As we go further west we see the landscape flattening out.
Here we are, in North Dakota.
Devils Lake was facinating. It has no natural outlet so as water elevates, it gets bigger and covering more land. In 1940 it was a series of small lakes about 2 feet deep, by 1993 it was about 23 ft. deep and rather than small lakes, it became one big lake with a surface area of 44,230 acres. By April 2010, Devils Lake covered about 177,100 acres, or 208 sq. miles. During that period the volume of water grew by more than 6 times. You see in this picture, the dead trees in fairly deep water along the road.
They have had to elevate their roads and levies. It's really strange to see these series of roads in the middle of the lake.
We camped at the Spirit Lake Casino for the next 2 nights.
Yeah, I'm catching up!!!!
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