Out of Montana and into North Dakota

I woke up early in the morning and set off east (like every day) on route 2. The ride was great and it was good to see everything so green from the rain the previous day. I really wasnt looking forward to the next two days of riding because I would be entering the fracking/oil fields of ND. I met a couple while stopped at a gas station and we got to talking about life. They are planning on moving to Maine and starting a business selling tiny houses made out of shipping containers. They were great people and really loved the idea of "Cycle to Recycle". They right away went online and made a donation, thank you very much for that. We shared some information and hopefully I will see them in Maine when they're there. I left and headed toward the North Dakota border.

I hit the border and was excited to see Teddy Roosevelt's face on the welcome sign. He was an avid outdoors man and really help grow the national parks system in the country. He helped create the Badlands. I had spoken with some people in Montana and they said just stick to route 2 because they have the widest shoulders of any road. I was heading towards a big town called Willison and I heard the traffic is very heavy heading into the city and out of the city, so I was lucky to hit the city after rush hour traffic. Route 2 had become a 4 lane road and it became very fast. I did not enjoy riding on it very much and there were lots of rocks on the road. I rode through the town and it was starting to get darker, but I knew I didn't want to stay in town and fight the morning traffic, so I put the lights on the bike and rode on. I rode for about another hour and I found a nice little camping spot off the road in a field next to an old bail of hay. It was comfy to lay on the hay, but there were mice or rats living in the hay and they were walking all over the tent all night. I didnt put the fly cover on the tent because I didn't think it was going to rain... It started raining around 4:30am and I got up and headed to a local gas station to pass the time.