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Another great day on
the road. A relatively short drive (for us) from Bismarck, North Dakota to Eau
Claire, Wisconsin went as well as it can.
The weather was
cold, a little overcast, but traffic was light and there was no precipitation of
any kind.
Snow got thicker
as we headed east on I-94 through North Dakota, Minnesota and Wisconsin.
Joan spotted a
large flock of turkeys, a field full of bison and after awhile we finally saw a
number of cows. It was in Wisconsin that
Joan saw a whole field of bison (I call them Buffalo and Joan says I would be
wrong to do that) that appeared to be fenced in.
When we stopped
for coffee Joan was pleasantly surprised when the clerk gave her a cup of
coffee for free. “That’s the way we do it around here.” I told her (I was out at the pump) he was
probably hitting on her and didn’t know she had a husband waiting outside.
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Joan said he was
way younger than her and I told her a lot of young guys are looking for a good
older woman. She just shook her head at me.
We passed through a
place called Buffalo and then drove over the Buffalo River which made Joan
happy because she is from Buffalo, New York.
Our favorite road
sign of the day was an advertisement for a local doctor’s office. “We’ll treat
you like family, but in a good way,” it said. We got a chuckle out of that.
In Minneapolis we
ran into a little traffic near Allianz Stadium. The stadium is home to a professional
soccer team, but we are doubtful a soccer crowd would create such a traffic jam. But a check of the schedule shows it was in
fact a professional soccer match.
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Somewhere in
eastern North Dakota we spotted a sign indicating Sand Hill Cranes migrate
through and with our interest in the birds I took some time to look it up on
the Internet. In fact a small group of Sand Hills does pass through North
Dakota on its way to Texas (so not the ones we see in Tucson) and spend a
little time in Kidder, North Dakota.
Our Sirius XM had
a two hour special on the Top 40 instrumental hits of the 1960s which kept us
happy for that period of time. We listened to the comedy channel for awhile and
the Radio Classics channel for a few hours too.
We checked into
our brand spanking new hotel and then went to dinner at Texas Roadhouse. Making
the stay at the hotel even better is that the night was free. I book through
Hotels.com and after every ten stays you get a free night (average price of your
previous 10 stays).
Tomorrow we head
to my sister and brother-in-law’s house in North Aurora, Illinois where we will
spend a couple nights and then head home on Tuesday to Lapeer. I will not
likely post again until we get home. Thanks for following us home.
Mileage out in Bismarck: 11310
Time out in Bismarck: 9:08 a.m.
Mileage in to Eau Claire: 11838
Time in to Eau Claire: 4:50 p.m.
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