North Dakota Fort Ransom July 24 - 28, 2015

Fort Ransom State Park, ND is located in the Sheyenne River Valley near the little town of Fort Ransom. 

Fort Ransom State Park, North Dakota

Our campsite was in a very nice open site.

The road leading to Fort Ransom

Since I could not get into my kayak,  Kay made the trip down the Sheyenne River by herself. This is her at the launch point.

On her way down the river.

The bridge across the river to Fort Ransom

The river was a bit muddy because of all the rain in this area.

Kay and her flowers, with bugs on them.

A metal birdhouse along the river

Kay saw several turtles along the way

This dragonfly landed on her leg while she was in her kayak.

Believe it or not, this is a ski lift out in the middle of North Dakota.

Marty waiting for Kay to get done with her kayak trip down the river.

Just around the corner from the take-out point is the dam.

As I was waiting for Kay to reach the take-out, I spotted this little striped gofer.

Watching him jump up and grab the seed pods to eat, is what made me take the pictures of him.

Corn looked very good here.

The wheat also looked very good.  Almost ready to harvest.

The bean crop was also good.

This was an interesting flower pot arrangement.  That's a lot of petunias.

Some of the landscape around the campground.

Kay and her flowers.

We drove down many miles of dirt roads while we were at this campground.  There were several scenic byways we had to check out.

One evening we went out to The Sheyenne Valley Speedway dirt track to watch the races. It was located in a little town of Lisbon, ND

The wind was not in out favor.  The cars made a lot of dust, and it all blew back on us in the stands.

One of the pile-ups at the races

Number 75 got the worst end of that pile-up.

We saw this mom and her two babies in a field by the campground on our way home.

A nice glass of red beer to get the dust out of my system after the dusty evening at the dirt track.

We like to drive around the local area at each of our camping stops.  This shows what rural ND looks like.

Another dam on the Sheyenne River

My Kay

One of the three churches along the scenic byway road.