43700

43700. That was Chase 1's approximate starting mileage.
We got off from U of M well, after a quick stop at Timmy's.
We're on our way to Brandon, going for a data stop and, likely, food.
Pat just commented that the crops look like a storm chaser's dream--the vast yellow fields, the wheat heading out. (Heading out where, I said.)
I talked to Paul Sirvatka from the College of DuPage, and they're right now sitting in Minot (why not Minot?). Their big decision is exactly the same as ours: north or south of 49?