South Dakota to Wyoming

Today we left Rapid City for Buffalo Wyoming. For the first half, the Black Hills were stunning. We took the detour to Devils Tower National Monument, and heard Richard Dryfuss' three toned music calling from the spaceship....

The highlight of tonight was eating at the Bozeman Trail Steakhouse in Buffalo, Wyoming. Buffalo burgers. Absolutely the best. The young man serving us was every mother's son, blond, eager, 18 years old and a junior in high school. After high school he is joining the army, but he plans to be an officer so he can go to college. He's thinking 15 to 20 years.

I asked about beer on tap and he named three or four. I could not resist the name Moose Drool. "How does it taste?" I asked. He shrugged. "I don't know". It was really fine. Nice and dark and rich, but not too rich to overpower the buffalo burger.

The restaurant has a collection of army wagons, used for transportation of the troops for almost a century.

We spoke to our friends in Yellowstone. They saw bear....we will be there tonight and out of touch with the world for two days. Today we look forward to crossing the Bighorn Mountains, and we left at 7 am in order to see moose outside of Buffalo. That's what the manager of the RV park said....but alas, no moose appeared.