Today is pretty much a repeat of yesterday’s post except the drive was longer and I got pulled over by a State Trooper.<\/p>\n
I drove from Minot, North Dakota to Shelby, Montana which is about 520 miles (map\/video is here<\/a>). Everything was good until I saw flashing lights in the rear-view mirror. I was only doing 8 mph over the limit so I thought he was on an emergency call and pulled over to let him pass. Unfortunately, he also pulled over behind me. It was a pleasant encounter and he let me off with a warning but did enter my information into the system<\/em> and gave me a printed warning. Now I will have to keep close to speed limits otherwise the next time will probably not be so pleasant.<\/p>\n Apart from that, there was nothing remarkable on the journey. The car is running great (I was holding on tightly to the leg of a wooden table as I typed that) and is much more comfortable on a full day’s drive than my Honda Accord was. The scenery was somewhat more interesting than I had expected since, on parallel drives south of here, the plains were FLAT. At this latitude there were some hills and even a few nice views. Hopefully, I will not be doing any more 8 hour drives during this trip.<\/p>\n No photos again and the only green flag on the map is the pull-over spot which is really just for me to document the history that happened there (my second stop in over 30 years of driving in the US).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Today is pretty much a repeat of yesterday’s post except the drive was longer and I got pulled over by a State Trooper. I drove from Minot, North Dakota to Shelby, Montana which is about 520 miles (map\/video is here). Everything was good until I saw flashing lights in the rear-view mirror. I was only … Continue reading Day 24 – Last of the Long Drives<\/span>