On Saturday morning early, we hit the road in Minnesota. We put in a long day of driving going almost all the way across the top of North Dakota. ND was a surprise as we were expecting a more barren rocky place but instead saw miles and miles of flat farm fields and tons of water, mostly designated as wildlife refuges. As we got further west we began to see oil rigs as we entered the Bakkan oil fields. We stopped at the geographic center of North America and picked up a geocache in an old farm implement (I say implement because I have no idea what kind of machine it was!)

 

We arrived that evening at Lewis and Clark State Park in the high plains. It is on  Lake Sakakawea (this is how they spell it) and much more scenic. We went for a few hikes and then watched the eclipse of the super moon over the lake. Beautiful! It has been unseasonably warm here so we have been able to enjoy the sights in shorts and t-shirts.

Lewis, Clark and Sakakawea standing in a field on one of our hikes

Headed out today (Monday 9/28) for Theodore Roosevelt National Park. Bison, here we come!