We started out from Duluth & took rte 61 a long lake Superior. It was very scenic but we didn't get to see the light house. We stopped at a casino & I lost. The land was very flat with soybeans & corn fields, marshes & dust! We ended up at Grand Forks, ND.
The next day Jim wanted to see the International Peace Gardens on the U S and Canadian border in northern ND. Low and be hold, there was another casino on the way. It was just 6 miles off rte 2 at Devils Lake. We made good time getting to Devils Lake but the last 6 miles the road was under construction. They were trying to repair a levy which had been damaged with all the flooding they had. There was all types of earth moving equipment and trucks and the road was down to one lane in places and full of ruts. It took us 45 minutes to get to the casino. Jim wasn't too happy but I did win and I'm still ahead. When we finally got to the gardens it looked like we would have to pass though customs when we left the gardens because it was also a port of entry. Jim said we wouldn't have to because we weren't coming from Canada, we were only going to see the gardens. Well, he was wrong! We did have to and Jim doesn't have the enhanced driver's license and we didn't have our birth certificates with us. I was safe but Jim wasn't. Luckily they were very nice about it and let us through with out too much hassell. We were planning on staying at Williston,ND but that didn't happen. Unbeknown to us it has turned into a boom town with oil fields all over the place. They have had 10,000 new arrivals in the past year. New hotels are being built but the ones that were there were completely full. We drove to Montana but there isn't many towns on rte 2. We were desperate and settled for a room in a little town. Wendy, you would never have stayed there! Jim took some pictures but he hasn't downloaded them on the computer yet.
On our fifth day we visited Richard and gave him his pizzas & fish that had stayed frozen up until the last day. It has been in the mid 80's every day. He was very glad to get them and we all had some of the pizza. Richard was in good spirits but he is going down hill and getting very weak. There are days he wishes it was his last. He is in a lot of pain. We are now in Livingston, MT and we will be heading to Glacier Nat'l Park tomorrow.
Will write again,
Bonnie
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