70 miles from Merchantile to motel in Bowman ND. What a difference a day makes. We went from horrible "I want to go home" day yesterday to "what a wonderful way to see the country" day today. We had lunch at the Crooked Creek #1 bar and grill in Ludlow, SD today met about 25 country school children also having lunch there. It seems they have no school cafeteria so they walk across the street to the local watering hole for their school lunch.