Day 17

Today we woke up in Great Falls Montana. First stop was the Harley dealer for a light bulb for my bike. The light bulb didn't fix the problem , so I have some work to do when I get home. From here it was on to breakfast at the 4B's restaurant. Food was ok and we were fueled up for the trip.
We made a couple of stops along the way, not too many because the ride was just brutal. at least 50 mph winds mostly from the south and west made riding very hard going. It was a relief every time we stopped for gas. We stopped here simply to rest and found this place

This guy had  little of everything. As he said, excuse the mess, but I started when I was six.
He should be on American pickers.
The riding was difficult all day.Very few pictures were taken, it was just too hard. We, at times actually had to lean the bikes a couple degrees just to stay in a straight line. This kept up for a couple hundred miles. All together we rode 320 miles.
At times the wind was so bad I was worried about losing my glasses. So, every couple of minutes I was poking my glasses back to a more secure spot on my nose. About every third time the wind would catch my hand and I would end up poking myself in the forehead. So every few minutes.....thonk....Must have looked strange to any oncoming traffic.
While riding we try to keep an eye on each other just for safety. Watching Jim a couple times was interesting and scary. I was riding about 80 to 100 yards behind him. I saw that he was having to lean a couple degrees just to go straight. All at once he was flipped straight up and shoved into the middle of the oncoming traffic lane. Fortunately there was no oncoming traffic. Knowing I would hit the same wind, I moved to the right side of the lane. When it hit it shoved me all the way across the lane. I was able to hold the bike in my lane but it was a real struggle. After about 50 feet, the wind stream went back to the normal 50 mph. That was weird! 
I'm no meaty urologist so I have no explanation for what that was. (Ok, I'm a tad meaty, But I"m not a urologist)
We stopped at Harden Montana to camp for the night. It was a huge relief to stop riding and shut down for the night. I think that was just flat a hard ride.
Till tomorrow