Day 83

Indian Memorial

Jul 28, 2013, 12:56 PM

By no means did we get off to an early start today, but hey, we don't have to. We have nothing but time anymore. Yesterday when we went to the battlefield I completely forgot to get a photo of the Indian Memorial. Since Steve has a lifetime pass to National Parks and we were going to drive by, we stopped at the battlefield again and I'll tell you what the memorial is just beautiful. I played fair and I got a photo of the memorial for the Calvary too, but that is the typical granite obelisk, not that it isn't pretty, it's just typical. So anyway, we are now driving on the Warrior Trail. We are going to explore, see what we see, find what we find. 

Jul 28, 2013, 5:23 PM

Well we saw some beautiful scenery. We drove to Broadus and back again. We had a nice ride. While in Broadus we stopped and got something to eat at a nice place. We had a good meal and attentive service. As we were driving on the Warrior Trail we went through some really depressed little towns. Since we were on Indian land I'm thinking they were Native American areas. It was really shocking to see the depressing conditions. 

Given all the miles we drove today, all the wide open spaces we saw, you'd think there would have been wildlife galore. Well you'd be WRONG!!!!! We did see cows and horses, but that was it. Maybe we'll have more luck tomorrow. We are headed to Livingston, Montana. Keep your fingers crossed we see some wildlife while we are there. Mind you I said I want to SEE wildlife, not have any close car/wildlife encounters. No nothing that will require a call to the insurance company. Just good viewing. While in Livingston we will be doing day trips into Yellowstone National Park. We should see plenty of wildlife there for sure!

I forgot to mention this. The campground we are staying at is a crazy place. Every morning the place empties and every evening it fills up again. It must just be a place people hit for one night on their way to somewhere else, but it seems to be the same cycle everyday, in the morning it empties out only to fill up every night. The people that run it are very nice. We have a great spot. There isn't cable, but the wifi works just fine. There isn't any pool, no playground or anything for kids so I guess this explains it, but it is funny to watch.