Jul 21 - Day 27

Bikers got a slow start, fixed a flat tire on Jerry's bike before leaving the motel. They had to fix another on his bike less than 5 miles down the road. They rode 75 miles to Wahpeton, ND, a town right on the border of North Dakota and Minnesota. New total is 1726. They saw more ducks, a ringneck pheasant and laughed about the frog massacre. Hundreds of tiny frogs hopped onto the road and popped like popcorn when run over by bikes or cars. Jerry and Ned ate lunch at a cafe in Wyndmere where one of the local folks called them crazy and Ned an old man riding coast to coast. Ladies talked with a lady at the Enderlin Inn about how the small towns are dying. She also said sunflowers are attacked by insects and are no longer grown in the eastern part of the state. Most are now grown farther north. The local sunflower plant processes canola and beans. Ladies saw ducks and a large beautiful hawk. Tomorrow we will cross the Red River into Minnesota.