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Antelope in Wyoming prairie
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Motorcycles somewhere near SD/WY border
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The Mammoth Site, Hot Springs, SD
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Wigwam Burner--the missing top is on the ground to the left. South Dakota--not sure if it is Custer County or not; it was just a few miles past the first one we saw.
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Wigwam Burner--this one struck me as being smaller than most.
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Wigwam Burner, Custer County, SD--just a few miles south of the Crazy Horse memorial, as well as I can remember.
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Wigwam Burner, Custer County, South Dakota
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Mt. Rushmore. Pretty impressive in person. Never realized how TR is kinda tucked in at the back, there.
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Alex, Colin, and Grammy at Mount Rushmore.
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Washington, Jefferson, Roosevelt, and Lincoln.
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Alex leaning against the pillar with the Washington flag (the green one).
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At the feet of giants...
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Another Roadside Attraction--dinosaurs in the hills of Rapid City, SD.
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Near Devils Tower--I wasn't expecting the beautiful red rocks & soil!
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"The Circle of Sacred Smoke" by Junkyu Muto. Devils Tower National Park.
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Prairie Dog! At Devils Tower.
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Devils Tower, Wyoming.
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The Indians, who were fighting a losing battle to preserve their way of life, are also honored at Little Bighorn.
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Grave of George Armstrong Custer--except not, really.
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Monument and burial ground at Little Bighorn. There is a stone in that cemetery with Custer's name on it, although originally he was buried about where the big pillar is now, and his body later moved to West Point and re-buried there.
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Grocery Store floor mat in Bozeman, MT.
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Headwaters of the Missouri
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Somewhere along here, in western Montana, 4 rivers come together to form the great Missouri river
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Alex dips his hands in the Missouri River headwaters
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Headwaters of the Missouri
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Sunflowers on the Missouri
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Gallatin City Hotel--classy place (in the 1880s, anyway).
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Butte, MT
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Flag at half-staff at Big Hole. We had heard about the shooting at the Sikh temple but didn't connect it with the half-staff flags at first.
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Big Hole Battlefied Vistor Center on the hill