It’s a Big Dam Country — Day 22

Oh my, it’s a windy damn coun­try. Blow­ing hard enough that the upwind car door is almost too heavy to open. Yipes.

I was plan­ning on two dams today but only made one. Saw a lot of other stuff instead.

All along the roads there are trees planted as wind breaks and planted in between the trees area lilacs. Like these:

This set was located at Hwy 46 and 151st Ave SE.

This is 151st Ave SE. If you’ve been to our place you get the joke.

Near the town of Ender­lin I found this church up on blocks in someone’s front yard.

Ender­lin is a major hub for the Cana­dian Pacific Railroad.

There’s a nice city park right next to the rail yard. I stopped for lunch and found this lit­tle guy look­ing for a drink.

Chat­ted with the UPS guy about the wind. I have noth­ing to com­plain about — I’m not dri­ving a big brown box.

After lunch I moved on the dam of the day.

The Jamestown Dam is smaller than most I’ve vis­ited. It’s a Bureau of Recla­ma­tion dam that pro­vides flood con­trol on the James river.

There’s an out­let on the far side.

The parks next to the dam included a des­ig­nated kite fly­ing field. It thought it was a model air­plane field when I first saw it.

There’s an open field and a line of pic­nic tables. All nicely landscaped.

I’m in Minot for the night. On to the con­flu­ence of the Mis­souri and Yel­low­stone rivers in the morn­ing. Because, damn it, the uni­verse owes me a con­flu­ence. Then the Fort Peck Dam.

Ran­dom Notes:

The sound track from Grosse Point Blank is excel­lent dri­ving music.

Trav­el­ing Light should be on the Road Trip Music List. But which version?

Hav­ing a turkey vul­ture strafe your car is much scarier than hav­ing a pheas­ant run out in front of you. Also turkey vul­tures have big feet.

Today’s Route:

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