A New State

T-man and I headed out on our road trip at 9:30 fueled by ibruprofen (him) and caffeine (me). I had plans for a stop to play disc golf, but he wasn’t feeling well enough to play. So, we drove straight through with stops here and there for snacks, bathrooms and gas. Thank goodness for Kaycee, Wyoming and their gas station! I must not go so long without gas today...... 

We drove through some rain and made a stop at the Littlr Bighorn Battlefield National Monument. (I feel like this used to be called “Custer’s Last Stand” but all of that vocabulary was not to be seen which presented a much more balanced view of this battle). When we walked outside after touring the Visitor Center, it started to rain - likely not the best thing to do with a kid that has pneumonia - but we ran back to the car laughing. 

We drove on the next hour to Billings and arrived around 6:30 (a nine-hour day) and ate at Crazy Mary’s Fish n Chips in an industrial park. Crazy Mary was there herself and it was a fun way to wrap up our first day before heading to the hotel for a swim and some time chilling in the hot tub. T-man commented that we drove through an entire state today which is exactly true and tomorrow we will still be in Montana after a good drive. It’s wide open spaces up here for sure! 

Rest stop 

Resting 

Terrible pic but the drive had some great views 

Cemetery 

Graves where soldiers had fallen during the Battle  


Wet! 

Our dinner spot 

Cheers from the Red Lion in Billings, MT