Our silly detours to our route--Day 13

We set off early the next morning to catch the elusive things from yesterday. First we saw a replica Norwegian Lutheran church all from wood. Beautiful!!

		We are Vikings!

We also stopped by Thunderhead Underground Falls...

Nope that's not it, but when we got to the entrance they wanted $7 per person. We opted not to and the girls readily agreed (we are so lucky to not have whiners).

When we planned this trip, we figured there were two routes--back and forth the same way or a round-about catch all. Since being all over the country is a family goal it meant establishing a route that crossed state borders...Rather than scurry on home after seeing such a out-of-the-way sight like Mount Rushmore, we figured, why not through in Montana.

On the way, we turned off the freeway to see Devils Tower (or from Dave--the place were Close Encounters was filmed:). That particular road was being re-tarred and not quite ready to be driven on. We hit a patch of soft tar which sloshed up into our tire well and messed up our driving. First Dave pulled off and grabbed a shovel from a worker and dug off the huge clumps. We then pulled off a bit away and each grabbed plastic forks and napkins and scrapped off the tires. It worked fairly well such that a few miles down the road the shimming stopped.

As we drove through Wyoming, it definitely crossed our minds to just head home. We were tired and the terrain had turned back to that dessert and sagebrush (although a bit better than Southern Wyoming). But we plugged on, hit two drive thru's for dinner and off to Montana we went.

On the way was Little Bighorn Monument. I took a Indian History class in college so this was neat to see in person. Fortunately we got there after hours for no fee!! Two monuments stood, one to the cavalry, the other to the Indians. What a tragic loss on both sides.

We arrived at dusk to our campsite and crashed. The routine was quick, but I could tell our spirits were wearing out. Two weeks on the road is definitely enough. Our girls are troopers!