Day 28 Fargo ND to Pelican Rapids MN

New week...new State. This is our 5th state-Minnesota. We are in the beautiful country called Ottertail county which has 1000 (out of 10,000) lakes.

As we rode out of Fargo, we stayed together as a group, so our guest rider Mark has made special maps taking us through Minnesota. Very good first day.

I do have a complaint. The roads out of Fargo into Clay county Minnesotat were painfully bumpy. Even through my new riding gloves, my hands and arms, (not to mention my backside) got jolted.

And the truck traffic. There were so many trucks hauling gravel. And no wonder, we went right past a gravel pit. If you want to see Minnesota, you'd better come soon...they're hauling it away by the the truck load.

Relief came when we got to the well-maintained county roads of Otter tail county. But...the wind again was in our faces on the south legs. Most of the legs were south. We arrived in Pelican Rapids, hot and tired. But thankfully more relief came in a chocolate milkshake at the Tastee Freeze.

Distance: 52 miles
Climb: 1019 ft
Time 4:0
Calories Burned : 2607

Overall Distance: 1797.21 miles (1800 for all intents and purposes)