Day 10: Two Days of Travel in One

  When leaving Lake McDonald yesterday we saw a bunch of puffy white seeds floating around.  It must have become time for something to bloom because I was sneezing a ton this morning.

  On the way out of town we passed by the bright building called Burger Box.  I wanted to try their fry bread, but they didn't open until 11am and we didn't want to wait around that long.  I looked up a recipe and it doesn't look too hard to make.

  During the drive we saw one dog running along the road and another with something in it's mouth trot across the road.

  We passed through a wind farm.  In the town they had one of the turbines out for people to look at.  They are pretty impressive.

  Another interesting thing we saw was a tire go flying off a truck, probably off the back because it was still whole and bouncing/rolling across the road and then down the bank.  There was a black dog in the back of the truck that pulled over and he looked like he wanted to go after the tire, but luckily he didn't jump out and in front of any cars.

  I always find it interesting to see buildings like this.  It makes me want to go explore them and see what is still inside or if it is still being used for something.

  I got to see so many cows again today.  It's so fun to see them doing cow-things.  The solid off white ones look almost naked.

  Bill pointed out that we were passing Sturgis.  I asked if that was special and he told me that a giant motorcycle gathering happens there.  I looked it up and found some information.

The Sturgis Motorcycle Rally is a motorcycle rally held annually in Sturgis, South Dakota, and the surrounding Black Hills region of the United States. It was begun in 1938 by a group of Indian Motorcycle riders and was originally held for stunts and races. 

  Our original plan had us spending time at Little Bighorn and Devil's Tower then staying a night in Billings.  Bill and I decided we didn't really need to see them, so we kept going and combined two days worth of driving.  It was a lot, but not too bad.  It also means we caught up to Jim and Heather.  It also meant having to change hotel reservations, which is how we ended up in such a large room.