Day 21: 6/10/19: Barnesville, MN to Page, ND

Things are cooling off. The temp this morning was in the high 40s. There was a lot of dew, so I had to roll up a wet tent.  My fingers got pretty cold after they got wet rolling the tent up.

I crossed the Red River, which separates Minnesota and North Dakota, and entered North Dakota at Fargo.  There was no sign welcoming folks to North Dakota on the route I took.  I had ridden too far to not get credit for crossing into the state, so I made a sign myself (pic below).

Below is a pic of the pedestrian bridge between Moorhead, MN and Fargo, ND that I crossed to get into ND.

Cruising around Fargo.

The Fargo Theater.

Old Fargo train Depot.

When I stopped to take my photo with my sign, I took CB (pic below) off and propped him up against my rear wheel.  After I took the pic, I hopped on my bike and took off.  I rode about a half mile before realizing CB was not on my back. I hurriedly doubled back to the photo location just in time to see a cyclist stop, look at CB, pedal away a little, and then turning back to take another look at CB.  He was bending over to pick it up when I approached and said it belongs to me. He handed it over without any fuss.  It would have been sad had I lost CB.

I made it to Page, ND, and was going into the Page Cafe to eat supper as a lady in a motorized wheelchair was coming out of the cafe.  Her name is NaAnne, and she was curious about my trip. I summarized my trip to her, and stated I was going to stay at the RV Park in Page tonight.  I told her I called the number on the sign at the park, but got no answer.  She told me Judy is over the park, and she runs the local bar and was there now.

I went and talked to Judy and she said I could pitch a tent at the City Park for free.  She stated the town used to be on a bicycle route and they would get about 60 cyclist a year, but they don't come through town as often anymore.

I returned to the cafe to have supper, and when the waitress/cook brought out the order, she stated it had already been paid for. She stated NaAnne called the cafe and said she was going to pay for my meal. The Fry Bread Taco really hit the spot (pic below).

Downtown Page.

 From reading my blog, I hope you can see that random acts of kindness from complete strangers are not rare.  It's the main reason that I enjoy bicycle tours, to reinforce that most people are truly good.

Below are a couple of pics from ND.  The route I rode today was pretty long and straight.  At one point, I spotted a large Grove of trees in the distance, and I kept an eye on it to see how far it was away from me when I saw it. Six miles later, I got to the grove of trees.  I'm just trying to breathe in all this open space. 

(Long train on left in above photo.)

Pic of campsite in Page.

Total miles today: 83.2

And final pic to close out another great day of bicycle touring.