Day Five

It is easier to post the pictures at the top of the post, so from now on you will see the pictures first. Also, I have a lot more pictures. I will try to post some more tonight.

















Teresa and Maria at Devils Tower














Approaching Devils Tower

Devils Tower

Doug & Teresa at Indian Memoria at Little Big Horn

Battlefield at Little Big Horn. Markers are where soldiers fell

Sunset at National Cemetery at Little Big Horn

Mountain scenery

The road goes on forever

Another fantastic day. This was the kind of day we made the trip for. The weather was perfect sunny and warm and the scenery was unbelievable. We left out late morning headed for Billings, MT. We rode about 4 miles on the interstate before dropping off onto some state highways as me slipped into Wyoming and headed over to Devils Tower. What a spectacular thing that is to see. It is a basically a huge rock sticking up out of the earth in the middle of nowhere. I don't really know how to describe it, so see the pictures below. After spending some time there, we headed north and jumped onto US212 and headed west towards Billings. US212 is a two lane highway that winds its way through the vast open lands of Montanta. You may go straight for miles and miles, then it will twist and turn as it rises and falls over the open prairie land or through some hills. It was a beautiful ride and in 200 miles we say very few cars, a lot of deer and prairie dogs. About 65 miles from Billings, we stopped at Little Big Horn, the battlefield better known as Custer's last stand, where the Sioux and Lakota fought for their land and won. It is so peaceful there. We hung out as long as we could, but with the sun setting to the west, we hit the road. There was a beautiful bright orange sunset as we rode out. This was at about 9:30. By the time we reached Billings at 11:00 there was still light in the sky. Montana is called big sky country for a reason. No trees, no polution and a vast sky. This somehow causes the light to just stay in the sky forever. We checked into the hotel and went to grab a quick meal before returning to the hotel and crashing.

Total miles today was about 300 bringing the total on arrival at the hotel to 2017.

Thursday will probably be sent at STAR Days. We will visit the vendors and attend the evening banquet. We may venture out and check out a few local sites. Then again we may just take it easy.