Dag 6: Grand Forks, ND - Glasgow, MT

Vandaag wilden we eigenlijk naar Williston, ND rijden, maar we hadden al gezien dat alle hotels daar vol zaten omdat er deze week een speedway wordt gehouden.En omdat er verder eigenlijk niets aan behoorlijke hotels te vinden was hadden we vandaag een lange rit voor de boeg. Dus vroeg uit de veren en op pad. Helaas kwamen we daardoor veel te vroeg aan bij de Keg's Drive In. Jammer want dit is een authentieke drive in diner die hier al sinds 1935 staat en recentelijk is opgeknapt. Ik had er graag een Sloppy Joe gegeten, maar het mocht niet zo zijn.
Dus door naar Rugby, ND, wat het geografische middelpunt van Noord-Amerika is. Ze hebben er een leuke obelisk voor neergezet maar voor de rest stelt dit plaatsje net zoals de vele anderen gehuchten die we onderweg zijn tegengekomen vandaag eigenlijk helemaal niet voor.
Wat wel steeds mooier wordt is het landschap. In North Dakota was het nog heel veel landbouwgrond maar toen we Montana -onze zevende staat deze reis- indoken veranderde het in een heuvelachtig prairie landschap met schitterende vergezichten, dit deel van het land heet niet voor niets Big Sky Country!
De nacht brengen we door in Glasgow, MT. Hier is ook niet veel te doen, wel zit er bij ons hotel een restaurant en een casino! Glasgow, MT ligt in het midden van een groot Indianen reservaat, het Peck reservaat, één van de stammen waar dit van is zijn de Sioux. Nu hebben de Indianen in hun reservaten andere regels dan in de rest van de VS en daardoor vind je daar veel casino's. Op die manier hebben ze een hoop inkomsten waar weer andere dingen mee worden gesponsord.
Dus straks maar even kijken of we de reis terug kunnen verdienen ;-)

Vandaag: 769 km
Totaal: 2812 km
Aantal staten deze trip: 7

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