Sleepless in Medora (or, From North Carolina to North Dakota in One Swell Foop)
August 10th 2020 I'm so tired my teeth hurt. I can feel my eyes move in their sockets. Even my hair has regained its sensation. We just got into the Medora Campground in the North Dakota badlands in the SW corner of the state. Thirty straight hours on the road, save for the stop at the Big Chief Cafe for breakfast and an hour spent not-resting at a rest stop in Minnesota.
The plan was simple enough. Keep going
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