Day 9 - Circle to Glendive, a short day...

Only 48 miles, so we finished well before noon- one very gradual climb followed by one gradual descent. I think the whole ride had two curves, so nothing photo worthy. There was a gravel and sand company near Glendive... and about a half mile of rail cars. We talked a minute or two about whether they were for gravel or grain... Exciting! 

It was a hunker down and go day, so we could get to a hotel, swim, clean up, nap and go out to dinner.

Trudy's still snoozing...

We met up with "cross country Mike" again a couple of nights ago and have been having a good time hanging out together in the evenings. He's an early riser, and doesn't have breakfast, so he gets a good head start. He's become our advance scout, finding campgrounds, restaurants and hotels before we hit town. He sends me a text, so I turn on the phone when we reach town, so we know where to go! We'll be going out for dinner together a little later.

There have been a lot of "wide load" vehicles... About 1/2 are agricultural, the other 1/2 are heavy construction equipment, maybe for the oil fields? We had dinner last night in a big, new restaurant in Circle, a town of 615. I asked the waitress about it... she told us the oil is about 30 miles away... Boom times in eastern Montana?

Today is Trudy and my 2nd anniversary!!