North Dakota – State #38

We left Prince and Minnesota and headed west to North Dakota. Our next stop, Fargo! We didn’t have a lot of time in Fargo, but we did get a few pictures.

The next morning we were going to Rugby, North Dakota, but we had a few side trips planned along the way. The first was a TV mast near Fargo, that was the tallest structure in the world when it was completed in 1963. It was down a dirt road, but we found it! We think the last time we went down a sketchy dirt road we ended up with a nail in our tire so we were trying to be very careful. Seems ok so far!

Next we went up to the International Peace Garden that’s on the North Dakota/ Manitoba border. Unfortunately nothing was in bloom yet and they were doing a lot of work and cleaning up to get ready for the summer. So it was a bust, there wasn’t anything to see there. Funny story, although we were in Canada for a short time in the garden, we didn’t go through Canadian customs. But to return to the highway and go south to Rugby we had to go through US customs. He asked a lot of questions, but after asking where we were from and what we were doing he said, I hope you didn’t drive all the way from Seattle for the garden! 😅

On our way again we had heard of a turtle made of wheel rims, we had to stop and check that out! Then on to our stop for the night in Rugby, which is the geographical center of North America. Those of you who know Larry will know why THIS was where we stopped for the night. 🙂

KVLY-TV tower outside of Fargo
A lot of North Dakota looks like this…
… so when you see this, you stop and take a picture.
I thought this was one neat thing about the International Peace Garden, the US/ Canadian border for as far as you can see.
W’eel turtle in Dunseith, North Dakota
Rugby, North Dakota

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