Grahams Island State Park - Devil's Lake, ND

Thursday we left Minot ND and traveled a little over 100 miles east on Hwy 2 to Devil’s Lake and Grahams Island State Park. We are now in what’s called the “Prairie Pothole” region of the Great Plains. It’s an area that contains thousands of shallow wetlands known as “potholes”. These “potholes” are depressions left by glacial activity many years ago. They have filled with water and provide important temporary habitat for over 50% of North America’s migratory waterfowl. This “Prairie Pothole” Region stretches from Alberta, Saskatchewan, and Manitoba in Canada down through North and South Dakota and into Iowa of the USA.







Devil’s Lake is HUGE and the road to Grahams Island State Park crosses a 3-mile causeway across the lake. Reminds me of the old “causeway” in Mobile, AL.



This is a really nice state park - lots of open grassy areas and shade trees spaced enough to still preserve the feel of openness. Again, you can compare the pictures below to the previous one of our last campsite and see why we prefer state parks.





We’ve been here since Thursday and have had the opportunity to do some riding & checking out the waterfowl around the lake and at the “potholes” in the area. We saw this flock of American Avocets - always thought they were quite interesting.





Tomorrow we’re on the move again - Minnesota here we come.