Day 30. Rest Day in Rugby, ND

We are enjoying our rest day here in Rugby, ND. I think my hunt for all things ancestral went well. Found almost all of the gravesites I was looking for and also found my late great-grandmother's home, and my late great-aunt's home. We enjoyed a nice lunch at an authentic 1940's soda fountain called "Rockin' Relics". We went to the spot in Rugby that is the actual center of North America. It was "discovered" or realized in 1931. Just a block beyond that, was the "Northern Lights Sculpture.

Rockin' Relics Soda Fountain


Northern Lights Sculpture


Rugby, ND The Geographical Center of North America


The "Fellowship of the Road" continues, while we were eating dinner last night, two bicycles pulled up to the restaurant and inside came Michael and Jean-Marc. It was nice to see them again and catch-up on all things road, weather and trip related, so once again we were all in the same town.

Late Great-Grandmother's Home


While Pete is napping I will relate to you an experience we had earlier this week: In the morning, last Wednesday, on our way to Wolf Point, MT, we were on a road that did not have shoulders and was busy with semi-truck traffic when a loud motorcycle passed us and stopped at a side road about a quarter of a mile ahead of us, as we got near he waved us down. Pete got there first and the gentleman gave Pete a huge LED, red, blinking, reflector light, to put on my bike. He said it would help make us more visible and since it was LED the battery wouldn't run out for a long time. We thanked him several times and put it on my camelback. After we left we never heard the motorcycle start up again nor did he ride on past us. Curious about this, I mentioned it to Pete and he recalled the very same thing. We just looked at each other, could it have been an angel? Dear reader, I will leave the conclusion up to you, but we are convinced it was, as for the next several days we were on those narrow roads with bad or no shoulders and the worst semi-truck traffic due to oil exploration in western North Dakota. We thank God for His loving care and protection of us each day.

My turn for a nap!! - Alicia