This is suppose to be the world's largest metal sculpture. It's somewhere in eastern Montana or western North Dakota. I didn't make a note but, hey, I got the picture on the move.
We were VERY surprised to see thousands of acres of sunflowers in ND. Did you know all of their heads face east? These pictures were taken on the move too but they are all a blur. You'll just have to imagine how striking the yellow fields were.
Saturday we arrived at Riverdale, ND, north of Bismarck to see our new RV friends, Terry and Marlene Martin. They were our neighbors last year in Apache Junction.
They manage a CAMPGROUND (not a resort) during the summer. We had a great evening with them.
Before we went out on the town...we were entertained by their hungry, friendly gophers!
We left Riverdale on Sunday and drove to Alexandria, MN to see Michael and Gloria Brygger (Apache Junction RV snowbirds). We hit several very dense patches of fog. I-94 has a couple spots where the road is 2 lane because of flooding that is still obvious in that neck of the woods. They are actually rebuilding the road to prevent future problems.
We parked in the campground that we stayed at 2 years ago in Alexandria. We were able to pick any site we wanted. Can't do that most places. We had a lovely evening with Michael and Gloria. It was so good that I forgot to take their picture to document the occasion. Sorry guys!
Monday, August 22 we moved onto Becker, MN, south of St. Cloud to the River's Edge CG where Gary and Roberta Gehlen (also Apache Junction FULLTIME RV snowbirds) are staying for the summer.
Is it time for beer thirty yet? Their mosquitoes were ferocious!! Had a great dinner and met some of their friends, one of whom contacted a buddy about our windshield.
He pushed some resin stuff into the cracks and charged $10.00. (He earned a tip!) If this works, it'll be a pretty cheap windshield fix!
Tuesday we moved on to Stan and Barb Peterson's farm place near Hutchinson, MN. We met them in Apache Junction and twice have gone to Talladega with them. We had a great time there and I forgot to take their picture, too. Sorry.
We've been on the road 2 weeks. Got to my sisters and BIL in Waukon on Wednesday the round-about way. WE drove about 2500 miles and spent about $1200.00 in fuel. Have stayed under $4 a gallon. Iowa is the cheapest so far but, of course, we filled up in MN. Figures out to be about 50 cents a mile or an average of 8 mpg. We're paying about the same as we did in the summer of '08 for unleaded. That rig got 6.83 mpg so we're way ahead of the game with the diesel!
Next up will be family activities in Iowa.
PS.......lovely weather and no bugs!
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