Looking East, Back Towards Ellendale, ND. =>
….What Original Roads Looked Like In Pioneer Days (Continued)

…. “There’s nothing up ahead that’s any better than it is right here."
8 Mi East of Hague, ND. The /\ Above /\ Photo shows the-other-end-of the pioneer trail, over the crest shown in the previous photo.
….Click photo to get largest view and look closely to see the "dirt rut in the grass" coming this way from the horizon.
….Here is where Rt-11 would have 1) traveled (this way), over the hill straight (West) becoming 2) part of the gravel intersection foreground, and 3) straight line connect with Rt11, and then continuing straight West to Hague ND.
….Here is where I arrived after "jogging" 1mile South and after driving West 4 miles, then "jogged" 1 mile back up North.
….Crazy! These “jogs”, created are four dangerous 90 deg curves, in what could have been a wonderful straight safe road! (The 4th such curve, now paved is to the right of this photo.)
…. At this “dirt rut in the deep grass”, I chose not to follow "the track over the hill" shown in the /\ Above /\ Photo (and Previous) Photo): However, as shown in a Forthcoming Photo, I DID did successfully (and enjoyably) "go straight" on somewhat more promising dirt roads, several places further West, where I saw similar "jogs to the south" on my map.

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