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Published: August 20th 2009
The Rocky Mountains National Park was something. Eating our own cooked meals, feeling the cool air of the morning up in the mountains and being surrounded by wildlife facing waterfalls has left lasting images. Anyhow we had to move on! We left Colorado and drove through Wyoming on Interstate 25. The road is mainly above large plains and as far as the eye could see we had ranches, cattle and grass. Every now and then a town. The scenery along the motorway is beautiful and there are also some canyons along the way that puzzle the mind. We arrived in the town of Custer and the sky was pouring as we had not seen in this part of the trip before. This area of the US is marked by the history of the Indian Chief called Crazy Horse who was one of the figures that helped bring down the General Custer in the battle of Little Big Horn. The next day we visited Mount Rushmore and saw the set of Hitchcock's movie. We enjoyed the day reading about the history of the country and how the sculptures were made and how difficult it is to preserve them. After that we visited
Mount Rushmore
George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Theodore Roosevelt, Abraham LincolnCuster State Park. The park is popular with Harley Davidson's drivers as the city of Sturgis where they meet every year is not far from there. We did part of the park by car and spent the rest of the day hiking through the prairie. Here again we saw a huge amount of wild life, bisons, mule deer, prong horn antelope, lots of birds , prairie dogs, etc. The next day we left the city of Custer and made our way to Yellowstone. We stopped at Little Big Horn battlefield, in the state of Montana, which is a National Monument. This is where in 1876 a coalition of different Indian tribes (Lakota, Cheyenne and Arapaho) under the leadership of Sitting Bull and Crazy Horse defeated the US army. Custer and all his men were killed. This was the last victory of the native Americans over the US Army. The rest is history. We spent the night in Billings (Montana) and the next day made our way to Yellowstone.
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Denise Delf
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Dear Robson and Benoit Thank you so much from Stella and Peter for your presents. Stella was ecstatic with the stamps you sent her (we really only expected 2 or 3 stamps, certainly not books, from places you visited!). But that is a treasure! Peter is already immersed on his book learning facts and coming to us afterwards full of knowledge: "Mum, did you know that this dinosaur etc, etc". I kind of lost track of the log since the holidays began. But I'll get back to it once the children are back at school. I wish as always that you are enjoying every minute of this adventure. Lots of love and God bless. Denise xxx