Geographic Center of North America

Stopped by the service department and they told us the part was "emergency' ordered. it could be in tomorrow around noon. If not it could be Monday or Tuesday (eh).

After 2 days in the parking lot, a day at the state park (and showers) were called for! It was nice to spend the morning here and enjoy the lake. We read the paper and did some trip planning to change our route to follow the Lewis 7 Clark trails.

About noon we took off for Rugby,ND to see the Geographic Center of North America. We got to Rugby and couldn't find the center, so we stopped at the tourist info center. We asked the lady and she walked to the windo and pointed to a stone monument at then end of a parking lot across the street. We decided to take a ride around Rugby and then come back to the monument. On our way through town we saw another Coach House! We didn't have a chance to talk with them, so we went back to the monument. We took pictures and laughed about being such "tourists". We took Rte 2 back to Devil's Lake. There really isn't anything of interest on this road and it convinced us to change our trip plan. The folks we met at Fort Totten told us about the North Dakota Passport which is a travelers guide. We picked one up and it will help us along the way.

Back at camp we relaxed (in the lot) and then went to the Spirit Lake Casino for the diner buffet. The food was good...gambling was bad... The casino sits up on a hill over the lake and we watched the sunset - it was great!

Hope there is good news tomorrow..