6/25 & 26/2017 Wyoming & Montana

We left our little cabins in Hermosa, SD headed north westerly. Following secondary roads, we saw some beautiful countryside. Just a short ride from the cabin

And, just a short ride from the state line, we could see the outline of The Devil's Tower, where we were headed for our first stop on the Passport tour.

The rock formation must have been a heck of a landmark for those early western travelers.

No trike pic at the sign, traffic was too heavy. Found out, today was a "free" day for admission. I don't know if this contributed to the crowd, or if it's always this busy on the weekend. You can't see them in the photo, but there were climbers on the tower. Sheer rock, and straight up. Ya'll go ahead, I'll watch.

From the Tower, we continued to Buffalo, Wy to overnight, then northward again, on Interstate this time.

Crossing over into Montana, again watching beautiful scenery.

The city in the distance is Billings, but we didn't stop. Instead, headed on north to Little Big Horn Battlefield. Custer's last stand...

The battlefield was nothing like we've seen in the movies. The markers for the fallen were widely dispersed, showing a running battle over a very wide area. The pics below are artist's rendering of the battles, displayed at the Visitor's center.

Also, unknown to me and others I've spoken to, there is a National Cemetery located at the Battlefield. It contains the remains of soldiers & Indians alike from the battle, and from other forts located on the plains. Also interred here are "modern day" soldiers. We saw markers from WW1 & 2, up to Vietnam. The cemetery is full, it quit taking remains in 1978.

From here we're headed to Glacier National Park. We rode as far as Lewistown to over night.