Canadian Rockies Day 5
After last nights severe storms, the morning arrived in a
rather mundane fashion. Birds, seemed
like hundreds of them, actually it was probably more, but they were noisy for
5am. It started with the quiet but insistent mourning dove, then it seemed like
the birds just all let loose at the same time from every direction. Maybe the
mourning dove is the bird worlds version of the alarm clock? They eventually
calmed down and arrived at a normal bird level of conversation. By that time we
were all awake and out of the tents ready to start the day.
After a closer inspection of the tents, we found none of
them with any permanent damage. They all did pretty well. These new tents are the berries! A minute to
set up, maybe two to tear down. I could get used to this.
With Pam's "First Day Calamity" out of the way, we continued our trek, heading to Fort Peck Dam in Montana..
Our
ride through North Dakota took us up through the oil country near Williston ND.
We have all seen the stories of the oil boom in North Dakota on the news. Oh
that's right, it's
not really being covered. Let me
tell you, this place is Booming with a capital *BOOM*. Construction EVERYWHERE!
Thousands of units of temporary housing,
Oil wells in
private fields all over the place. .... 
Anyway.........
Oil wells in
private fields all over the place. .... Anyway.........
We finally arrived at Fort Peck Dam. 
relaxing after a long drive 
Our camp site was next to a group from Washington state. They were traveling to
Nova Scotia then to Ocean City City then returning to Washington via rt.
50. and the Pacific Coast Hwy. Jim was
talking to them and mentioned that they would be within a couple miles of his
house when they came through Cincinnati. He invited them to camp on his
property when they came through. That should be sometime in September. Could be
interesting.
The spillway for the dam is 800 ft, wide and a mile
long
Mileage to be totaled later.
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