Candlewood Suites Gillette

Today was a day of touring and seeing lots along the way. At Cactus Flats, SD we entered the area known as the Badlands. Mountain formations were awesome and each took on a different look around each bend as the light hit the face of the mountains. We saw prairie dogs as tame as could be. Leaving there we headed for Wall ...

... une colline pour échapper à un ours, mais celui-ci étant si grand, la colline aurait alors grandi, grandi, jusqu'à mettre les p'tites indiennes hors de portée de l'ours, qui auraient laissé de grandes marques verticales sur la "colline" avec ses griffes...<br>Fin de journée sur la route sous un ciel immense, rempli d'éclairs menacants mais magnifiques.<br><br>

... The Indian memorial looks like a burial mound from the outside with the centre taken out and pathways cut in so you can get to it. Walking into it it felt 'sacred' - I later found out that there are prayers said there by the Indians June 5th each year for World Peace. There is a beautiful wire sculpture (see picture) overlooking where the indians attacked the hill from. <br><br>There is a small museum run by the National Park Service which showed ...

Starting back.......Traveled thru the Bighorns on our way to Gillette. They were incredible. Had to stop for a herd of cattle that cowboys were rounding up and driving them on horseback to the transport trucks. Just had to stop and wait patiently. They still have to ride and find the cattle the on horseback.......the same way they did it 100 years ago.

... the Friday night final night, suppose to have a 24 inch shell and a huge fireball , and some other spectaculer works, we will stay all 5 nighrts next 5 year to be sure its raining and cold here tonight, glad we are pointing our car south, cause altho this is a nice place to visit no way Id want to ever spend another winter here as long as I live!!!!

... the most of the stuff from the insides and found duplicated close to the same as the old house, the bedrooms were exactly the same, even still had my world map on the wall in the bedroom I stayed in and dreamed up all my future trips, along with a cloth calendar I got of the matterhorn in switzerland where I almost met my maker as I got lost bymyself on a skiing trip, some ...

Tonight we ate at a really good restraunt in Gillette called the Chop House, Susie and I shared a filet, we went to the fire works ameture competion, The anouncer said that Dicovery Chanel was there all week filming for a upcoming show on fireworks, after Supper we visited my moms cousin wife, Shirley.

... out with My ffriends who treat us to lunch at Susies favorite place China cafe, there daugther Lisa and granddaughter Brooklyn who is same age as Haeley was with them . We stoped by My Great aunt Alice who is in her 90s and is still doing very well. My couison Eddie went to the fireworks with us Sunday nt. he may go again Wed night.

we left Sheridan Wyoming yesterday where we all had a good time at the johnson family reunion, both susies kids , her two brotherinlaws , her uncle in law thier wives and familires all came , we all had agreat time, eating , swimming and visiting, Haeley got some pic of some elk a miles from thier house, it was sad for Haeley as she had to leave for the long journey back to Prescott valley shortly after her cousins got ...

... that the neighbor hood was a miniature hillbilly Bagdad. There were hundreds people out in the streets setting off fireworks, firework "shrapnel" lay all around. The party at Tony's was nice and I was able to catch up with my old friend's Nate and Mark, who both were very surprised to see me just drop in like that. It turned out to be a great 4th of July! In the morning after a quick stop at the new Starbucks in town, I hit the road headed east to the ...