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After some much-needed rest in Jamestown, we set out on day two of our North Dakota abandoned hunt. The Jamestown Reservoir provided for some lovely early a.m. scenery as we meandered away from the populated city and into the vast and open country of North Dakota.

There were numerous wetlands as we made our way west of the reservoir. Some of which were not so wet, but extremely or completely dry altogether. There wasn’t a shortage of wildlife despite these dry conditions. There were still plenty of areas that still held water along with your typical fowl for this time of year. Although this is not consider prime pheasant country, I was a bit disappointing that I only saw one the whole time.

With this type of scenery between abandoned farmsteads the miles just fly by. I have several photos of all the points between here and there of this trip that will soon become our North Dakota Safari post.

We stumbled on this farmstead out in the middle of nowhere near Binford. This must have been a musical household as there were sheet music strewn about the place. There was also remnants of a piano at the bottom of a heap of yesteryear. There was also a skeleton of an acoustic guitar on the second level surround by more sheet music.

This abandoned farmstead was located just North of Forbes. This property has several out building along with a house that was partially hidden by trees. I did see this on the way to Forbes. Cyndie was too busy surveying the gazetteer to notice this nugget of abandonment. I wanted to stop, but figured we would on the way back through – our first goal was to get to the school.

It was already 1:00 p.m. when we got to the abandoned school in Forbes. I wanted to burn some of the harsh mid-day light there and hope for a tamer glow later on at the farm and hopefully other sites. We spent some time in Forbes shooting the sites. There were several other locations of interest. It was 3:45 p.m. by the time we returned to the farmstead and there was still plenty of bright light. It was a gorgeous day; sadly we spent a fair chuck of the day in the car getting here. It was all good though as we were in the middle of an abandoned haven of sorts.