On Labor Day we stayed over in Calgary. We used the day to visit the Terrell Dinosaur Museum, an absolutely fascinating place which not only features dinosaurs but traces the various ages of the earth. It’s located in the Canadian Badlands, which are fairly amazing in themselves, and similar to the Dakota Badlands for those of you who have visited there.
Tuesday, we cleared the Sweetwater, Montana, Port of Entry without causing an international border incident. Since, we’ve been moving south and east as fast as the trailer will allow. We’ve done a bit of sightseeing, too. We stopped at the national park commemorating the Battle of the Little Bighorn, the site of Custer’s Last Stand. The terrain is rather hilly and the battleground something over five miles long and a couple deep. though I’ve read a couple books over the years on the battle, I was surprised by the hills and the size of the area on which the battle took place. We also visited Mt Rushmore. The sculpture is impressive, but the surrounding area is tourist trap personified.
The past couple days we’ve been rolling through corn and soybean country. Tonight (Sunday), we’re in Indianapolis, Indiana. With any luck, we plan to be home on Wednesday.
For any of those who might be interested, once I’m home I’ll do some Alaska musings which might help any of you considering a trip similar to our…. See you all very soon!