We wanted to see North Dakota and Montana on the way back home. We chose the more northerly route and that dropped us in Minot, North Dakota. We’re about forty miles or so from Canada. The road from Fargo was flaaaat for the first 90 or so miles. As we got more north and west we ran into rolling hills, some rain and a lot of solitude. We were the only car on the road for many miles. Minot is a small-ish city, maybe 50K people. And they have a great Barnes & Noble!

We have about 1,200 miles to go over the next three days. Tomorrow and Friday will be long days. Fortunately we get a time zone change on both days. We should come close to the Missouri River again in Williston. We’ve been off the interstate since Jamestown, ND. We won’t see another I-something until we hit Spokane.