August 18, 2010 – Day 6 (332.6 Miles).
While at the Univ. of Minnesota Landscape Arboretum yesterday Jan got picture of a chipmunk from within 6 feet. Also while traveling I saw a bald eagle circling in the distance. Earlier while traveling through Iowa we spotted a wild turkey.
North Dakota, though being the sixth state of this trip, is the first of the 5 states that we’re visiting for the first time.
We started our day walking at West Acres Mall and touring the Roger Maris museum (very enjoyable). The temperature was in the fifty’s when we left the motel and when we left Fargo we drove through heavy rain with near by lightening with almost immediate thunder. Midday we had interesting tour of the capital in Bismarck, ND. In the afternoon we saw several beautiful Sunflower fields and many lakes. Shortly before we got to Medora we saw a buffalo and wild horses. We stopped at a rest stop and as soon we turned north off 94 we saw the Badlands which we couldn’t see from 94. In Medora, ND we checked into the Badlands Motel and we walked around the tourist town before settling in.