Blowing Along the Freeway - Dakota Vacation Blog Post 2

        Maybe everyone has this goal on vacation – to take a picture of each “Welcome to our state” sign as they pass into the next state. I was shooting for that, except that we were on a two-lane state highway when we passed into Minnesota. So, all I got was the “Welcome to Taylor Falls” sign.

        Shortly after that, we had our first live wildlife sighting. We had lost count of how many lifeless white-tail deer we had seen on the side of the road. It was pretty remarkable, and not to jump forward, but we didn’t see any road kill after we got through Wisconsin and Minnesota.

        Anyway, we did see a muskrat trucking along the side of the road, but he was moving fast, and I didn’t get a picture. You’ll have to believe me. Besides keeping track of those “Welcome” signs, we kept track of all the wildlife we saw.  

        But back on the road that first day of vacation.  

        We were impressed by the unexpected beauty along the freeway in North Dakota. We had anticipated it to be flat, brown, and barren, like South Dakota, but it was a pleasant surprise. Those pictures will be coming to my blog another day.   

        As we crossed through the state, the truly remarkable thing was the relentless wind. It started blowing mid-afternoon, and at times, it kicked up mini dust storms.  

        Then suddenly, we’d have twenty or so drops of rain, like the wind was blowing precipitation right out of non-rain clouds.

        The only scary incident was when a gust of wind caught a semi we were passing. It blew momentarily into our lane, but Hubby was able to avoid a collision.

        When we arrived at our hotel in Jamestown, we realized just how bad the wind was as we made our way from the car to the lobby door. Had either of us been wearing our superhero capes, we would have been blown to Oz.