Day three was uneventful, and I took advantage of some extra time to make a couple of short side trips.
My favorite side trip of the day was The Redlin Art Center in Watertown, ND. It is a beautiful place, and I recommend it. http://www.redlinart.com/
Terry Redlin was born and grew up in Watertown, ND. He has a long history of producing the most amazing paintings of outdoor themes and wildlife. Through much of the 90's he was named America's Most Popular Artist in gallery surveys. He is still alive but he has been in a nursing home with complications caused by Alzheimer's since 2007.
I started the day in Sioux City, IA, and spent much of the day on the bike riding to Jamestown, North Dakota, which is west of Fargo. The weather was moderate, with temperatures in the mid-70's all day. Much of the day was overcast with the finest of misty rain on two occasions. Neither rain event produced enough volume to wet the roads, or me.
The terrain was flat, for the most part treeless and all was in crop land of various description. I thought it was interesting that the sides of the interstates in both Dakotas are cut for hay - round bales. This was true on all the interstate system on which I traveled in both North and South Dakota. Same with the secondary roads in North Dakota. Good land utilization I guess. It was more noticeable today than other trips to the area because the farmers were cutting and preparing to bale all along the way.
I-94 from Sioux City north had non-operating flashing signs and open barricades indicating that if the lights on the signs) were flashing the interstate was closed. Think winter, and snow...lots of snow. They close the interstates in Florida too. Hurricanes.
I eclipsed the 1,000 mile step today. Another 3,000 (approximately) and I reach Fairbanks.
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