Starting Mileage leaving Medora: 4597
Ending Mileage arriving Glendive, MT: 4658
Miles Driven: 61
Avg. MPG: 7.6
Gas Price: $4.14--Sidney, MT
Overnight: Glendive, Montana
Travel Day
Because we were not able to drive through the North Dakota Badlands last night, we had thought we’d do that this morning. But, we opted out of that journey as we had seen enough of Medora. We certainly were not sad to leave trains and Cowboy Joe and move onward to Montana. Dave is really looking forward to starting more genealogy work when we arrive in Montana.
So, we packed up and left Medora, ND, at about 10 AM. Although we didn't have much to put away or clean up before leaving, we tried to dally a bit because we only had about 60 miles to drive.
We arrived in Glendive, Montana, at 11 AM. It is really hot here and this city does not have the nice gentle breezes we have grown accustomed to in South Dakota. After we got the RV all set up, I decided to vacuum and scrub the floors. It’s so much easier in this little “house,” but it still takes a lot out of me because I just drip in this heat.
With set up and cleaning done, we rested a bit before we headed out to check out the town. We had seen an ad for a Mexican restaurant in their local come-on-in-and-shop brochure, so we were also going to try to find them--the ad didn't provide an address, but we asked around. We haven’t had Mexican food in so long we are about foaming at the thought. We found the casino in which the Mexican restaurant was supposed to be located. But they had gone out of business.
Speaking of casinos, they are everywhere in South and North Dakota. They are not those big Indian reservation kind, but little storefronts and strip-mall shops that have casinos instead of clothing stores. They don't allow "21" or Blackjack, but everyone has those video one-armed bandits and other similar games. So far, we have not been tempted to leave money at the casinos. We leave enough at the ice cream stores!
Back to our Mexican quest: our next best option was a franchise we see all around the Midwest called “Taco John’s.” Well, I now know why we haven’t frequented them to date. And, after that not-so-yummy meal, we will avoid them in the future.
Back at the RV, we settled down for a, hopefully, quiet night’s rest before embarking on Dave's genealogy research in the morning.
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