North Dakota Dreaming
Craig and Brendan on the Great Plains
August 2-10, 2003
Nebraska
Here it is: the story of two college friends with an unusual dream. Our respective peregrinations around the country had yet to take us to the great state of North Dakota. The summer of 2003 seemed high time to make the trip to the state famous for being Theodore Roosevelt's boyhood home, and not much else. Craig arrived in Indianapolis the night of August 1. The next morning, we started our 9-day, 10-state trek. These pictures document our trip.
| Date | Starting Point | Ending Point | What we saw on the way |
| August 2 | Indianapolis, IN | Lincoln, NE | Illinois, Iowa |
| August 3 | Lincoln, NE | Nebraska National Forest (near Halsey) | Grand Island |
| August 4 | Nebraska National Forest | Toadstool Geologic Park (in the Oglala National Grasslands, near Crawford, NE) | Carhenge, Agate Fossil Beds National Monument, massive hamburgers in Harrison |
| August 5 | Toadstool Geologic Park | Medicine Rocks State Park (near Ekalaka, MT) | Black Hills, Deadwood, Devil's Tower |
| August 6 | Medicine Rocks State Park | Little Missouri National Grassland (just south of the North Unit of Theodore Roosevelt National Park) | Baker, sign welcoming us to North Dakota, Theodore Roosevelt National Park (south unit), Buffalo Burgers, Pabst Blue Ribbon |
| August 7 | Little Missouri National Grassland | Icelandic State Park (near Cavalier, ND) | Theodore Roosevelt National Park (north unit), Fort Berthold Indian Reservation, Geographic Center of North America |
| August 8 | Icelandic State Park | Superior National Forest (near Ely, MN) | Lake of the Woods, SUVs with canoes on top |
| August 9 | Superior National Forest | Duluth, MN | Ely, Tettegouche State Park, Split Rock Lighthouse State Park |
| August 10 | Duluth, MN | Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport | Burnett County Dairy Cooperative |