Sunday, May 20, 2007

Hazen , ND

After a nice visit Thurs. afternoon and evening with our friends Bud & Dorothy Nicholas in Rockford, Ill We departed Fri morning heading north on I-90 into Wisconsin. Driving across Wisconsin we left the fertile farm lands and went into the rolling wooded dairy lands along I-94 into Minnesota. We parked for the night at the St Cloud Campground & RV Park. There was a Monaco Coach Rally going on so they parked our Newmar Mountain Aire right between to Monaco's.
Sat. morning we were up and on the road at 8AM CST. Going west on I-94 toward Fargo, ND we left the rolling wooded hills dotted with small lakes for the flat fertile farm lands in the Red River Valley. They had received a lot of rain in the night and there was water standing in all of the newly planted fields. I sure hope they don't have to replant but it sure didn't look good. We stopped at the Flying J Truck stop in Fargo for Fuel. It was $2.86 per gallon the most we have paid to date. The lowest was $2.54 a gallon before we left Kentucky. Driving west from Fargo On I-94 we left the fertile Red River Valley and entered the gently rolling lands dotted with larger lakes and less trees of Eastern ND. We stopped in Bismarck At Wall-Mart for some supplies and the it was north on US 83 to Washburn and west on Alt 200 arriving in Hazen at around 4PM MST. It was 68 degrees when we left St. Cloud and 50 degrees when we arrived in Hazen. It seems to me as if something is wrong in this picture 85 degrees when we left Sebring 3 weeks ago and now we are coping with 50 degrees. They did tell us it was 90 here yesterday. The farmers here are planting what I imagine would be peas and canola.
We are parked at the Lewis & Clark RV Park in Hazen. We will stay here today and hopefully get the motor home washed. After checking in at city hall we will go out to Hazen Bay in the morning(Monday).

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