We left a bit earlier than yesterday in an effort to finish the day earlier. After a quick cold breakfast at 6am we flew through a quick 30 miles on rolling hills. We have been on and off of I-94 all day. We were hesitant to ride on an interstate but the first few 10 mile stretches on the freeway weren't bad at all.... It was when we got to the last 18 miles of our day when it got a little bit sketchy. Whose idea was it to change rumble strips from an appropriate width lining the outside of the shoulder to rumble strips that span the entire width of the shoulder!? Dodging the absurdly large and frequent rumble strips to avoid vibrating our teeth out of their sockets, we all almost steered right off the road more than once. In addition, there were snakes EVERYWHERE. We have learned that snakes her love the little cavities created by the rumble strips.
Today at lunch the sag driver (my lovely father) chose a seemingly abandoned dirt road off of the main highway to pull off. We figured this location would be perfect and out of everyones way for a strict 60 min lunch break (yes, we time it for the sake of efficiency). About 37 minutes into our lunch hour a class NoDak farmer pulls up in this frighteningly large mower/tractor thing waiting to turn in on the road where our calorie loaded buffet table was set up. Awkward.
Speaking of frighteningly large mower/tractor things, Jamie and I have decided that some of the farm equipment out here is absolutely terrifying. There is this one machine (I mean, monster) that has these HUGE skinny wheels that suspend it way higher than any form of equipment should ever be suspended. When it rolls down the road it actually looks like some freak species of mechanical monster crawling across the asphalt. It's SO scary.
One negative we have run into the past few days is smokey conditions. Smoke from wildfires in Alberta is blowing down into North Dakota absolutely coating our air with nasty smoke making it hard for us athsmatics to do the whole lung usage thing. Yuck! On the bright side, it keeps the day's temperature a lot lower.
xoxo,
JT
Lightning round: best part of today?
Jamie - "discovering my new catch line..."
Jacob - "that sandwich I had"
Jade - "the 40 mile stretch on highway 10 on pavement that felt like marble flooring"
Reid - "it got flat"
Today at lunch the sag driver (my lovely father) chose a seemingly abandoned dirt road off of the main highway to pull off. We figured this location would be perfect and out of everyones way for a strict 60 min lunch break (yes, we time it for the sake of efficiency). About 37 minutes into our lunch hour a class NoDak farmer pulls up in this frighteningly large mower/tractor thing waiting to turn in on the road where our calorie loaded buffet table was set up. Awkward.
Speaking of frighteningly large mower/tractor things, Jamie and I have decided that some of the farm equipment out here is absolutely terrifying. There is this one machine (I mean, monster) that has these HUGE skinny wheels that suspend it way higher than any form of equipment should ever be suspended. When it rolls down the road it actually looks like some freak species of mechanical monster crawling across the asphalt. It's SO scary.
One negative we have run into the past few days is smokey conditions. Smoke from wildfires in Alberta is blowing down into North Dakota absolutely coating our air with nasty smoke making it hard for us athsmatics to do the whole lung usage thing. Yuck! On the bright side, it keeps the day's temperature a lot lower.
xoxo,
JT
Lightning round: best part of today?
Jamie - "discovering my new catch line..."
Jacob - "that sandwich I had"
Jade - "the 40 mile stretch on highway 10 on pavement that felt like marble flooring"
Reid - "it got flat"
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