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| North Dakota Welcome Sign |
After spending the night in Canada at Spruce Woods Provincial Park we headed towards the United States. We were going to spend a few more days in Canada but most of their Provincial park campgrounds were closed for the season. We were only 91 miles from the border.
We woke up to a beautiful sunshiny day. We hadn't had sunshine in a few days so it was nice. It didn't feel as cold as it has been in the morning. We had breakfast and then got the Minnie ready to go. The road out of the park going south was much better. Larry could drive the speed limit and not worry about tearing up the Minnie. As we were driving to the border we saw a coyote standing in a farmers field. When he saw that we stopped he ran.
We crossed the boarder on a small two lane highway. There were only two cars in front of us and we quickly moved up. The border patrol lady came inside the Minnie and checked the refrigerator to ensure we didn't have any fruits or vegetables. She was very friendly and even gave us a North Dakota travel guide. At the border crossing the Canadian's had a very small booth but the US had a really large facility.
We stopped in a parking lot of a convenience store and had a sandwich in the Minnie. After lunch we headed towards our next destination which was a county park for the night. As we were driving Larry saw a sign for the Spirit Lake Casino and he knows I like to gamble so we headed to it. We had to cross a big lake for a few miles. They had made a four lane road that went across the lake. As you drove on the road the lake was on both sides of the road. When we got to the casino we had a gorgeous view of the lake. I was only going to gamble a couple of hours and then we were going to move on but when I finished gambling we decided to stay considering it wasn't going to get too cold and we didn't need any power. We could stay in the parking lot for free. Well, I did return to the casino a couple more times to do some gambling. It was after midnight when I left the casino.
We crossed the boarder on a small two lane highway. There were only two cars in front of us and we quickly moved up. The border patrol lady came inside the Minnie and checked the refrigerator to ensure we didn't have any fruits or vegetables. She was very friendly and even gave us a North Dakota travel guide. At the border crossing the Canadian's had a very small booth but the US had a really large facility.
We stopped in a parking lot of a convenience store and had a sandwich in the Minnie. After lunch we headed towards our next destination which was a county park for the night. As we were driving Larry saw a sign for the Spirit Lake Casino and he knows I like to gamble so we headed to it. We had to cross a big lake for a few miles. They had made a four lane road that went across the lake. As you drove on the road the lake was on both sides of the road. When we got to the casino we had a gorgeous view of the lake. I was only going to gamble a couple of hours and then we were going to move on but when I finished gambling we decided to stay considering it wasn't going to get too cold and we didn't need any power. We could stay in the parking lot for free. Well, I did return to the casino a couple more times to do some gambling. It was after midnight when I left the casino.
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| Entrance of the casino |
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| The lake we drove over |
I liked the casino because they had a smoking area, which was a room away from the main casino. It was nice to gamble and not smell of smoke when you leave. We had a great day.
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