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North America » United States » North Dakota » Bismarck July 29th 2017

July 28, 2017 Weather: 85 and sunny (arrival at night 65 and moony) Hours Driving: 16/17 States Drive Thru: Michigan, Indiana, Illinois, Wisconsin, Minnesota and North Dakota Miles: 1,118 Restaurants: Good Ol' Applebee's (actually my burger was yummy) Movies: Rush Hour 1 & 2 Games: The Office Books: Dream On Amber (liz), Red Herrings & White Elephants (Matt) Hotel: Marriott We hit the road a little later than we wanted to this morning but traffic wasn't an issue. Today was a long drive day. We put in a 17 hour drive. We have to be in Seattle by Sunday. We left around 7 AM. We hoped for 6 AM. It's more peaceful driving in the morning. The kids have been reading, doing some homework, watched a couple of movies and played a continuous game of The ... read more
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North America » United States » North Dakota » Bismarck June 24th 2017

June 24, 2017 Thanks for reading my blog and going along on this journey... One week from today (July 1, 2017) we begin our epic adventure to Deadhorse, AK and the frigid Arctic Ocean. If you have recently “subscribed” to my travel blog, welcome. I am glad you are along for the ride, whether to explore new areas via the Internet or you are planning a motorcycle or car ride to our 49th state sometime in the future. I have received many emails and comments regarding the route, timeframe, planning and what we did to our BMW R1200 GS bikes to get ready for this journey. I will try and answer many of your questions as we progress north 4,000 miles to the Arctic Ocean. You will notice that I like to study and research areas ... read more
Route to Alaska
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North America » United States » North Dakota » Bismarck June 16th 2017

Bonjour à tous, Ça y est je le tiens mon 49 ème État. C'était plus par défi, que pour sa beauté. La preuve je n'ai rien trouvé de beau à photographier, pour illustrer ce blog. Ce devrait être plus facile pour le 50 ème, Hawai. Avec cette phrase je viens pratiquement de résumer ma journée. Les 640 km de la journée n'ont pratiquement été qu'une longue ligne droite. Ce matin dans le Minnesota, l'État des 10 000 lacs, qui porte bien son surnom, route plate au milieu des lacs. C'est tellement plat que ça ne donne mais pas un beau décor. Ce midi j'ai quitté la grande route pour traverser l'agglomération de Moorhead et Fargo, a cheval sur les 2 états, avec l'espoir de voir enfin quelque de beau. Erreur environ 30 km de centres commerciaux ... read more
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June 1, 2017 One month from today Jody Keller (my brother from Denver), Rusty Romans (a career Army Soldier) and myself will be departing Bismarck for a 30-day motorcycle adventure ride to the Arctic Ocean. We will end up taking a swim near Prudhoe Bay, AK and returning home! The motorcycle of choice is the BMW R1200 GSW. It’s a long distance “pack horse” that can literally take us around the world. The 30 day adventure will take us to Butte, MT, Going to the Sun Road in Glacier National Park, to Banff, AB and Dawson City, BC, which is the start of the 1,500 mile Alaskan Highway. We will end up in Fairbanks to put on knobby tires for the 500 mile gravel road north to Prudhoe Bay. We’ll pass the Arctic Circle on our ... read more
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North America » United States » North Dakota » Bismarck June 25th 2016

Bismarck, North Dakota, 25 juin Déjà plus de 3000 kilomètres au compteur… Parti de Lévis il y a quatre jours, je suis aujourd’hui dans la capitale du Dakota du Nord, après des escales dans le sud de l’Ontario, dans le Wisconsin et le Minnesota. La prairie m’a accueilli avec un soleil radieux, un mercure dans les 30 degrés et une brise délicieuse. J’ai campé hier dans le parc du fort Abraham Lincoln, situé sur les rives du Missouri, et la fascinante histoire de l’Ouest américain s’est tout de suite imposée. Sur le site, on retrouve d’abord les vestiges d’originales habitations des indiens Mandan qui ont vécu ici à partir de quinzième siècle. Seul peuple sédentaire des prairies, ils construisaient des habitations circulaires en terre et les quelques répliques que l’on retrouve sur le site donnent une ... read more
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North America » United States » North Dakota » Bismarck August 25th 2015

