  We
left Alberta at Wildhorse the crossing into Montana, USA. The open grasslands
of Alberta became the open wheat fields Montana stretching as far as the
eye could see. Some of it had been harvested and some was still in the
process of being cut. Each town possessed a Grain Elevator and storage
facility. This is used to store the grain and lift it into railway wagons.
We had seen these in Canada as well but not in the quantity that there
were here. Havre was
our only stop in this state, it is a small agricultural town on the Milk
River. The photograph shows Abraham & Edith standing by the sign in
the Pastors truck. The spelling mistake was found and corrected
the following day. The concert was held at the local high school auditorium
- most high schools seem to have this facility, which is similar to that
of a theatre. The lighting was excellent, but we had to provide our own
sound.
The day after the concert
we left Havre early for the 300 mile journey to Williston in the next state.
On the way we passed through the small town of Glasgow, nothing like the
city of the same name in Scotland. The roads are frequently very straight and this section was like a rollercoaster for quite a long distance. On American roads the centre markers, and also the lane markers, are in yellow, with white being reserved for the sides. The lines mean pretty much the same as they do in England. Roads in Canada are similar to this. There are few roundabouts is North America, the closest they have is a 4-way stop; similar to a mini-roundabout, give way to traffic from the right, but without the mound in the centre. Traffic lights go Green Amber Red as usual, but from Red to Green without Amber. Red means Stop, but you can turn right on a Red light providing the way is clear. Canada is the same as this
with the addition of the flashing Green light on pedestrian crossings.
This flashing Green light warns drivers that the light will change straight
to Red when a pedestrian presses the button.
|
