Fargo to Havre, Montana

   I got off the road late last night, so I waited until this morning (Thursday) to post…

   I got some road advice from a nice fellow, Alex the Applebee's waiter in Fargo. I decided to leave the freeway so I drove north along the Red River to Grand Forks, ND. Here I turned west on US-2 where it is an 800 mile straight shot to Glacier National Park in western Montana.

   The road was great, was 70 mph most of the way and I got to see the countryside a little closer up. It was farmland, cow and horse pastures and prairie with occasional small towns. I stopped for a quick pic in a place calling itself the geographic center of North America, lucky for me the monument wasn't even crowded for my photo opportunity.

   I drove through Minot, (pronounced like My Knot) where I was looking out for an ICBM base guarding our northern border. I didn't see any sign of it, but I guess that's the way it's supposed to be. After Minot I began to see some of the oilfield activity that made North Dakota a bigger oil producer than Alaska. By the time I got to Williston in western Dakota it was like Chicago city traffic only with huge trucks instead of cars.

   Crossing into Montana I had passed some bad storms to my south (thanks Becky and Bruce for the heads up). US-2 ran parallel to the intercontinental railroad and Missouri River that Lewis and Clark explored. The road is about 60 miles south of the Canadian border and all was quiet again until I stopped for the night in Havre, Montana. No relation to Brett Favre from what I hear.

   Today is Glacier National Park, 160 miles ahead. Have a great day  !