Day 26: 6/15/19: Powers Lake, ND, to Brush Lake State Park, MT

I went by the only true restaurant in Powers Lake this morning for breakfast, but it was closed all this week for a family wedding. Poor planning on my part so I went for the only other option in town, a Cenex (convenience store) and had a breakfast burrito (pic below).

Below is a pic of Main Street, Powers Lake, that I took while leaving town.

Photo of nice country church...

And much of my scenery today.
(Can't see the wind, but, trust me, it's there).

There were no towns with services from Powers Lake to Grenora, ND, which are about 65 miles apart.  When I got to Grenora, I had a burger and fries at Centennial Bar.  It was an excellent meal.  I was the only one in the bar when I first got there, but there were several patrons by the time I left. The topic of conversation while I was there was my trip. The bartender said she got tired just hearing about the trip, and one patron responded he got tired just seeing the bike :)

I made it to 2000 miles for this trip in Grenora (pic below).

I also made it to Montana and the Mountain Time Zone.  That means it will start getting light at about 4:15 a.m. now, but it will get dark an hour earlier.

I am just not having much luck with state signs this trip.  Someone or something had knocked the Montana sign down; so out comes the pen and paper again.  I was able to get a picture of a nice North Dakota sign as I was exiting the State. (Pics below)

My stopping point for the night was Brush Lake State Park in Montana.  It was pretty isolated.  Campsite pic below.

The gist of today's ride was 74 miles of west with a northwest stiff wind.  Almost all of today's ride was done at about 8 mph due to the wind.  And that was with constant pedaling.  It really becomes a mental test in those conditions when you see you only have about 16 miles to get somewhere, and then you realize that it will take 2 hours to get there.

Then, trying to pitch a tent in that type wind, in the rain, also makes for quite the adventure.

Total miles today: 74.7