Mission: North Dakota

[the Ferret]

Normally I am the trip planner, for my groups, but this time Empty Sea did all the route planning and the only time I had an inkling of where I was, was when a sign would say Welcome to Minnesota, or Welcome to Wisconsin. A very strange feeling for someone who has planned routes for over 50 years lol. Sea planned some great routes on great roads, with great and sometimes very interesting stops. It was a pleasure following along. Same thing last month with Inhouse Bob and the trip to Rhode Island. It's follow until the guy in front of you stops lol Got to say MTC's ability to program his GPS and end up right where he planned was like magic to this paper map guy.

Empty Sea was right in that I nearly froze on this trip. Predicted highs were in the upper 80's- 90s so that's how I dressed, but we only had that one day (in which I was comfortable but everyone else was burning up lol.). We had temps from the mid 50's to 70's which for me is cold. If not for Offroad lending me a sweatshirt for 4 days, I'd have been curled up in a ball the whole trip lol.