I am realizing I didn’t take many pictures in North Dakota while I was riding through. I don’t think it was because there were less worthy things to take pictures of, it was beautiful, I think it was because of the attention the head wind demanded. This day I was fighting it again and I barely covered 60 miles. I did get out of Bottineau at a leisurely hour but I I also spent too much time and energy on the road.
Right outside of Bottineau I saw a sign on the side of the road that said “Quick Sand” and thought it was a joke. A few hours later I googled it and sure enough there was quick sand there! Wish I had stopped to check it out but I’m not quite sure what I would have done to check it out.
My host from last night mentioned that the town of Rock Lake was nice and allowed cycle tourists to camp in there town park. So when I saw that it was probably as far as I wanted to ride today, I set my sights on it. Coming into the town there were a lot of wetlands that reminded me of the Eastern Shore of the Chesapeake Bay where I live.
The park had a picnic shelter and water which was enough for me.
Slow and Steady 
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