Pick City, ND to Garrison, ND- Day 27- 44.13 mi.

As you can see from the title of today’s blog, we biked over 40 miles, but the interesting thing is that our campsite is within 2 or 3 miles of the campground last night. In order to continue our route north, we had to bike around Lake Sakakawea. This is a very large lake created by the damming of the Missouri River at Garrison Dam. Getting from the south shore to the north short required the 40+ mile ride. We had hoped to get an early start because NOAA Weather Radio said that the wind would switch in the afternoon and come from the northwest, creating a headwind for us. It turns out that the wind switched early and by the time we are up and going, it had already switched. We ended up biking against the wind most of the day…but it was cooler. We had in the back of our minds a possible 65 mile day to Indian Hills Resort. That thought was quickly put to rest by the constant headwind. We didn’t make very good time. We did have some interesting sights, though. We biked across one of the largest earthen dams in the world and the 5^th largest dam of any kind in the U.S.A. We also saw our first antelope today. There were a pair of them along the road, but they quickly moved out of the camera range. SpokeWrench did get a couple of pictures on the antelope before they disappeared in a cornfield. Today I notice a large cultivated field that had a crop that was blooming the most gorgeous blue flowers. The field looked like a large blue lake. At the lunch diner in Coleharbor, we asked about those beautiful blue flowers and was told that it was flax. They are really very beautiful. We stayed in a primitive cabin this night. NOAA Weather Radio had predicted the possible of severe weather for tonight and I felt it would be better to have something a bit more substantial. The cabins were reasonable and quite nice. It was a good decision. We biked over to a prairie dog town that the parks department was protecting. Tai was able to get a good photo of the prairie dog barking at him.

Seventh Grade Question:

What is the only mammal that can run faster than a prong-horned antelope?

-ClarkWheel