Cutbank to Chester, MT

Miles 66.5
Ride time 4:06
Elevation gain 810'

Today we left Cut Bank loaded with our rain gear in case we would get caught out on the road. The skies looked like it could change any minute, which it did. We did get caught and quickly pulled off to put on our raingear. Natually, by the tome we got everything on, the rain had stopped! We kept it on to keep ourselves dry from all of the spray off the pavement and passing vehicles.
Today was a pretty flat ride. We had a nice tailwind at first, but as the day went on we had more of a crosswind. We are traveling along highway 2. Highway 2 runs right next to what is known as the Hi-Line rail line. It runs all along the northern route across the USA. We watched long winding trains go by us, spending the horn. The trains seem to go on for miles.
We got into the town of Chester by early midday. It was nice to get in and have some time to look around. After cleaning up, a few of us set of in the search for something to eat. Seems to be the major spruce of entertainment we all want after getting off the bike. We walked over to the small main street area and found a little Cafe called Spuds. We had some lunch then went to check out the other sights. The town has a museum. The museum was in an old church, one of the first that was built in Chester. Back then, the church served all religions, but now they have separate ones. Inside the museum was quite a collection of artifacts, memorabilia, and items that dated back to the early days of the town. We learned that Chester had just celebrated it's centennial. We had just missed the festivities. The young man who guided us was very pleasant. His grandmother had helped put the collection together. He showed us a room that was set up as a reenactment of a early one room classroom. It was complete with desks, books, child manikens sitting attentively and a manikens teacher standing at the head of the class. Quite impressive. The only thing that was a bit strange was the mankien heads had the back half of thier heads missing. We had a wonderful BBQ behind the motel and Patty cooked up a great meal of steaks, chicken, fish and mashed potatoes. We also tried so Hutterite wine, courtesy of our motel hosts. It tasted like Apple fortified port..not bad if you sipped it.