Miles Traveled: 1978
Today was a spectacular day. There was too much to put into one post, so I'm going to break it up into three other posts: Yellowstone Drive, Mt Washburn Hike, Beartooth Mountain Drive.
Here's the general overview...
I started off waking up in West Yellowstone, packed up, grabbed a quick breakfast and headed into Yellowstone. The plan was to meet up with Kat (one of my frosh from Alondra years ago) at noon at the Mt. Washburn trailhead. Once we met up, not necessarily on time, we did the hike (more on that later). And then I drove out of the park on highway 212.
On my way into Montana, I stopped in Red Lodge, MT and ate at Bogart's Pizza and Mexican Food. It was an odd juxtaposition of Bogart movie posters, pizza, and mexican food. I had a "Hey Macarena" pizza which hurt to order, but it was a pizza with artichoke hearts, sun-dried tomatoes, something else and pesto sauce. At the same time, they brought me a basket of chips and salsa. I wasn't expecting that.
After dinner, I made the decision to alter my itinerary pretty substantially. I am skipping North Dakota altogether. GASP! Here's the thing, I realized that I was going to have to wake up in Miles City, MT, drive to North Dakota, then South Dakota, and then to Laramie. I'd hardly have time to stop anywhere. In South Dakota, I really want to see the Black Hills Forest, Mt Rushmore, and the Pine Ridge Reservation. A few years ago, I read a book called On the Rez that focused almost entirely on the Pine Ridge Reservation. There's a lot of Native American history in the Black Hills Forest, too, so I want to make sure that I have time to explore. Pretty much the only thing I wanted to do in North Dakota was buy gas so that I could say that I had been to North Dakota, so it was a pretty easy choice.
More posts after I sleep! Before I go, here's one picture from the drive from Billings to Gillette. It's weird, I knew I should just stay away from the river, but something about it was so intriguing.
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