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A Storm in Northern South Dakota

We had heard about a storm in South Dakota, but weren't really all that concerned about it.  It's not as if we haven't seen snow before.  And we hadn't seen any yet thus far.  We finally saw the solid white stuff around mile 143 just north of Brooking.  And you could tell that they had had quite a dump. 

But it had stopped snowing. 

It wasn't until a little further on, around mile 150 when all that snow started blowing across the highway that it got a little hairy.  We drove about a 100 mile stretch in near white out conditions.  A couple of times down to 20 mph following semis that were hogging the center of the road and wouldn't move over to let us pass.  It took us a couple of hours to get through that blowing snow and washboard roads.




 Then just as we crossed into North Dakota the winds died off and the sun came out and we had the usual crisp Sunny day you always get after a snow storm.  We coasted on into Fargo and Dan could hardly turn the wheels to make the turn at the end of the off ramp because of so much ice and snow packed in around his front wheels.  We certainly needed a drink and a rest after that afternoon.  " Thank You Dan"  for putting those Ice Radials on the truck before we left. 

2nd Night We Stopped in St. Joseph MO

Our second night we stopped in St.Joseph MO.  Another good 500 plus miles today.  I am already fed up with motels and restaurants.  That's why we bought a trailer so we didn't have to do this.  Tomorrow we should make Fargo no problem.  We could go on home, but we want to arrive home early to unload not late at night.  So we will stay there and move on in the morning.   And Sea-enna is definitely fed up with traveling in the truck all day everyday. 

Hearding North From Texas

As we were heading north out of Texas, I tried my best to get a picture of these beautiful Cacti that were in bloom everywhere





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They have gorgeous White Blooms sticking out of the top of them.  We managed to make it to Denton our first night out.  That was over 500 miles.  That made it a long day as we were up and packing and securing the trailer very early and didn't hit the road until 9:30 am , but we make good time.