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Night- 2

So yesterday wound up being 637 miles, today around 540, I think. Tomorrow is supposed to be around 500 to my destination.
Overall a better day and about 11 hours long driving. I deducted a little over an hour for a couple of stops I made a long the way.
First was to a small museum in the town of Garry Owen, Montana. Stacy and I have stopped several times at the Little Bighorn Battlefield site, but never at the museum I visited today. I enjoyed taking a look at the artifacts on display from Custer's Last Stand, and a bit more from the indians view.
The town is actually located on the spot where the over 4,000 indians were encamped when the attack and subsequent massacer took place in June 1876.
Second stop was a place we had stopped to see back in 1996, a site of an old fort near Buffalo, Wyoming.
Other than that it was just drive.
Temps were 93 to 98 all daytime to dark, and I did get some rain near Rapid City, South Dakota. Still a lot of motorcycles around from the Sturgis motorcycle event near the beginning of the month.
I couldn't get over how much growth there has been in the 5 years since we'd been this way on the trip to Missouri in May of 2006.
I made it to Mitchell, SD, and lost my second hour to Central Time, doing it.
Onward to Missouri tomorrow!

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Anonymous said…
God speed Tad
my thuoghts are with you.

Robin
August 28, 2011 at 3:47 PM
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