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Much less was stuffed into today. Here is what happened today.
Little Bighorn - Paul loves history, so he really wanted to see this battlefield. John remembers it as just a field when he came to this years ago. But Paul still wanted to come. We ended up spending over 2 hours here! We listened to a ranger talk (I wish I had more time at parks to listen to these, they are always so interesting). We toured the museum and watched a video about the battle. We did this because it decided to rain. :( What is it with rain on our vacation? Oh well. Then we drove a bit on the trail. Paul and I got out to walk around the memorial and back to the visitors center. They have a gravestone for each person in the exact place that they died, whether it is American or Indian warrior. The soldiers are white and the warriors are red.
80mph - Wyoming's speed limit for part of our drive was 80 miles per hour. If you know Paul and his dad, you will not be surprised about a conversation they had in the car about this speed limit. How many seconds does it take to drive 1 mile when you are driving 80 miles per hour? If you know the answer, either message me or comment on this blog, and I will come up with some sort of prize. I will accept answers until 8/16 at 9:30am central time.
Wall Drug - We were 200 miles away from Wall Drug and saw our first sign for it. I saw 3 signs during our driving today. I will keep track for the rest of our trip until we pass Wall Drug. If you don't know what Wall Drug is, it is a general store in the town of Wall, SD. They have signs up all over! They advertise things like free ice water! Very entertaining to see as we drive along the way.
Devil's Tower - We stopped at the First National Monument. I read about this in my National Geographic Traveler, so I was curious to go see it. It was so impressive. You go from rolling hills to all of a sudden this huge thing is sticking out! And then these column looking things are on the edge. It reminded me of the thing you would use with play dough to squeeze out different textures. Many people view this with religious ties, so there were prayer clothes tied in trees by the tower. Paul and I took a hike all around the base of the tower. It felt good to walk around after being in a car for a while. And thankfully it didn't rain while we were here. It looked like it was going to while we were driving up to the tower. But it didn't!
Little Bighorn - Paul loves history, so he really wanted to see this battlefield. John remembers it as just a field when he came to this years ago. But Paul still wanted to come. We ended up spending over 2 hours here! We listened to a ranger talk (I wish I had more time at parks to listen to these, they are always so interesting). We toured the museum and watched a video about the battle. We did this because it decided to rain. :( What is it with rain on our vacation? Oh well. Then we drove a bit on the trail. Paul and I got out to walk around the memorial and back to the visitors center. They have a gravestone for each person in the exact place that they died, whether it is American or Indian warrior. The soldiers are white and the warriors are red.
80mph - Wyoming's speed limit for part of our drive was 80 miles per hour. If you know Paul and his dad, you will not be surprised about a conversation they had in the car about this speed limit. How many seconds does it take to drive 1 mile when you are driving 80 miles per hour? If you know the answer, either message me or comment on this blog, and I will come up with some sort of prize. I will accept answers until 8/16 at 9:30am central time.
Wall Drug - We were 200 miles away from Wall Drug and saw our first sign for it. I saw 3 signs during our driving today. I will keep track for the rest of our trip until we pass Wall Drug. If you don't know what Wall Drug is, it is a general store in the town of Wall, SD. They have signs up all over! They advertise things like free ice water! Very entertaining to see as we drive along the way.
Devil's Tower - We stopped at the First National Monument. I read about this in my National Geographic Traveler, so I was curious to go see it. It was so impressive. You go from rolling hills to all of a sudden this huge thing is sticking out! And then these column looking things are on the edge. It reminded me of the thing you would use with play dough to squeeze out different textures. Many people view this with religious ties, so there were prayer clothes tied in trees by the tower. Paul and I took a hike all around the base of the tower. It felt good to walk around after being in a car for a while. And thankfully it didn't rain while we were here. It looked like it was going to while we were driving up to the tower. But it didn't!
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