On the way from from Waukesha to Theodore Roosevelt National Park, we stopped at Lake Ashtabula near Valley City, North Dakota. After two long days of driving we stayed an extra night to explore. Our campsite was right on the Lake with peek a boo views and lots of room. A really nice campground. Valley City was fun to explore to. It felt like a piece of the 1950s at times.
So what did we do on our day off from driving..... we drove the Sheyenne River Valley National Scenic Byway. At least it wasn't freeway and we stopped often and saw the interpretive sites with some short bits of walking. The old cabins, mills, churches, and towns were mostly from the late 1800s and were interesting examples of how hard the life was farming in North Dakota. Our last stop was the Sheyenne Forest and a quick walk on the North Country Trail. This is a national trail that runs from North Dakota to New York. We had walked a small piece of it when we were in the Allegheny Forest in Pennsylvania so it was fun to do another short stretch.
All in all a nice break from power driving.
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