Country Inn & Suites By Carlson, Gillette, Wy

... in Wall,SD. Very corny but great goofy photos ops. Mia and Caroline take note....
South Dakota has stone tepee structures at most of their rest stops. Thought you might like to see a picture of one. Next stop was the Black Hills Mountain in South Dakota. There we viewed Mount Rushmore. Leaving Rushmore we winded our way ...

Toujours en direction de Yellowstone... à travers le Wyoming désormais.
Il faut donc quitter les grandes forêts indiennes, mais pour retrouver un autre de leurs lieux sacrés, Devil'sTower. Un monolithe de plus de 380m de haut, qui à la surface d'un terrain de football au sommet!
Selon la légende indienne, sept vierges (les pléiades) se seraient réfugiées ...

... and pictures of the people who fought in the battle. There was an hour long bus tour of the battle sites (2) for a cost and talks given by Rangers. While I listened to a talk I could not spare any more time because of the storm system coming in.

I almost did it again today - ran out of gas that is. The sign said 'Next services (gas etc) 36 miles' looking at my tank I knew I had enough gas to do that and more. When I got to the place that ...

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.

today we got our tire fixed again saw Everett old friend since I was 12. Susie went to Pioner Manor to see old friends she worked with, I went and saw Debbie a girl I use to work with, Susie and I visted My cousin June and Tom who gave us a Bird cage he had made, saw our firnds Bill and alice, also susies friend Steve whose wife passsed last week ...

... French girls saved me as they led me back to the lodge as I was very lost they didnt speak english and I dont speak French , but they got me back safely, all my family knew I was in Europe, woulnt have a clue to look for me as I only called every 2 weeks, we stopped the Coop and saw my cousin Debbie today also, am going to fireworks tonight, hope to see some family out there

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.

we are still in Gillette wy went to the fireworks display Sunday and monday night, plan to go tonight and wed. they have been really good cameras dont do them justice , Yesterday we went with Susies friend Christy and had lunch at Miss Kittys in Deadwood, a chinese place, than went to st onge and bellefouch S dakota, traveled thru ...

Gillettte........ keine Werbung fuer eine Rasur oder so......... Wir sind auf dem Weg nach Sturgis, wo ein grosses Toefftreffen ist. Wir erholen uns in den Hotels und buchen unser Hotel in der Naehe des Harleytreffens...... ist nicht einfach, bei sovielen Leuten...... Auf dem Weg nach Sturgis wollen wir noch den Mount Rushmore und den Crazy Horse unter die Lupe nehmen. CU Reto und Martin

... look back at me with a confused expression. When he finally recognized me he was happy to see me and gave me a hug... however, quickly put me to work helping him go get more water from his neighbor's house (which was about a 10 minute drive away). Ilona showed up a bit later and we had lunch, before I went out walking a bit more and ran into her son who was helping them fix fence... there is always something to do on a ranch. Ilona and I then fed the ...