48 miles -flat windless miles.

After a very pleasant stay with Mary and John and he dropping us off in Glasgow we continued our trek to the east.  Today was sunny, the road mostly flat and (hallelujah!) there was no wind. For the most part the shoulder was ample so we were able to make good time all the way to Wolf Point (4 hours, average speed 12 miles per hour).

Not much to report about the day other than there was little to report on. The landscape is much the same right to left, front to back – big fields of hay, alfalfa, clover, etc. And, of course, there’s the omnipresent BNSF railroad.  As a source of entertainment, Maja has taken to counting the cars on passing trains.  The longest so far has been 137.  Since we crossed the Divide, we have been riding steadily due east and downhill toward the Missouri River but here at Wolf Point we will turn southeast. We will cross some hills tomorrow then meet up with the Yellowstone River and, on Saturday, will leave Montana and cruise into North Dakota.

Seemingly endless sea of green.

A shiny grain elevator next to the BNSF tracks. These monuments appear almost like cathedrals in the distance and usually signal the location of the next town