Esmond to New Rockford (60 miles)

7-11-2010

Another, "fight the wind" day, at least it wasn't that hot out this time.

We had a late night because the band didn't stop playing until after 2am.  So we decided to sleep in a little, and have breakfast in town.  Breakfast was fantastic, I had the special; 2 eggs, 2 pieces of bacon, and 2 pieces of French toast.  Now with our fuel tanks full, we headed out into the wind.

The fantastic cafe, perfectly situated to save us.

The morning was tough, we had a 5-10 mph head wind slowing us down.  Finally, we got to our midway point, Minnewauken.  An interesting little resort town, that's experiencing some major flooding.  The snow is melting faster than the lake can drain.  Some town members were telling us that they were worried that the town would be drowned.

Tom looking at the flooded road near town.

After a nice little break in town, we got on the road again.  The road conditions were unpleasant, though at least we weren't fighting the wind the whole way.  Finally we pulled into town and found a hotel.  We had decided that after a couple of exhausting days that we deserved a rest in a hotel.

After doing some laundry, I made dinner and went to bed.  Ahh so nice not to have to set up a tent, and to be able to sleep on a mattress.