Today finds us making our way through North Dakota and Montana. Unlike our previous trip on the California Zephyr or even earlier on this trip on the Lakeshore Limited, here we are noticing that the telegraph posts and lines have been taken down. We can see individual posts sometimes laying in ditches, but more commonly, there are stacks of them somewhat removed from the tracks.
Throughout North Dakota we have all been struck by the wide open spaces of the prairies and rolling hills. Houses and farms seem miles from each other. We saw many oil and gas sites, even some jets of burning gas. In some of the more populated areas, we also observed many old, rusting out cars. Some were in private yards and some of the larger collections were in more industrial areas.
Yesterday's travel took us through Wisconsin. It was surprising how much swampy land there is. The route followed the Mississippi for many miles so we afforded some nice views.
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