The ride today starts out to be more difficult then we expected. Routes US 52 and SR 200 are pretty straight, flat two lane roads that look like they will be pleasant enough.
However, about 20 miles into it, there is construction and there are a surprising number of trucks on the road today.
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| Oil Rig |
We are off to Martin City , ND today. Looks like there is a city park to camp in.
We get to Martin City in pretty good time despite all of the construction we've been thru so we decide to continue to drive, planning on another 50 miles or so. We stop for lunch at Ruby Tuesday's which was delicious! We were able to get Internet there, so it was a valuable stop.
The land in this part of the country is really flat. We are on Rt 52 for quite awhile. It's a straight 2 lane road with fields of grains, corn or sunflowers. Every once in awhile a 'town' shows up on the map: Fessenden, Manfred, Keaton etc.
We decide to finally stop and look at another City Park. This one is in Glenfield, ND. What a gem! We had gone about 7 hours of traveling and it was time to stop. Weather was good but we were getting tired, so we were looking to see if there were any camping sites. We don't like private campgrounds and had an OK experience with the City Park in Chester, so we looked on our map for a City Park.
What a delight! It was a fully grassy, heavily treed, well established park. It had a little kids playground, covered picnic tables, lots of other picnic tables and spaces for campers or tents. It even had electrical hookups (that weren't live, but still)!. They also had a water supply if you needed it and flush toilets.
We set up, keeping the camper attached to the truck and B.I.T.C.Hed. This was going to be OK.
Now, the city park was right on the highway (which is a relative term since Rt 200 is 2 lanes.) The park was right at the intersection of Rt 20 and Rt 200 at the start of a community of streets. After awhile we took a walk around the neighborhood.
There was a railroad track that was pretty active (we could see it from the park). There was a train going by about every half hour until the evening. Then it started again at 7 am. But there was also a Ball Field, Post Office, Community Center, and bar along with about a 6 square block of houses--that was it! Very sweet. I felt at home. It actually reminded me of Spring Lake Heights, NJ.
Spring Lake is where my Grandma Butterwei lived and when I would go visit on the weekend, the trains would always go by the back of her yard, too. I guess it just stirred some fond childhood memories for me!
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| Glenfield, ND, City Park |
What a delight! It was a fully grassy, heavily treed, well established park. It had a little kids playground, covered picnic tables, lots of other picnic tables and spaces for campers or tents. It even had electrical hookups (that weren't live, but still)!. They also had a water supply if you needed it and flush toilets.
We set up, keeping the camper attached to the truck and B.I.T.C.Hed. This was going to be OK.
Now, the city park was right on the highway (which is a relative term since Rt 200 is 2 lanes.) The park was right at the intersection of Rt 20 and Rt 200 at the start of a community of streets. After awhile we took a walk around the neighborhood.
There was a railroad track that was pretty active (we could see it from the park). There was a train going by about every half hour until the evening. Then it started again at 7 am. But there was also a Ball Field, Post Office, Community Center, and bar along with about a 6 square block of houses--that was it! Very sweet. I felt at home. It actually reminded me of Spring Lake Heights, NJ.
Spring Lake is where my Grandma Butterwei lived and when I would go visit on the weekend, the trains would always go by the back of her yard, too. I guess it just stirred some fond childhood memories for me!
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