Running on empty

Left Saskatchewan for North Dakota,  just about driving all the way through to South Dakota.   Pretty uneventful day,  until we got stuck in some crazy construction in North Dakota... Gravelly roads for 24miles, all while I was freaking out over our 1/8 of a tank of gas.. Gas light came on,  Jacky remained calm and was willing to walk for gas,  but we learned my car can go at least 40km on empty.   Rest of the drive was less nerve-wracking,  except for the bird that faceplanted into my windshield (our 2nd bird casualty of the trip :( )  The badlands of North Dakota are very pretty,  it's a nice drive south.   Spending the night at the Bowman Inn and Suites in Bowman,  ND (which is pretty quiet,  everything was closed by 8pm,  except the Kum and
Go convenience store/gas station.