The reason of the season
Washburn couple hosts stranded travelers during storm
BY CAMMIE WRIGHT
cammie@nordaknorth.com
Steve and Peggy Wollmuth don’t operate a bed and breakfast. Until the recent snowstorm, that is. In an uplifting story of “North Dakota nice,” the Wollmuth’s took in weary travelers from Montana after they found themselves stuck on County Highway 17. “They left from Glendive, Montana, but they couldn’t take I-94 anymore, so they drove back roads until they got to Washburn successfully to fill gas,” Peggy said. “They saw a county road and thought they could take it to get back on Highway 83, which wasn’t closed yet. My husband and I saw a car on the roadway, then we see a man walking up to our house, and he told us they were stuck. So my husband went out to see how stuck they were.”
