Continuing adventures

My intention is to post every day until I cover the entire trip, but I had more pressing matters (a job interview!!! yay!!) yesterday and I know I'll be away to a dog trial this weekend, so I'll have to cover more ground somehow...

Chap. 3: Big Sky and Battlefields

Our second day on the road took us through more beautiful vistas in Montana. We could see lots of snow-covered mountains around us -- the Absaroka, Bozeman and Crazy mountains, to name a few. We mused about Lewis and Clark and where they passed through this part of the country.

I had borrowed an audiobook from the library called "The Day the World Ended at Little Bighorn: A Lakota History" by a Lakota historian, told from the Native American's view. We listened to the book as we crossed much of Montana, preparing for the visit we would make to Little Bighorn Battlefield. Mel has read and studied much about the battle, Custer, and topics surrounding the historic event, but this book gave a much better appreciation for what really took place on June 25 & 26, 1876.

Actually walking and driving around the site gave us even more appreciation for how the whole thing unfolded, where soldiers and natives were, etc. I was especially glad to see that a memorial to the Native Americans involved had been built in recent years.

We spent several hours just taking in the spot, walking around, driving down to Reno-Benteen hill, taking lots of pictures. Then we headed south, past Sheridan to Gillette, Wyoming, where Mel's brother, Rocky, lives. We'd stay a day or two with them before heading on with our journey.