Monday, August 13, 2007
Day 7 Fargo, ND to Copperstown, ND...100 miles.
Day 7 Fargo, ND to Copperstown, ND...100 miles.
Fifty four degrees F when we left motel at 6:30. I had on 3 shirts and was still cold. Didn't warm up till PM when the high temperature reached 72F. Good conditions for our longest ride since the day we rode 120 miles into El Paso several years ago.
On the Great Plains of North Dakota you know it's rush hour when 2 cars pass you in an hour. They're harvesting grain around here so we're seeing a lot of the combines they use these days that make a 30-40 foot cut. Everything about farming is big around here from hundreds of acre fields to the monster 8 wheel tractors
Cooperstown at 1800 people is big in these parts which helps explain all the problems we're have booking rooms and why we rode 100 today. I miss being able to buy fresh fruit. One surprise is that all the mom and pop motels have wireless internet unlike a few years ago when Patty and had a hard time getting online.
Pizza and a surprising good iceberg salad for dinner. Too much for us to eat after riding 100 which may help explain why the booths looked so small with only 2 people seated in them.
Fifty four degrees F when we left motel at 6:30. I had on 3 shirts and was still cold. Didn't warm up till PM when the high temperature reached 72F. Good conditions for our longest ride since the day we rode 120 miles into El Paso several years ago.
On the Great Plains of North Dakota you know it's rush hour when 2 cars pass you in an hour. They're harvesting grain around here so we're seeing a lot of the combines they use these days that make a 30-40 foot cut. Everything about farming is big around here from hundreds of acre fields to the monster 8 wheel tractors
Cooperstown at 1800 people is big in these parts which helps explain all the problems we're have booking rooms and why we rode 100 today. I miss being able to buy fresh fruit. One surprise is that all the mom and pop motels have wireless internet unlike a few years ago when Patty and had a hard time getting online.
Pizza and a surprising good iceberg salad for dinner. Too much for us to eat after riding 100 which may help explain why the booths looked so small with only 2 people seated in them.
