We slept about 10 hours last night. We needed that! We had breakfast in town before getting on the road at 8:40 am. We were hoping for tailwinds and received them for most of the route. We had side winds when we went north about 6 miles and then later south for 7 miles. We are off route tonight because tomorrow we will visit Dickey, Sharon"s maternal grandparents are buried there.
The farms are huge. The major crops are corn (used for oil and ethanol) wheat and soybeans. There are many ponds and small lakes. I was surprised by the amount of water. Our "landlord" says that it is a fairly recent change since about 1996.
We had lunch in Gackle at a Tasty Freeze. The waitress said she is going to college next year in Bismark. She is nervous about being in "the big city". It will be a change from pop. 310. But Bismark is alot smaller than Salem.
We had very peaceful roads today with hardly any traffic. There are lots of cattle and ducks around the little ponds. We routinely talk to the cattle.
We were blessed again to find lodging that is not our tent. We found a trailer that is usually rented to hunters. It is a good location on the way to Dickey. Jud is a very
peaceful town of about 60 people. It is about 35 miles south of Jamestown.
There is a bar in town that we were told made the best pizza. When we visited we discovered it was a relative of Sharon"s that owns the bar. Steve and Nancy Larson. His grandmother and mine were cousins. He drew me a map so we can find the old home where my mother grew up.
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I think I remember visiting Dickey on our trip. It will be interesting to hear if it changed much since then.
Do those long, long, LONG open stretches of little to nothing make you think you are going to loose you mind! Do you ride one behind the other and shout forward an back saying, "Hu, what did you say?" or side by side to pass the miles?
How cool is that meeting a relative of yours. Was the pizza on the house?
Ahh Tasty Freeze,sounds good right now and I haven't even had breakfast yet! I hope you are noting the prices as you travel too. You know you could write a book about the experiences and people you have met along with way.
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