Travels 1200 miles south

We left Fargo on I-29 going south, trying to stay in front of a snow storm. Pretty flat country in the beginning. Lots of dead deer in the ditches and side of the road. The further south we went, the more hills and trees. We got to see some areas where the trees were still turning color. Some areas of bad roads.

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Traveling days - Minnesota, South Dakota, North Dakota

After leaving our kids in Minnesota, we decided to go to back to Dickinson through South Dakota since we’ve been on I-94 in North Dakota enough times. We went through Watertown, SD and stayed in their city park, Stokes-Thomas Lake City Park and Campground. I have a separate post with pictures for that park. 

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   Giant corn gazebo                          
   Sugar beets, which we didn’t know Minnesota grew.  
  Gnometown, USA - I missed most of these as we drove by
    
   Tiny church for travelers
             Pheasant capital of the world
                          
We talked about staying someplace between there and Bismarck, ND but ended up driving to Sweet Briar Recreation Area west of Bismarck and stayed there for two nights. We’ve always liked Sweet Briar; it’s free, it’s near the water, and we’ve been lucky that we’re usually by ourselves when we’ve been there during the week. 
  Life size 32-piece cattle drive         
 Salem Sue, world’s largest Holstein cow

From there back to Dickinson for a short visit with my Dad and my annual mammogram and physical exam (has to be at least one year from last one for insurance). We headed out to Buffalo Gap Campground, a forest service campground near Medora. I’ve got a separate entry and pictures for Buffalo Gap. Next stop was Camel Hump Campground near Sentinel Butte, ND. There aren’t marked camping spots, kind of like Sweet Briar, and it’s free. There are some picnic tables and rock fire rings. There were some people fishing while we were there. That, again, is right off I-94. There’s about a mile of decent gravel road. 
                                                               

Stokes-Thomas Lake City Park and Campground, Watertown, SD

Stokes-Thomas Lake City Park and Campground is a beautiful campground on the shores of Lake Kampeska in Watertown, South Dakota. It has 30/50 amp electricity and water and a dump station for $21 a night. There’s only a couple pull-throughs, and we were lucky enough to get #1. There are 72 sites with a 14 day limit, no reservations taken. There’s two playground areas, picnic area, bathrooms, trails and even a tornado shelter. When we were there everything was nice and green and beautiful weather. There is also a county park on the other side of the lake, but we didn’t check that one out.