Nothing
spectacular to-day, just a riding day heading for home. It started off cloudy
and very cold, the coldest day by far since leaving home. It must have been at
least 30 degrees below yesterday afternoon. However, the sky cleared early
afternoon, and it became sunny but not hot, just right for riding.
Once
clear of Madison, the traffic thinned out, and continued to do so as I headed
north on I90/94. As the weather forecasters were indicating more storms coming
from the south, I decided to travel further north through North Dakota. This
meant hitting the Minneapolis/St. Paul area, but I reckoned I would be there
after the main rush. At least to-day would be free of the toll bandits. Man,
those eastern states really milk the tolls, and the condition of the freeways
needs some work with our tax payers’ money.
June is
road construction month, and there was substantial road work throughout
Wisconsin. Not just relaying the road, but new bridges. They must be flush with
money. As traffic was light, there were no delays. I decided to take the bypass
around Minneapolis/St. Paul, and it worked fine until I had major road works
before rejoining I94. It was a fairly short delay and nothing after that
through Minnesota and North Dakota, with traffic thinning out all the time.
Not much
in the way of scenery. Wisconsin and Minnesota are similar in many ways, very
agricultural, with probably more woods in the former. One thing is that everything
is very green, even in North Dakota. No drought so far this year.
One
interesting thing regarding my GPS. I have some set waypoints that are
permanent, and used the Mill Creek one to direct me around Minneapolis. Once
clear of the city, it suddenly gave me my next checkpoint as 1617 miles, Exit
10 on I405 North. Man, that is some checkpoint distance.
So
Bismarck is the overnight stop, and onto Montana tomorrow.
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