Rainy Day Tuesday 61317

We watched the Weather Channel last evening and the forecast was showed that heavy rain and high winds was expected on our planned route. Once again this morning the forecast did give us a bit of hope that we could pass between the storm bands but that was not to be.

We had some breakfast and headed out about 0830 CDT.

We headed north toward Sauk Center and then headed west due to the thunder storms. We thought that we would sneak through but the wind and rain caught us. Here are some picts of the rain.

Just before getting off of I-94, we passed this sign for the Lake Wobegon Trail. Lake Wobegon is a long running show on National Public Radio that was kind of a homey show that featured stories about the town and people of Lake Wobegon. It included singing, acting and skits. Here is a link to the show.
http://www.npr.org/podcasts/381444601/a-prairie-home-companion-news-from-lake-wobegon

 

Views of the clouds and rain!!!

We rode mostly 2 lane roads out on Minnesota and into South Dakota and then north to North Dakota and avoided most the bad wind and rain. It was nice riding  and this is a very rural area with nothing but farms and cattle ranches. Still nice riding.

We were looking for a place to stop and get something to eat and we found a Hooter's..........Lumber Company...disappointed.

 We went north to I-94 and headed west toward out goal of Dickinson, North Dakota. As we were getting into Bismarck, ND, the traffic slowed due to construction and of course some rain caught up with us but we were able to get through without getting very wet. The rain hounded us all day!!

After we escaped from the traffic slowdown and the rain, then all we had to deal with is some wind. We both would rather have wind the rain/wind.

About 20 miles east of Dickinson, we found that there is a time change to Mountain time which kind of surprised us to have the change in the western part of the state. Oh Well, just one of those things.

We made to the hotel at about 6 pm local time. Kind of a long day of 467 miles and 10 hours of riding. We stopped for lunch and fuel but the rain really slowed our progress.

Maybe tomorrow will be better when we get into Montana. getting closer to Canada!

Finally, it seems that I have managed to catch a cold so coughing and nose blowing are my constant companion. Hopefully I will get over the symptoms quickly.

Ride is going well, just have to keep moving and get to the scenic parts of the ride.

More tomorrow.

Mike