We entered North Dakota at 7:30 a.m. today, soon crossed the wide Yellowstone River, and started making our way across the state. So far, it looks a lot like eastern Montana, except the rolling hills are smaller, and almost all of the land is in crops. Also, the traffic is much heavier, but the roads have had good shoulders, so all is well.
We only had about 45 miles to ride today, to Watford City, so we were here by 11:00, even with the repair of my first flat tire of the trip, and with some light headwinds. Tomorrow we ride over 80 miles, and the headwinds are predicted to be much stronger, so we plan to leave earlier than usual in order to take advantage of the lighter winds in the morning. Fortunately, we heard about some road construction on our planned route, with about 8 miles of very rough road. Unfortunately, our planned detour will require that we ride about 9 miles farther!
Blogger refuses to upload photos from my computer today, so you will have to imagine my incredibly artistic shot of Rich standing by the sign welcoming us to North Dakota.
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