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Minot ND: Camping OK or Not?

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The earplugs worked great. I sort of heard the train whistles last night but wasn’t bothered at all by them. Randy mentioned that they were pretty bad. Many of the cyclists camping around us were up very early and bustling about, packing up tents and getting ready for the road. Randy and I were much more leisurely, and started simply by boiling up some water and making some tea, oatmeal, and Cream of Wheat, and kicking back. I found my instant Cream of Wheat not bad, but sort of gruel-like, even with sugar added. Needed butter, salt, something to make

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Stanley ND: First Real Touring Day

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My very first night camping in a very long time was actually quite nice.  The Thermarest pad held tight and I was surprisingly comfortable on it.  If there was any undue noise in the park at night, my ear plugs wiped them out properly.  I had started out the night on top of my Marmot sleeping bag, but temperatures dropped to something around 50F, and I crawled inside the bag to find it really comfy and warm. A very brief rain hit us in the middle of the night, which woke me up.  After securing the rain flaps, I sort

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