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Published: July 14th 2018
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We got a late start on our day for some reason this morning and that lateness followed us all day, as it is prone to do. That can create a grouchy comment or two (from both of us!), but at the end of the day, all is well! We were ten o’clock getting out of camp, and our first stop was taking on fuel...in a tight Flying J. We got over 10 MPG by the way. Then we needed to top off our LP gas tank which again took several more minutes than we had anticipated. From there we, of course, had to make a small stop at Fort WalMart because heaven forbid Canada might not have what we wanted???!!! When we went in we discovered that they had a nail salon and since I was already a week late on getting mine done, that took another hour. Sheesh!
That put us at 12:30 before we ever actually started heading east toward the Canadian Border on US Highway 2. On our way we made a very quick stop in Rugby, ND when we spied the marker for what they say is the Geographical Center of North America. Now, Judy M,
I know you told us that your stop in ND (at another place I think that had the same claim to fame) was by far the biggest nothing on your trip out west the year you all so fortuitously met us by accident in Los Angeles. Of course, we also know the best part of that trip for you WAS meeting us, but I digress. This stop looked VERY official (even though it was in the parking lot of a Mexican restaurant!!) and I am CONVINCED that this was the real deal! At any rate, that is our story and we are sticking to it!
From Rugby we continued northward on Highway 3 to the international border. Right on the border there is an international peace garden and we stopped in to look at it VERY briefly. (I did mention we were a couple of hours later at this point than we had planned, didn’t I?) Below is a small part of its story:
“The dream of a formal botanical garden in the heart of the North American continent took shape in the late 1920’s. The dream became reality on July 14th, 1932 with the dedication
of a cairn built righ on the 49th parallel in the Turtle Mountains. It is surrounded by 2,339 acres of prairie wilderness, adjacent to Metigosh State Park in North Dakota and next to Turtle Mountain Provincial Park in Manitoba.”
Leaving the Peace Park, we crossed the border into Canada at 3:50. The Border Agent was extremely nice and we were soon on our way. We got a little turned around in the Manitoba town of Brendan but finally figured it out and at 5:30 we pulled in Bry-Mar RV Park and Campground. As I said, our original plans had been to be in camp by 4:00 but that obviously did not happen. However, we did arrive safely, our site is level, the power is good, and I think the wifi is going to be reasonably good.
We drove 187 miles today.
PS—We have seen enough canola fields (which are spectacularly beautiful by the way) in the Dakotas and so far in Canada that there should be enough canola oil to deep fry the whole world. Just Saying...
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I knew it!
Ha! Here you come, Alaska!!