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... and as we made our way to the state park I began to hear a funny sound from the engine and rather than continue on into the remote badlands of the state park turned back to the town and found a campground right in town. The girls were happy as they had not had showers in a few days and the fellow at the campground directed us to a service station for the next morning ! Good thing when we need help we are always close by to a town !

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Good morning to all you followers. We made it to my sister Heather's house in Moorhead, MN. We drove all through the night and got here about 5am. It was good driving, all the girls slept. We drove over 500 miles over country roads from my Aunt's farm in Union Center, SD, where we left around 9pm and after a wonderful dinner and visit. More on that later. I just wanted to let you know we are safe and sound and not getting back into a car until tomorrow morning ...

... They also had a fabulous mall that we trolled around for a few hours, appreciating the free wifi. We are enjoying heading East as it becomes a little more familiar feeling – some of those British influences still seeping through.

We set a cracking pace but we both really enjoyed the car time together and being able to chat about everything and anything, although ...

Northern Michigan is mostly mixed forest with lots of poplar trees, pine, spruce, cedar, a few rolling hills, but mostly flat land. Near the Wisconsin border we found a ski area, but the hills didn't appear to be much bigger than Mt. Pakenham. Again we were reminded of home as we passed through the Ottawa National Forest and crossed the Sturgeon River. We saw a ...

... from the west to northwest at around 20mph I'm guessing and there must have been frequent gusts up to 30+ mph. We took US-2 into Superior, WI and across the bay to West Duluth, MN and briefly took I-35 south then exited west onto US-2.

We had no more got started west from I-35 and there was this huge steam engine sitting in front of us in a park so I naturally had to pull into the parking lot and take lots of pictures. It had a caboose hooked on ...

... nowhere on this side road, guns it down the entrance ramp and onto the highway and I can hear it flying off into the distance for at least a minute or so. I took a picture but I only had one hand free and it was moving at a good speed.

Anyways, beyond that, we just came up to Fargo and grabbed a $50 room here in the Motel 6. We'll be heading out tomorrow for the Canadian border and then onward to Winnipeg. Our final destination tomorrow should be somewhere near Saskatoon, Saskatchewan.

What a day! I warn you now, this is an expression of my need to vent. After a day like today, I feel tired, my patience is worn thin, and being home sounds truly appealing. Today even started wrong. I knew I had a 12.5-hour bus ride ahead of me scheduled to leave Winnipeg at 7:45 a.m., so I tried to prepare all my things last night to get as much sleep as possible. I never get a very good night sleep before an early morning though, probably from ...

... of wind, but after an hour we had to face the fact that we weren't going to be so lucky yet again, and we set off into the wind again. over the next sixty miles, we saw the terrain start to change again. southeastern north dakota is geographically considered part of the corn belt rather than the plains, so we started to see more water and more trees. but...i don't have any pictures because i was too busy pedaling and didn't want to lose any ...

... the waitress wasn't too concerned though as my cosmo was sitting there when I got back! J & J had dinner reservations down the street at 7:30, but with just fifteen minutes to go, I was convinced to join in on another round of drinks. Seeing as my lunch had been the snacks upstairs, I wasn't sure this was the greatest of ideas, but I figured I could sit and enjoy the drink after they left and then head across the hall to grab some ...