I've gotten behind again. We finally left Yellowstone early Wednesday morning, and drove 300 miles to Garryowen, Montana to spend the night. We stopped at Garryowen because it's the location of the battle of Little Big Horn, where Custer and 270 of his men were killed by Crazy Horse and thousands of Lakota and Cheyenne indians.
We got to Garryowen by 1:00 and were set up and out the door by 1:30. We headed directly to the Little Big Horn National Park and were quite surprised how detailed it was. The battle actually occurred voer a 5 mile area, which is quite substantial when on horseback. The Park Service did an excellent job laying out the trails and outling the details. Small tombstones were erected where each US soldier and Cheyenne/Lakota indian were found. In addition, there were several monuments as well.
The tour took a couple of hours and afterwards, we headed to a neat little restaurant next to the Park and had Indian Tacos. Yum! It's like a sopapilla (mexican bread) with taco meat/beans, along with avocado, tomatoes, cheese. It was just delicious. I'm glad I ventured out (well, for me anyway)...and it was terrific!
We left Garryowen, Montana early yesterday morning heading to Rapid City, South Dakota to spend a few days at Mount Rushmore and the surrounding areas. By the time we arrived yesterday a huge thunderstorm was upon us and we weren't able to get the satellite dishes up before it hit. The dogs freaked out, I even had to pull out the old sedative and dose them up. Knocked Clyde out for hours, but not Duffy. He was still terrified. So we didn't get to check anything out yesterday.
We got a late start this morning and headed through Custer State Park and the Black Hills National Forest on our way to Mount Rushmore. You can actually see the monument of the Presidents as you drive through these tunnels dug out through the granite. We were really surprised with the Mount Rushmore monument. It has been continually built up for decades and now includes a large museum, couple of theatres, a large gift shop and lot's of other stuff. As you approach the monument, the first thing you see are all of the state flags as well. It was quite interesting.
When we left Mount Rushmore, we drove through Keystone, South Dakota, which is some what like Jackson Hole, Wyoming. Lot's of old fashioned stores, even an old saloon. We grabbed a bite to eat, walked around a bit and headed back home. We really had a great time today. Tomorrow we're planning on driving to Deadwood to check out the big gunfight Wild Bill Hickock had as well as the other 'touristy' type attractions. We also plan on seeing Crazy Horse too...we were going to today but just didn't have time.
We're not sure how long we'll be here. We're supposed to leave Monday, but really need to get the oil changed on the car, so the earliest we'll probably head out of here will be next Tuesday. Or...who knows, maybe we'll stay longer!
Until later~
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