Devils Lake, ND

So how can we put this politely...Jeff and I both agree that North Dakota will be left off of the route for future trips. Wind, wind, wind and yes, more wind. We were told that the wind blows west to east and that North Dakota is flat. All lies. This is the only state where you go down in elevation by biking uphill!!! And the wind, well, the wind waits to see which direction you are heading and then blows right in your face. Bikers riding west swear that they have a headwind all day long, and amazingly so do we as we head west to east. We pulled into Williston, ND to make a few changes on the bikes only to find that the bike store was really a small shack that is attached to a tire store and that Williston is no lie, the mosquito capital of the U.S. We managed to crash outback of the local Applebees (only place open to eat after 8) at the insistance of our waitress only to find out at 5am that we were directly in the flight path of the local airport. So now in addition to sprinklers, crows, trains, volunteer fire department sirens, and drums, we can add planes to the list of things that have jarred us awake early in the morning. Have no fear, there is something good to post today. We went through Rugby, ND which is the geological center of North America. Good thing we know where we are on the continent because Jeff lost our map. I think the pictures say it all.