Day 30 Bismarck, ND to Pollock, SD

Today was a beautiful day of riding on SR1804. The hills were rolling and covered in fields of wheat and grass. The sky was blue. The temperatures were nice for most of the day. This is the model of a great day of touring (take note, Montana)!

We were also witness to a migration of tiny frogs. When we pulled over for our first stop of the day, there were hundreds of frogs no bigger than the end of my thumb slowly emerging from the grass and dispersing in every direction. Off to populate the puddles and ponds of North Dakota.

We stopped for lunch at a farm on the side of the rode to get some shade. There is basically nothing between Bismarck and Pollock on the road we were riding. We were going to knock and ask permission to sit in the shade, but it was just a collection of farm buildings, no farm house. So, we squatted for an hour and ate lunch in the shade overlooking the river/lake below us. Lake Oahe reflects the blue of the sky, so it looks turquoise from a distance.

10 miles before Pollock we rode out of North Dakota and into South Dakota. Great Face. Great Places.