This morning we left Medora, ND, started on the last leg of the trip to Greg's. We started out on I-94 out of North Dakota and into Montana. However, I-94 starts veering south towards Billings so we left the interstate and took Montana 200S and then Montana 200. The road was narrow with no shoulders so it was somewhat tense but traffic was very light.
Pat had packed a lunch so we stopped at a rest area and had lunch on a picnic table. Then it was back on the road. Things were going fine until we came to a construction area and we were diverted onto a temporary gravel road for about 10 miles. That slowed us down as we couldn't do more then 30 MPH. After the construction area the road was better. That is until we had passed thru the town of Lewistown and then it was back onto a temporary gravel for about 7 miles. It had rained so that section was muddy. Once we cleared that construction things were good.
As we approached Great Falls we had to go thru two passes. As we started up the first we heard a loud thump as if someone had thrown a rock at us. Then the thumps came fast and furious and we realized we were in the middle of a hail storm. As we got to the top of the pass the road looked like it was snow covered but it was hail not snow. Luckily no damage and as soon as we cleared the pass the storm ended and it was clear sailing the rest of the way.
Found the Malstrom AFB FamCamp and in short order we were set up. Greg met us and we headed out to dinner. We plan to be here a week.
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