On A Gold Wing and a Prayer: Day 10 Saturday June 28, 2014

We woke to partly sunny skies, had breakfast in the hotel and rode next door to get gas at $3.58 per gallon. About one mile from the hotel we encountered road construction and for the next 3 miles we were riding on dirt and gravel then the water truck came by and watered down the road creating a muddy mess! Once thru the construction we were on wide open roads travelling by pastures and acres of farm land. We never stopped for pictures as we were going to push our ride today and put on a few extra miles. We stopped in Glasgow for lunch at a deli called "Soma-Dis". The building the deli was located in is one of the oldest in the county.

Building the deli was located

Inside Soma-Dis deli

We left Glasgow on our way to North Dakota. The skies were dark to the east (where we are going) so we stopped in Wolf Point to put on our rain gear. Well, I put on my rain gear. We got back on the road and after about a half hour we stopped in Poplar under the awning of an abandoned gas station to wait out a thunderstorm. We can ride in the rain but the lightening we have to avoid. After things settled down we got back on the road but soon the skies opened up again. We then ran into another construction zone and we had to stop on the highway and wait for the pilot car. We took advantage of the time for a photo opportunity. Once the pilot car arrived and we started riding again we got slammed with the heaviest constant rains I had every been in either looking out the window of my house or a vehicle. The rain drops were so large and hard we thought we were in a hail storm! We were in this downpour for several miles until we arrived in Culbertson MT were we took shelter in the car port at a coin operated car wash. Dave was drenched and had to remove his clothes and put dry clothes on and warm up. Remember he chose not to put on rain gear when I did. I who had rain gear on got wet also. My "waterproof" boots and gloves were drenched. I guess the waterproof means California rains and not Montana downpours. Because the rains were wind driven rain got into our helmets too. After waiting about a half hour at the car wash we ventured back on the road and made it to Williston, North Dakota for the night. We were not aware we crossed another time zone so when we got to our room we noticed the clock displayed 7:00pm...we lost an hour. We road only 316 miles today. Total of 2958 miles.