Great Falls, Mt and Devil's Tower, Wy

Montana is a beautiful state. We saw beautiful farmlands, but other areas were very "bumpy" consisting of small rolling hills all over.

We came across an area in Montana where there were hundreds of giant windmills. They were an awesome sight.

We stopped over Billings, Montana which is down below this huge cliff.

This was our first view of Devil's Tower. It gets more awesome the closer you get.

Here we all are at the base of Devil's Tower. It was quite a trek up this far, but Joe and Jack ventured farther up the base. Joe brought me back a beautiful stone since I like to collect a stone from all the places we visit.

There's a lot of history to this National Monument. As a matter of fact, it was the very first National Monument thanks to President Theodore Roosevelt.

According to the legend, seven sisters were playing when a bear started chasing them. They came upon a stump of a great tree and it spoke to them. It told them to climb him and when they did, it began to rise into the air. The bear could not reach them, but scored the bark with his claws. The seven sisters became the stars in the Big Dipper.

Coming back from the rock, we came across a field with hundreds of prairie dogs. They popped their heads up and down from their burrows in the dirt. We stopped and watched them for a while. They liked to pose for us.

 

Our next stop was the town of Deadwood. It's famous for Wild Bill Hickok and others. The streets had one casino after another. We tried most of them. Bob did get a Royal Flush in one of them.

One Casino was Mustang Sally's.

This is the very spot where Wild Bill Hickok's assassin was arrested. Right on Main Street Deadwood, Wyoming. It is a fun little town.