Sunday, September 20, 2009

North Dakota wind!!

After leaving Sidney, Montana, I headed into North Dakota. Someone should have warned me about the wind. The wind attacked me from the south east and at times as Hwy 200 meanders in smacked me head on. The first day I gimped into Turtle Lake, ND after only 220 miles. Small town but had a city park that allowed free camping. I found a protected area behind a row of hedges and set up camp. Top Ramien, pop tart and strong tea for dinner. Went to bed early in order to get an early start in the AM. Left about 9 AM and headed back into the wind. I do have to say that eastern ND has more trees and vegetation on the sides of the road that dimished the gale at times. If you have ever been in a sailboat then you can guess that I spent hours leaning the bike over to the right to compensate for wind velocity.
I was only going to travel about 260 miles and stay in a KOA campground in Moorehead, Minn. I had entered all the data into my Garmin 370 NUVI GPS. I ended up getting a tour of downtown Moorehead and Minnesota State University. After numerous stops and circling around, I finally figured out that the KOA no longer exists as there in a brand new high$$ housing project that has been built there. I did try to circle around and see if the KOA was on the other side but no luck. I stopped and pondered what to do. Had some Gatorade and headed south on I-94 and turned off on Minn Hwy 9 south. I rode ubtil I turned into Breckenridge, Minn. First thing I saw was a motel with free high speed internet and there is a family resturant next door.
Tomorrow back on the road to Stewartville, Minn via Hwy 9 to Wilmar and turn south down Hwy 71 and turn east towards Stewartville on Hwy 30 which runs right by the Beaches home. Probably a 300 mile jaunt but I'm getting used to longer hours.
Butt is still sore but always better after a good nights rest.

1 comment:

  1. Beautiful pics Kev!!! I'm gald you made it safely to Stewartville! Say Hi to the Beach's for me. I hope the weather holds for you, news says big storms in the south lately...keep an eye on the weather, and come home if it bites! Love ya, vj

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