned after an old time gas station. Welcome to ND!

This is Corky riding  on his special bed between the seats. He did very well today and seems totally content sleeping under the table as Judy and I work. We stopped in Minneapolis so we could visit with Tonia who used to live in LV. It was fun to show her rv living and catch up. On to Bisark tomorrow!