Looking out our motel window this morning at about 6:30am toward the East.
Devils Lake about 50 miles out of Grand Forks N. Dakota. Windy causing there to be white caps. We drove on a road that went though the middle of the lake very similar I would imagine to the Florida Keys.
We only stopped here for a moment. There is also the Bureau of Spirit Indians Tribes herel. (Sioux and Dakotas) The drive here goes through the Minnewaukan Indian Reservation.
Dick was fascinated by all the huge concrete grain silos. He loved all the farm equipment that we saw by the side of the road, or in the fields working, or just sitting in the dealers lots.
Here we are standing at the geolographical center of t North America. It is a monument right next to the Indian Museum of the Northern Lights tower.
The foreground is an artists interpretation, and in the background is the real thing.....one could climb to the top and enjoy a panoramic look if one desired.
One of many, many farm equipment dealers that Dick loved to ogle as we passed by.
This is a new oil Derick of which there are many more new ones in this area....drilling seems to be the new pastime. As we drove we could smell the oil.
Also this area has wind generators galore, and new powerlines are being constructed along the higways for miles and miles.
Also new Natural Gas pipelines are being laid. And the railroads are being upgraded with new ties, rails, and railroad beds. So much work is going on here that it looks as if N. Dakota and eastern Montana have a booming economy.
As we drove across the vast country side, all we could say here was....."boring, boring, borinb"!!!!
Leaving Grand Forks, N.Dak. this morning, we headed West on Rt. #2. It is 46 degrees with a clear sky. This area is in the Red River Valley, once a big lake during the ice age melting. It is now quite swampy with many low small ponds and lakes along the highway as we drive. We are driving down the road at 70 miles per hour, meeting combines with 30 ft. headers that drive down into the low median strip as we pass with their long headers jutting up high into the air.
Looking out our motel window this morning at about 6:30am toward the East.
Devils Lake about 50 miles out of Grand Forks N. Dakota. Windy causing there to be white caps. We drove on a road that went though the middle of the lake very similar I would imagine to the Florida Keys.
We only stopped here for a moment. There is also the Bureau of Spirit Indians Tribes herel. (Sioux and Dakotas) The drive here goes through the Minnewaukan Indian Reservation.
Dick was fascinated by all the huge concrete grain silos. He loved all the farm equipment that we saw by the side of the road, or in the fields working, or just sitting in the dealers lots.
Here we are standing at the geolographical center of t North America. It is a monument right next to the Indian Museum of the Northern Lights tower.
The foreground is an artists interpretation, and in the background is the real thing.....one could climb to the top and enjoy a panoramic look if one desired.
One of many, many farm equipment dealers that Dick loved to ogle as we passed by.
This is a new oil Derick of which there are many more new ones in this area....drilling seems to be the new pastime. As we drove we could smell the oil.
Also this area has wind generators galore, and new powerlines are being constructed along the higways for miles and miles.
Also new Natural Gas pipelines are being laid. And the railroads are being upgraded with new ties, rails, and railroad beds. So much work is going on here that it looks as if N. Dakota and eastern Montana have a booming economy.
As we drove across the vast country side, all we could say here was....."boring, boring, borinb"!!!!
Love the John Deere sign! :)
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