Every three or four miles is another grain elevator. Some are old, some are new, lots and lots of wheat grown in these parts.
If you like seclusion in your life, the Hi Line is the area you should live near. We would see homesteads miles away from the nearest sign of civilization. It makes one wonder what happens in an emergency? What happens in the case of an extreme dose of boredom? I guess they adapt. Personally, I would prefer to know that if I step outside my front door and scream bloody murder that someone will hear me besides the cows!
Don't get me wrong, we love this type of land and driving through it is very entertaining. We went through a typical town called Chester Montana.
Main street in Chester Montana, yes, that's the whole thing. Chester was very small but had a definite personality. I did a video travelogue through Chester if any of you are interested, let me know and I will send it! Had lots of fun doing it.
Indicative of the personality of Montana small towns is the sign we saw just before coming into the metropolis of Hingham Montana.....I wrote it down so I would get it right here......."596 nice people and 1 old sore head"
I told Wayne we should walk into a cafe (if they had one) and march right up to the counter and say "ok, I would like to meet the old sore head please"
Trains, now there is a subject. Wayne was in train heaven along the Hi Line. We saw a few and got some good pics. But the real thrill was when we got to Havre (pronounced Have-er) and found the Diesel repair facility. Got some pics.
Note to Jim: This one is for you
One of the more delightful indian folk lore was noted on the sign in the next picture. The sign says it far better than I could paraphrase:
Hope everyone can read it. It's a very nice story.
When we got to Havre, it was early afternoon yesterday (Thursday). We decided to stop anyway and take root for a while. We reserved our room at the Best Western Great Northern Inn for two nights. We chilled for the afternoon then went to a recommended restaurant nearby for dinner. It was fantastic. We both had steak and shrimp and it was so good. I haven't had a more tender piece of steak.
Today we just vegged all day. It felt so good to just rest and sleep and sleep and rest. I went out to a grocery store this afternoon and got a few things and we just got back now from having a very nice dinner at the 4B's restaurant.
Tomorrow it's back out on the road again and the balance of the Hi Line. We plan to ride the Hi Line all the way across Montana and North Dakota to Fargo. Don't think we will make it all the way to Fargo tomorrow but we will stop when we get tired. We are several days ahead of schedule for getting into Sioux Falls.
More later........love to you all and thanks for following our adventure!
