Day 17 Overnight at Glasgow

Chilly morning turned into a clear, sunny Memorial Day.  While traveling, we drove along side the longest line of train cars EVER out of Glendive, MT - 16 miles long. BNSF had a maintenance center there that was closed down during COVID. Topography after leaving ND was basically prairie so it is understandable why they picked this area to store so many train cars. Flat as far as the eye could see. Passed through some Indian Reservations where the land and towns were pretty desolate. Drove by the historic Lewis and Clark Bridge that now leads to nowhere. For many years, it was the only bridge over the Missouri River for 350 miles. Lewis and Clark camped at this site in 1805. In 1860, an army engineer said that this is the place to build a bridge; however, only ferries were used to cross until 1926, when 2 teens drowned crossing the iced river in a Model T. The impressive bridge was completed in 1930, but by the 1990’s, the bridge was deemed too narrow for modern traffic and it was closed and replaced. Storms were all around us in the early afternoon and finally caught up to us at our campground in Glasgow, MT. Got DragOn up just in time to shelter from a big thunderstorm with pea size hail. Fishing seems to be the prevalent thing to do in this area of Fort Peck Lake and the Missouri River but there is not much else to do in Glasgow and what there is, is not open on Monday. Pizza Hut tonight and Shelby, MT tomorrow.