The second day of the drive down to Elgin was pretty uneventful. I got mobile around 8:00 this morning and made my way out onto the highway. It wasn’t long before I encountered evidence of snow having fallen overnight and it was a bit annoying when other vehicles kicked up spray. With the strong cross wind, it was almost impossible to get washer fluid to do anything useful so I could see anything through the windshield. Still, I made it to Brandon without difficulty and stopped at the Husky there. Man, was that wind cold when I was filling the gas tank. I also had lunch and picked some eyeglass cleaning wipes up at Walmart and got back on the road.
At Headingly, I stopped for a break (call of nature) and picked up some snacks then headed back out on the road. By the time I was heading south on MB75, the road was basically dry and the wind was largely in back of me so there wasn’t much to worry about in the way of spray. The border crossing was about the most painless I’ve ever had even though there was a queue and then things were smooth sailing on I-29. At least until Grand Forks where I picked up rain and rain/snow mixed that dogged me all the way into Fargo and made it very difficult to find the exits and lanes with the wet road after sunset.
I took the usual wrong turn and had to get myself unlost before finally finding the hotel in Fargo but I’m here now and comfortable. The weather forecast is talking about snow overnight and there is a flood watch for the eastern third of North Dakota due to precipitation in the area. It shouldn’t cause any trouble with travel tomorrow, however, so I’m not worried about it.
As I said to a co-worker on Tuesday, this trip wasn’t going to feel real until I was on the road on the second day. It certainly felt real once I crossed the US border. Just one more day on into Elgin and the fun begins. To think, I’ll have to reverse this drive starting Monday. That should be entertaining.
Well, I’m off to relax a bit before bed.