DAY 30--Potholes of North Dakota

Had an excellent biking day--SE winds, sunny, rolling hills through farmlands. Started off with massive sunflower fields, as far as you could see, brilliant yellow in the sun. We had one town along the route, Napoleon, where we stopped for a breakfast burrito and doughnuts.
After Napoleon, the landscape changed to open fields with ponds and lakes. These areas are referred to as the potholes of North Dakota. Some of the ponds are permanent, some occasionally dry up, depending on the weather.
We saw many different waterfowl--ducks, egrets, herons, coots, cormorants, pelicans, gulls, and grebes. Also possibly some loons, but we couldn't verify these. There were also many goldfinches in the flowers along the side of the road, and numerous hawks.
We also saw a collection of threshing machines, titled "Dinosaurs on the Hill."
We stayed in a small private campground in Gackle, which was free for cyclists!