We went to the BIG Medora Musical last night and it actually cooled down once the sun went behind the hilltop.

Corny, kitschy Americana but it was big fun. At one point all he kids in the audience 12 years of age and younger were invited up on the stage . . .

. . . the band and the singers were actually pretty good . . . the jokester’s not so much . . .

There was a special guest who danced for the crowd, Miss North Dakota.  Cara Mund.  On September 10, she became the first ever Miss America from ND.  Read all about it here . . . 

Great setting as the sun set in the west . . . it was a late night for us!!!!

More headwinds today, and 90 degree temps, so breakfast was at 5:15am we were all on the road by  6:20am!!!

Right out of Medora were back on I-94 but what a difference.  New pavement for our 15 mile highway ride and  a VERY clean shoulder.  AND  . . . no traffic to speak of at this time of the morning.

Now it looks like North Dakotans thing BIG too just like their kin from Montana!!!

It wasn’t long today before we cane to our first oil rig in ND. Patterson Rig 808 had only been producing oil for about a week. Quite an operation!!!!

Here is where some of the staff lived . . .

And during the oil boom from 2012-2015 these were considered premo rentals going for thousands of dollars a month!!!

We started to see lots of these ‘grasshopper’ type oil wells too. Probably this farmers ‘401K’!!!

You may remember the ‘Be Polite’ sign when we entered ND. Looks like North Dakotans fill in the car track area of rumble strips so as not to offend anyone!!!

‘I can see for miles and miles, I can see for miles and miles’. We rode Old Hwy 10 for about 30 miles paralleling I-94.

What . .  . did we make a wrong turn? This looks like something from N Wisconsin!!!!

Not sure what thus facility right outside of Dickenson was but it was more secure than a prison. A bunch of garage type facilities with lights, cameras and barbwire fences surrounding the whole thing,. No  signage to give a hint . . .

. . . I did see Annie Oakley and her pony trotting along the highway. This is what my Smoochie did in Iowa 50 years ago with her pony and collie. Sweet!!!

Looking for more cowboys . . .

North Dakotans are ALWAYS ready for a that freak snowstorm that my pop up at anytime!!!

We entered Dickenson, our home for the night after a 47 mile ride.  Would have liked to have stopped in here, but thy were closed. Could have maybe learned something about my distant kin . . . .

Interesting that Dickenson, pop. 17, 500, must have some of the same panhandling problems we have in MSN. Looks like they have passed some laws and have them posted!!! This is the largest city we have been  in since the start of the trip. Bigger than Anacortes . . . which seems like a LONGGGGGG time ago now.

David, Rod and I wheeled into the North Place Campground, GREAT facility with very accommodating owners. They greeted each of us with a cold bottle of water and later in the afternoon hauled Corvin and my groceries’ for tonight. Easy Peasy!!!!

Maureen said this helps keep the traffic speed down because people actually look at it and a light goes off in their head, rather than just seeing the usual 10mph sign and looking right past it.

Maureen shows us around the campground. Lots of RV and pull thru’s but they actually have a nice place just for tenting. Shower, bathrooms and laundry close by and Corvin and I have a kitchen to use tonight!!!!   YES.