More Flooding

                Once we got to the hotel in Adora, North Dakota we started walking around the small town, which only has a population of one hundred people, to check out the shops.  It was only 6:45pm and all of the shops were closed.  The end of the road was closed off due to flooding, so I decided to ask the police officer how long this area had been flooded.  He told me that it had been flooded since last Wednesday and the water now covered the camp site in this area as well as the beautiful golf course.  I asked him how high the water had risen and he said it had risen 21 feet, caused by the melting snow caps in Montana.

                We went to eat dinner at a little buffet, which only served pizza, salad, and cookies.  The cookies were good, but I knew I would have to do a workout later on that night.  While at this buffet I started talking to this employee named Chelsea.  She told us that the flooding had closed off one of the major highways, I-90 through Crow Agency, Montana, which is the same highway and place that we are supposed to drive through tomorrow.  I was shocked; however, I was thankful that we had met Chelsea because if we didn’t we would have driven all the way to Crow Agency, Montana to find out that 60 miles of I-90 was flooded.  Everything happens for a reason.  Now we have to figure out an alternative route to get to Yellowstone National Park for tomorrow.

                On our way back to the American Inn, David, Clay, and I decided to get a little workout by playing some basketball with some volunteers in the area.  These guys didn’t explain what they were volunteering for, but we played some 4 on 4 against these 24 year old guys with a guy from Mongolia on our team who had a really good shot.  When we started playing we were losing 6 to 2 and the song I started thinking of was "Cant be touched" by Roy Jones Jr.  We weren’t that good, but we were able to win because we all have great endurance from the sports that we play at West Point.

                About to go do some P-90X and Kenpo with Clay to work on some abs for California.  That’s the end of my blog for now.  Please continue to follow us on our trip.  Have a great day.

-Sherman Pruitt II