Bob, Mark and I rolled out at 6:30 from the Fairfield Inn in Jamestown planning to beat the heat. We had a tail wind and shared the lead and had done 20 miles in short order. The heat didn’t show up til later in the afternoon when we were safe inside the comfortable motel in Enderlin after the 74 mile ride.
It was a Green Day: Beautiful green landscape, very large green tractors, sprayers and equipment (definitely John Deere country) and very small frogs 🐸 on the road. Many people were said they were green too but they weren’t.
Midway of the route we rode into the town of Litchville, population 168, and stopped at the town gas station/convenience/hardware/restaurant for coffee and baked goodies made by the woman working there who we enjoyed visiting with. The banana cake with cream cheese frosting was the best! You can tell this was once a thriving small community with at least 2 banks, grocery and other stores. Now only the store we visited a grain elevator and post office remain….sad.
Dinner at “Cafe by the Tracks” restaurant with several of the group was very tasty and there was ice cream!
Thinking of Jack Walleck
