DAY 29--Another first

Chilly again this morning, but the wind was calm and we had a bit of sunshine. About two miles down the bike trail back to town Lonna had a flat tire-- our first in almost 1500 miles of riding. She pulled a very small sliver of metal from the tire--probably picked up along the interstate with all the shards of tires.
Back on the road, we stopped soon for muffins and espresso. Then we stopped again at a little shop where Lonna picked up a sweatshirt.
Time to get moving!
Riding out of town, we crossed the Missouri River and bade goodbye to Lewis and Clark. Along the way, we managed to miss one turn, but we were still on a bike trail and there happened to be a map right on the corner, so we quickly got back on track.
So far, North Dakota gets the gold star for bike trails--lots of them, and most in pretty good shape. We were able to follow a bike trail for almost half of our 56 miles today. Don't let anyone tell you North Dakota is flat. We enjoyed many miles of rolling hills.
We had heard there was a 10% chance of showers briefly in the afternoon. This was wrong. We spent the entire afternoon in showers. There were no real towns to stop in on our route today, so again we
spent our time enjoying the (wet) scenery. At one point we found ourselves on the Lawrence Welk Highway!
We camped in the city park in Hazelton. Steve again secured a shelter for us so we could be a bit more out of the rain.