North Dakota – The Spoke N Van

Bodega Bay to the Prairies

September 11, 2024 Sally

Late Summer 2024 With great memories of our visit to Yosemite, we left the park with a promise to return in the future. We turned west and headed to the California coast. We jumped onto the Coastal Highway (Rte 1) at Bodega Bay. Ah, the blue of the Pacific! Further up the coast, we camped at Hendy Woods State Park, one of our favorite parks, near Philo, CA. You camp among the trees, and then you can hike into the…

East to Minnesota & Wisconsin

August 27, 2022 Sally

Mid-July to Mid-August 2022 From Whitefish, Montana, we headed east into North Dakota. We stopped in Rugby, which is the geographical center of North America. It seems odd that this small town holds this distinction, but it does. In the 1880s, this was a junction stop on the Great Northern Railway. Today, it’s the Pierce County seat and home to about 2,500 people, but the cairn marking its location may be the biggest attraction. We camped on Devil’s Lake at…