Williaton ND and route 2

Highway 2 was good for me last September. Ran it from Grand Forks all the way to Williston. Four lane all the way across North Dakota now.

That said, the last bit into Williston was very heavy traffic wise. Minot west to Ray was what I consider normal, nothing too major. No trouble with pot holes, bad road conditions, or rocks thrown up by trucks.

As posted earlier, Lewis and Clark State Park may be the only RV park not swamped in the area, and even that is not a sure bet.

You might want to consider using I 94 to Glendive, MT. then 200s to Circle, MT. and then make your way to Great Falls via 200. The traffic is horrible from Minot to Williston and the trucks throw up a lot of stones. You run a real risk of breaking your windshield - It happened to me. I hate to tell you this because I like to see people visiting our state but, If it were me, I would use a different route. Another plus is there is a great musical in Medora - check it out at www.medora.com

I've heard the oil boom there has make the roads poor & RV parks taken by oil workers.

But not sure of current conditions. Might give Lewis and Clark State Park a call if needing a site to stay. Maybe a state park isn't over ran with oil people. ?

A little farther from Williston, Juniper Campground - North Unit of T. Roosevelt Nat'l Park should be open as well.

Seems to be some road construction in the area: ND Dot Road Conditions.

Here's a quote from today's local paper in Williston, ND.

"No one up here was surprised when the U.S. Geological Survey reported last week that more than 7 billion barrels of extractable oil and 0.7 trillion cubic feet of natural gas are waiting to be collected from this oil patch that extends west into Montana and up to the Canadian border.

In fact, several experts expect those forecasts to double again as new fracking technology helps oil companies dig down to new formations deep below the Williston basin."

It doesn't say anything about the roads, but I imagine moving the huge equipment takes a toll on the roads, and there isn't much point in trying to replace them until the oil and natural gas is gone. At least they'll have the money to do it. :)