Day 11: Sunday June 29, 2014

After a good nights sleep we loaded up the bikes and continued east on highway 2. As extreme as the rains were yesterday, today we had winds that would knock you over if standing still. Not sure what is more challenging, the heavy rains or the incredible winds. The winds were so strong that at times we road at a 20-30 degree lean, then the gust subsides and the next gust hits you in the side of the helmet causing whiplash. The beating we took for the entire ride today was exhausting. In fact we didn't even stop for lunch today as we wanted to get to our destination ASAP. We did stop at a rest area and put our rain gear on as the skies were getting darker. Dave put his rain gear on this time! We did get some rain but not near as bad as yesterday. We arrived in Grand Forks North Dakota and rode around until we found a suitable hotel. In fact we stopped at one hotel, registered, got to our room and immediately walked out and cancelled the room and moved on to another hotel. It was disgusting. We found a Hilton Garden Inn and paid $5 more for a clean upscale hotel room then the dirt bag hotel we initially checked into. Kate the manager of the hotel recommended a restaurant in Minnesota for dinner. So after checking into our room we crossed the border for an early dinner in East Grand Forks, Minnesota. We ate at the "Blue Moose" along the Red River. I had Walleye for the first time, I liked the restaurant so much I even bought the T-shirt. Today we rode 343 miles, total for the trip 3301.

Skies from the rest stop

Dave putting on his gear

 

Hard to tell the wind in this picture but believe me it was strong

 

I had to stop and change my gloves, it started to warm up and my hands were boiling.

 

 

 

Dinner at Blue Moose

My new t-shirt

 

The rising Red River

 

Red River

 

 

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