And with wireless Internet access.... So, on Friday, reported rainfall 12-13 miles west of the farm was about 1.5 inches to midnight...and it kept raining all day Saturday. I was a bit concerned, but I knew if Max had any issues, I could always use the tractor to help out. Max did OK, then there was a break in the rain, and Ellie did her thing, even though it was a bit of a tight squeeze. Sunday was uneventful...the border crossing went easily...of course the fellow made me open up the trailer :cool: The only thing was pulling through without wrecking their signs. Oh, highway 281 west of Devil's Lake, ND has been moved. :eek: We were driving along, and suddenly there's water on the road with a road closed sign...we detoured...can I haul a car to a National without driving on gravel? It was kind of amusing watching the TomTom try to get me back on the road...we went further west and found...highway 281 :confused: We kept going south on it...if I had the nag feature enabled, I'm sure I'd have been told to get back on a road. We eventually made it to Steele and checked in. Then we checked out the world's largest sandhill crane. We got going about an hour earlier today than yesterday (no surprise) and things went relatively well...I suspect the diesel pump set up for semis caused me to not quite fill the tank, which created some difficulty as the somewhat sparse communities made planning fuel stops difficult. A bit of construction slowed things down as well, but it wasn't too bad. For any motorcyclists, highway 83 through SD would be a dream...with a truck pulling a 22' full of Buick, not so much...not quite nightmare, but doable. We saw a couple of deer and pheasants (we have them around home, but not in so many numbers). Finally hit NE...the TomTom was again confused regarding routes, so it is good to have a map. Here's a shot of Valentine...thought it was kind of neat. We're now in Thedford and on to COS tomorrow...the time we arrive will depend somewhat on whether or not we get going on my time or on other peoples' time.