DAY 32--The Midwest

North Dakota is still cloudy and misty, but no rain today made for another great riding day! After a nice climb out of the river valley, we were back on the straight, flat road we had been on yesterday. It looks like it could go on forever. The scenery is changing to have a lot more trees, and the farmhouses are closer together. The fields now are primarily corn and soybeans--very familiar to those of us who grew up in the Midwest.
Along the way we passed a sunflower processing plant, and a herd of banded cows (NOT like Wisconsin cows, Lonna says).
There were also dozens of very little toads hopping around on the side of the road and sometimes onto the road.
We stopped at the library in Kindred. The librarian was very excited to learn that their town is on a national biking route. She gave us two free books from their book sale room.
The last 10 miles into Fargo were on a bike trail. The ride north through town was very pleasant--very bike-friendly. We ended up right downtown at a great bike shop in an old train depot. We picked up some extremely bright red taillights, to make us more visible to vehicles during the day.
We stayed with the nephew of our friend Jean (who was planning to do the ride with us before she was injured in a cycling accident). He and his fiance made us a fabulous zucchini lasagna with homemade herb bread! Gotta love the home stays!