DAY Thirty-one Culburtson MT to Williston ND 74 km +town
Sept 9/07 Sunday D 74 km M42.6 A 17.6 PT4 h11 RT 5.5h total 23503 km
Williston (AS) warmshowers friends tonight
Wind: none
Temp 10C in am warmed up quickly to 25C Sunny all day except coming into Williston threatening clouds
Road Conditions: good shoulder but some frost heaves
Accommodations: We decided to try another Warm showers friend.. Anna and Doug Hoffman are wonderful… they aren’t even cyclist! They just open their home to us…. Angles for sure
FOOD Breakfast: usual fruit
Lunch: Bainville… church potluck
Supper: picnic cold supper Fresh tomatoes and beets from Anna’s garden
Overall Well interesting day. We started off and after 25k looking for coffee, we came into Bainville. The town was having a pot luck in the park and we were flagged down and told to fill up a plate! Really nice people. One fellow told us all about the oil surface rights and such… they didn’t have to pay taxes on those rights unless they found oil on the land. There is a increase in the oil business down here just as up in Alberta. There is a housing crunch and people are moving in to the area in large numbers. We headed off and met 5 cyclists from Vancouver at the state line. They are doing the Northern Tier route in segments each year. They have done 2 one week stints and are headed home until next year. They had a driver and sag wagon so going faster and longer distances than us, but moteling it too. I am glad to have cycled Montana, but looking forward to different terraine. It was a little hillier on entering North Dakota, but I understand we have flat lands ahead.