Some damage from the very bad spring floods was still visible. Lake Sakakawea formed from damming the Missouri River can be seen in the distance ahead. Lewis and Clark passed this way on their great western expedition through the Lousiana Purchase during 1804-05. The Missouri River is the major feature of northwest North Dakota and I paralleled its shores for a couple days. Looking out my tent entrance towards the picnic table in the city park in which I camped.
Camping is often free in the city parks of small towns in the west and mid-west.
Picnic tables commonly have roofs and wind baffles built over them to keep the food and picnickers from flying away in the near constant breeze. The horses in the foreground don't seem to mind King Kong rising up out of the fields behind them. Taking a break along the side of the road in central part of the state. By this time I usually rode 1.5-2 hours when first starting out in the morning, and then stopped for a break every hour or hour and a half thereafter. Average daily riding time at this point in the trip was about 6 hours per day.