Central North Dakota – Devils Lake & Fort Totten
Are you a Good Lake or a Bad Lake? If North Dakota were a pan of brownies cut in nine pieces, Devils Lake would be the inside corner of the upper right-hand piece. It is a problematic place in several ways, beginning with its name. The Dakota tribe that lived here before the Europeans showed […]
Nuclear North Dakota – Cooperstown to Nekoma
In my time in the state, I learned that North Dakota is about three things: Agriculture, Air Force and Indians. (It turns out there is a fourth, but more about that in another post) The Eastern border of North Dakota is formed by the Red River and dominated by two sizable cities on its banks. […]
Four states in two days: Michigan to North Dakota
Sometimes you can fall behind on even the loosest of schedules. The calendar told me I had a lot of ground to cover to reach my next hard date; I needed to be in Portland Oregon near the first of September. I’d lingered in Michigan a tad longer than expected, so in the interest of […]