We're here.... sad when you arrive at your final hotel and you say "We're Home"

This has been a great road trip... just wish the last two days we could have pulled off the beaten track more... We watched the scenery change from mountains, to badlands, to rolling lands... it was all pretty green and beautiful as a result of the unusual rain storms they've been having.  We did manage to find a geocache in each state we visited....yay us!  We used Tripadivsor and always found great restaurants instead chain stores.  We noted that the Rest Stops in North Dakota were very deluxe... nice, big, new, attractive buildings.  We loved that the speed limit in both Montana and North Dakota was 75.... Minnesota was 70.  Sure helped the trip go faster.  We were very thankful for air conditioning in the van we rented since the temp was always 90+.  We watch in wonder as helmut-less motorcycle drivers passed us:  no sleeves, no protective eyewear, temps warm... all we could think of was all the bugs that were smacking into them... We know that for sure, cuz the bugs were smacking into our vehicle.
The next few days we will be with Halley, delivering the stuff we just brought with us... but on Tuesday, we will head for Colorado via a silver bird, to the Cheyenne Mountain Resort for our Foss Foundation Retreat... where 40 members of the Foundation gather and we all reconnect and share what the Foundation has been doing!  I'll start checking in again when that trip starts!
Interesting artwork in North Dakota... next to the freeway,
Geese in Flight
Guinness World Book of Records - Largest Scrap Metal Sculpture
Date Erected:  2001  Weight over 78.8 Tons
Size:  154 ft long and 110 Feet Tall
Largest Goose has a 30 ft. wing span
Scrap Metal Used:  Oil tanks and amp, oil well pipes

North Dakota....

Missouri River 

The plains... going on an on and the Dust kicked up by a truck on the Frontage road next to the freeway.  We had to make sure the air was always on recirculate... the whole area is pretty dusty and we didn't want it coming in the van.

The proverbial 'mirage' that appears on the road... you know, where it looks like water on the freeway!

Land changing as we enter Minnesota

My scrapbook company was on the freeway we were on... kinda sad cuz they are going through Chapter 11 and I was thinking of all the employees in that huge building that have probably been given pink slips as they reorganize.

Another crazy motorcycle driver.... no helmet... IDIOTS