With still a long distance to travel to reach the East Coast of the USA, let alone the return trip back to the West Coast it was defently time to leave Canada and return to the US.

My route took me basicallly South with a no hassle sit on bike crossing of the border and an immediate jump up in speed to 70mph or 110kms. The only hassle with these speeds on the interstates and long milages is the fuel consumption. A tank full seems to last at a maximum 200kms so a little less then 2hrs and its refuel time. No fancy Givi one click tank bag its back to the old undo strap move backwards unlock fuel tank cap, nsert loyalty card in bowser wait, insert credit card, wait, pin, wait ,remove card, lift lever after removing nozzle, select grade then refuel. It is too common that the service station will only have that useless 10% ethanol fuel also and octane ratings are 82/87/if lucky 92. Guess that's why fuel consumption is low. At least gas (fuel) is cheap it has got as low as $1.99 gal (4 litres) even given the low exchange rate (68-70c) it still a lot chaeper then Australia. Shell has a loyalty card in the UK and changed for me to a US card gives me 5c gallon discount. In Canada I have Petro Canada & Husky rewards all offering some kind of discount.

Well the scenery more Agricultural land again cropping but now a predominance of Maize (corn) & Sorghum to feed them big piggeries no doubt. just as a side I checked in the local Aldi Store and pork chops were from $2.29 to $3.19 a lb (for those too young a lb (pound) is around 2.2kgs so far far cheaper then what is asked for pork in Australia.

So as I headed south I knew the nxt town was Rugby. No not the game but somehow it seemed familiar. Yes in a flash, remembering I had stayed overnight at Rugby on an ealier trip.

Rugby is known as the Geographical centre of North America, so that is another must have pose for the Indian and a sticker which is now located where? Putting you out of misery the centre of the windshield, the obivious place, as on a motorcycle the centre is not where you are looking but pulled up people look and it is a comment type sticker.

The new tourism centre destination despite saying OPEN was not opened. Seems to be a fashion that they start the summer season by putting out a sign saying OPEN but never take it down until winter.

So looking around i saw a small museum , the Prairie Village Museum, which had a sign saying tourist items for sale. I walked inside and saw the usual T shirts, hoodies, teatowels,mugs etc and was just about to leave when a lady asked ÄQnything in particular you wanted?""Yes a sticker for my motorcycle?"They are here on the counter. So I purchased two, one for the Indian and a spare. She asked if I had come far so two hours later I left. talk for two hours surely not, well no we didn't she had invited me to visit briefly at no cost.the museum. Having bypassed it on my previous visit I thought yes a quick look. Well I can be wrong, it is a No 1 attraction comprising almost a complete town of some 41 buildings which protray the history of the Rugby town and the surrounding hinterlands of North Dakota over the past 125 years. The museum has actual schools, churches, dentists, general store, jail. railroad dining cars,hospitals and even a undertakers palour all using the actual buildings they once operated out of.

This is only part of the display whole sections are devoted to detailed themed displays such as telephones, washing machines, cooking ranges, the Rugby cigar manufacturing processes,racoon coats,stones,licence plates even the toilet and baths (a sign on the wall reminds patrons to remove underwear and socks before entry) and of course I almost forgot sausage mixers! So if ever in Rugby check out this museum but as I was going to write this chapter in "Taking the Indian Home", my admission was gratis you will pay!

So as a Tuesday night tradition of freshly popped corn occupies my time at the Feinthel home I must leave and let you enjoy the photo album of the same name.