The Long Way Back To Minot

Sometimes when we want to escape the trucks, trucks and trucks on the main highway, we go home on a back road.  The back road takes a little longer but we can go slower and just enjoy the scenery.

One day we decided to take a detour on a road up a hill.  We had seen this road many times and wondered where it went so we decided to explore.

The road went down into the coulees before it started heading up.

 

There are trees in North Dakota and these pictures are proof, however they are few and far between.

 

 

These trees are growing up the side of the hills.  I can assure you there are not scenes like this in very many places up here-mostly flat farmland.

 

This is the view from the top of the hill just before the road turns and levels out. 

 

 

By the way, guess where this road brought us, to the road we take on the long way home.  What a great way to relax after a busy day at work.