Alaska Trip - Day 3

0800 departure. Took US-2. Passed bicycle racers. Stopped at Geographic Center of North America (Rugby, ND). US-2 turned into US-52. Drove through Minot and then north to Portal, ND. Saw rock memorials by roadside - high schoolers like to make "billboards" for their classes... Lunch just before border crossing. Thank goodness for Eileen's mom and a faxed birth certificate (just in the nick of time!). Cathy now has a visitor pass for Canada that is valid until August 15th (guess than means we can't leave her in a sunflower field...). Lots of sunflower crops. On Route 39 - then 11 through Regina, Saskatchewan. Route 16 in Saskatoon. Eileen called her mom around 1500 - thanked her for making the border crossing otherwise uneventful. Saw giant Easter Egg. Stayed in Vista Motel in Vegreville (near Edmonton), Alberta.