Moved to Glasgow, Montana

Yesterday was a longer drive than we had anticipated.  Nothing was wrong with RV or cats but we had to detour 125 miles around Miles City, Montana.  Seems a bridge would have done lots of damage to our RV - we would have sliced off the top of the air conditioning unit big time.  So, around we went.  And being no highways and driving on county roads, was slower, have to say prettier and more relaxing, but made for a very long day.  421 miles later leaving Sundance, Wyoming, and we pulled into this town (the local folks say it is in the "middle of nowhere") in eastern Montana at 4:30pm.  We were exhausted.

Leaving Sundance, on our way to Spearfish, SD

Very bizarre wind tower

Little town of Aladdin, population 15, but general store was packed with visitors

Hello South Dakota

Interesting - someone was living in the old church

Cowboys galore

Hello, again, Wyoming

Military communication station

MANY of these guys - had to be diligent

And now into Montana 

We chose to come here.  We have seen central Montana and all of western and southern, just not east.
Glasgow which was named by the settlers in 1887 by railroaders who could not decide on a name so they used a globe, spun it, and where their finger stopped, they named the town Glasgow.  The high school mascots are the Scotties.  And banners in town are in Scottish print.  Glasgow is the county seat, not far from Fort Peck Indian Reservation and also Fort Peck Lake which was created by damming up the Missouri River.

Flooded, muddy rivers - everywhere

Small towns in and out of - lots of people shopping

Cowboy sculpture on mountain - they love to show sculptures off

Road along flooded Yellowstone for quite awhile

Missouri River is definitely flooded over, you can tell by the overflow of the banks.  Charles Russell National Wildlife Area is near.  The town's population peaked in the 1960s but has settled down to about 6500 residents today.  No Walmart (yay!) just Mom and Pop stores and restaurants.  But driving through the town, it seems to be thriving.  There are no interstates in the eastern part of Montana so to get around, you plan on driving lots, and slower.  Watch for deer and pronghorn - they are plentiful.

Antique truck pulling antique camper

Said goodbye to Yellowstone and headed more north

Straight road, no traffic 

Farm equipment - they are huge machines 

Fields of mustard

Entering Fort Peck Indian Reservation, crossing over Missouri River

And the river was wide, flowing, and muddy

Our drive took us east into South Dakota near Spearfish where we picked up a route heading north to Miles City.  Wide open country.  Pretty, but desolate.  Once we got to Miles City we had to detour east again and headed north east on Interstate 94 where eventually we picked up another county route that took us north then west.  Followed the Yellowstone River for awhile - it too was flooded, and then eventually came into Fort Peck.  Crossed the Missouri River and headed west again to Glasgow.  We are in the middle of nowhere but the people we have met just laugh it off.  Winters are brutal - 90 mile an hour wind with temps in the negative 40's.  Little snow, it is considered a semi-arid terrain.  And it is really dry here, haven't had rain for some time.  And they do get tornados so we will have to watch the sky closely.

Heck - we could have come by Amtrak to Glasgow!

In town, serious farm equipment for sale, all makes

We are staying behind a nice hotel in a campground, full-hookup, no security issues, very safe, can use their pool, spa, has a restaurant and bar.  Will be here for some time learning the area before we head back east into North Dakota.