Broadus Montana

When we drove through South Dakota, I kept talking about how surprised I was by it. I expected it to be basically empty and full of corn fields. However, it was more populated than I thought it would be. Apparently, I thought South Dakota would be Montana. Montana is absolutely beautiful. However, it's also completely empty. That is part of why it is so beautiful. Just take advantage of gas stations while you can!

 

Because of this, we started thinking about lunch an hour before we actually wanted to eat. We looked on the map and saw that we would be going through two towns in the next hour to so, and planned on stopping at any food establishment we could find regardless of our hunger levels. The first town we went through had no food establishments. Not even a gas station. The next town was called Broadus. It was a bit larger than the town we had gone through 30 minutes before, so we started looking for any type of restaurant. The first (and only) thing we see is a sign for Seabeck Pizza and Subs. In smaller writing, their sign claims, "You have to eat something, so eat this!" That should have been our first sign, but desperate times call for desperate measures.

 

 

We turn towards the pizza place, and realize that something looks a bit off as we park. What, you might ask? Oh, just baby dolls casually tied to the posts of the building.

 

 

 

We quickly decided that we would eat our car snacks before eating at a baby doll torture establishment.

 

Luckily for us, this small town had a grocery store back a block. So, we went and found some food at the grocery store's deli. It was remarkably similar to what you'd find a Mississippi gas station - lots of fried food, including pizza sticks. The workers in the grocery store all personally came and asked us how we were doing and if we needed any help. I think we screamed, "outsiders." I think they also were really amused by our accents. At one point, I responded to the cashier and said, "I'll just have this." In response she asked which kind and another cashier started unlocking the cigarette cabinet. They both thought I'd said that I wanted cigarettes. Needless to say, we all ended up laughing hysterically and just all just shaking our heads.

 

Because it was a grocery store, and eating there wasn't an option, we jumped back on the road. We got far enough away from the quirky and also a little creepy town of Broadus and pulled over on the side of the road for a picnic. It was absolutely lovely. There is a reason they call Montana "Big Sky Country."