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... across North Dakota we saw UPS - nothing for miles either way and then UPS. We figure that's where they assign troublesome employees. Lisa, if UPS offers you a promotion to North Dakota don't take it!

We could possibly be home tomorrow. It would be quite a long drive so maybe we will stay somewhere in the UP and then scoot home Thursday morning.

Your fly sensitive friend,
Remington Beagle

... across the country. I wasn't sure what North Dakota would be like but it was pretty much the same as South Dakota except for the black hills. It really has a beauty of its own and I felt very safe and happy to be here. The rolling hills, open plains, and badlands are again out of cowboy picture books . We stopped first in a town called Jamestown which was the home of the "largest Buffalo"! It was a huge concrete buffalo and there was a little cowboy ...

... we head to the Lakes in the Brainerd, MN. area. Thanks for all your postings. I will add more about our short visit to Rushmore and our wonderful time at my Aunt Silvia's farm. The girls, and especially I, LOVED it there. I just wanted to let you all know we are safe and sound, despite being without any cell phone service until midnight, when it was too late to return any calls. Hugs to everyone. Time for some home made blueberry pancakes and zucchini bread.

... it bolted off like crazy, cool!

Roosevelt National Park is pretty amazing, it highlights the conservation efforts of President Roosevelt, his life story and even contains one of the cabins he lived in when he visited and hunted in North Dakota. Roosevelt was pretty much responsible for saving the Bison from extinction although when he first arrived in the area he was so worried ...

... the road, so it seems there is also a horse industry in the area. Today we crossed the Mississippi River in Brainerd, Minn. It was just about the same size as the Mississippi in Carleton Place. We also crossed the Red River coming into Fargo N.D. We saw three trains today loaded with coal headed east. On a giant billboard we saw the message "Be Grateful" and we are!

... water it was even harder to clean it all out when done.

Jen and I finally decided to relax after this hellish day with a movie: Field of Dreams. We watched it on the laptop in the tent, and it was quite soothing after all the madness we had to deal with.

Around perhaps 5:30am we both awoke in our tent to a very strange sound. It was certainly an animal, but it was barking/cooing/growling/purring. Yes, that sounds like a strange sound doesn’t it?! We ...

... there are pictures of the floods in 1997 which completed flooded the area in which we are camping, even though we are some distance from the Red River. On our way, a deer crossed the road in front of our camper and then seemed very confused and darted about the median. It is easy to see how they get killed on the roads. We arrived quite early in the afternoon and have taken the opportunity to get our laundry washed and get organized for our arrival in Winnipeg tomorrow.

... local Cabela's store. Don had complained about pebbles getting into his walking shoes and also about the sun burning his neck. The Cabela's manager donated a hat with a neck shade and gaiters. Don mentioned in his call to me today that he had observed something about rainbows as he passed through North Dakota. "It seems," he said, "that the colors of a rainbow are brightest when the clouds are the darkest."