North Dakota

Generally I've had nothing positive to say about North Dakota but I may be changing my mind. 

We spent several days in Minot doing laundry, grocery shopping and waiting for our mail.  We also went to the North Dakota State Fair.  It was a nice fair with racing pigs, strangely dressed sheep..

 and a very nice BBQ for the military.

And to be honest, the local mall has a Barnes & Nobles, a JC Penney and a Hobby Lobby so I guess I could live there - if I had to - still mighty cold in winter.

We're now spending a few days at Lake Sakakawea bfore going to Medora.  The campground is lovely and our site is not far off the lake.  We had drinks this afternoon at a local marina.

As you can see, Belle enjoyed it too.

Into Canada again...

The flatness and incredible horizons of North Dakota blend into those of Saskachewan.

Up north you see alot of  really long trains hauling the wheat, etc. going from the co-op to the market.

We also passed a couple of missle sites in northern North Dakota.

In Saskatchewan we noticed that several of the small communities have sculptures either near their information centers or their road signs.

These two are in the town of Davidson, SK and the bottom one is at the visitor center in Battleford, where we are staying tonight.  It was erected to commemorate Canada's centennial in 1967 and is 23 feet high.

Drake, ND

We had lunch in a park in a little town named Drake.  It was almost post-apocalypically quiet.  Not a soul to be seen and the only noise was the wind blowing.

We're in Minot ND tonight.  It's 10 PM and JUST getting dark.  Do you kow where your children are???

North Dakota

This is Belle being welcomed to North Dakota by a friendly bison.