Those who follow my blog regularly or who know me personally are aware that state Vietnam veterans memorials are something near and dear to my heart. Last week, I visited the Minnesota Vietnam Memorial in Saint Paul MN and plan to visit the South Dakota Vietnam War Memorial next week; however, the only reference I could find for a North Dakota State Vietnam Veterans Memorial was for the Tri-State Vietnam Memorial Wallin Fargo ND. The aforementioned folks also know that my itinerary is fluid. Initially, I had planned a one week stop in Fargo, but that stop had been eliminated as the 2015 journey evolved. I did, however, decide to break up the 428 mile, 8 ½ hour drive from Minneapolis MN to Bismarck ND with an overnight stop at in Fargo, in part so I ... read more
Plenty Of Room For The Pilgrim To Stretch Out And Relax
The Park Was Slightly More Populated On The Weekend – Slightly
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North America » United States » North Dakota » Bismarck September 23rd 2013

After leaving Dickinson our first detour of the day was "The Enchanted Highway", a 32 mile stretch of highway starting at Interstate 94. This highway features some of the world's largest scrap metal sculptures. In fact, the sculpture "Geese in Flight", is currently listed in the Guinness World Book of Records as the Largest Scrap Metal Sculpture in the entire world. Currently, the Enchanted Highway consists of 6 extremely large metal sculptures depicting geese, deer, pheasants, grasshoppers, Teddy Roosevelt, and even a complete Tin Family. The artist responsible for this awesome creation, Regent native Gary Greff, plans on adding even more giant sculptures to the highway in the upcoming years. The sculptures finish in the small town of Regent - where there's not a lot to see but we got some good photos of the place. ... read more
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North America » United States » North Dakota » Bismarck August 12th 2013

The view from the Road Avenger has been a sea of future products of the husked plant such as cornbread, ethanol, fritters, glue, & chex mix. Corn fields as far as the eye can see! Today is day 3 of the Great Middle America Road Trip! Jess & I spent the night in Minneapolis, MN with several RBI Softball World Series teams. They like to practice their sprints up and down the halls in the wee hour of the morn! We had several stops in the Twin Cities, the first being the Peanuts statues in St. Paul. Yes, photo time with Snoopy & the gang! Up next was the Spoonbridge & Cherry Sculpture in Minneapolis. There was also a sculpture putt-putt course there, but it was closed. Up next was the famed Mall of America (queue ... read more
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North America » United States » North Dakota » Bismarck September 28th 2012

The riders are leaving behind Montana after covering 387 miles over six days for a 64 mile a day average. They bumped up the average on the final days, going 75 miles two days ago and 72 yesterday. I know these figures not because I'm a conscientious blogger but because the riders are obsessed with these numbers. Fred has machines that quantify every aspect of the ride. Both of them enjoy discussing, and marvelling at, these numbers. I know these numbers because my dad gives me the mileage rundown at the end of each 10-mile interval, often adding, "put that it in the blog!" The farther east we got, the eeirer life on the road became. Between Lewistown and Glendive we passed through a great, yawning nothing. Well not exactly nothing -- we encountered badlands, collapsing ... read more
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Thursday, May 17, 2012....What a great day for a ride. Got out of work early and finished packing. Tom arrived at my house, we loaded up the bikes, one last check of my checklist, and we hit the road. First stop, Belfield, ND to top off gas and get our "last meal" before heading north to Magpie Camp, west of U.S. Highway 85 near Grassy Butte. U.S. Highway 85 is full of truck traffic, we had to be careful making that left turn off the highway onto Magpie Road. Magpie Road just kept getting more scenic the further back into the Badlands we got, lots of cattle crossings and cattle greeted us along the way...on the roadway...."MOOve". Once we arrived at Magpie camp we found we were the lone occupant and had a nice choice of ... read more
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