The storm last night blew eastward at a rate of about 35 mph, hitting the Twin Cities before dawn, and moving into western Wisconsin in the morning. Another (others) blew up in their places, however. Yesterday I was escaping the weather, my 75 mph easily beating the storm; today, I was chasing into it -- this time, catching up. I still managed to duck just south of the storms (which hit Mille Lacs hard -- the large lake next to the "a" in Minnesota in the map above).
Still, I arrived at Prosapia Dommus ("family home") just in time to unload the car and participate in this week's Popcorn Dialogues. (More about that some other day.) I have driven 1,849 miles since Tuesday (technically, since HomoDommi drove many of the miles the first day, I've driven 1,427 miles since Wednesday afternoon).
Here are some more photos:
A close up of flowers in the Gallatin National Forest. Looking, IIRC, north. I took several photos of the immense, glacier-covered mountains in the distance, but none of them show up.
Park City, Montana, is in the chasm between the line of the tops of dark trees and the buttes in the distance. This is maybe 30 miles west of Billings, Montana, looking southwest.
A rainbow north of the highway, over eastern Montana, round about Glendive.
The National Grasslands of the North Dakota Prairie. The wind here was blowing so hard, I lost my footing trying to walk back to my car. I love this territory, and every time I drive through it hurriedly, wonder why I don't stop for a proper hike. It is always windy (based on three different trips through).
The last photo of last night's storm, taken around Williston, ND.
At a rest stop in North Dakota. This felt like Caledonia (southern Minnesota) to me, although about 500 miles northwest of it.
Driving into another storm, this time in Minnesota, today.
2 comments:
beautiful.
Wonderful photos. These also make me want to take an extended cross-country trip.
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