Northwest to Billings, Montana

Eric & I leave Rushmore Shadows

Resort our drive to Billings,

Montana...

Today's drive starts out on 

Interstate 90 West.

It's an easy drive...

We leave Interstate 90 for a

drive through Sturgis.

The terrain becomes more

rugged.

Eric & I detour through Deadwood.

I want to return here to soak up its

history from the Gold Rush days on.

Windrowing cut hay

next to the road.

Welcome to Wyoming

The Airplane Windsock

near Sundance.

My first shot of Devils Tower

from about 12 miles away.

President Theodore Roosevelt named Devils Tower the first National Monument in 1906.

Eric turns onto Wyoming Highway

24 East to get a closer look at

Devil's Tower.

The road winds around

mountains...

Cattle graze in nearby fields.

Wind & rain created these

rock towers.

Eric pulls over so I can get a pic of the Welcome to Montana sign.

It's my turn to drive.

Eric's signature feet shot...

I turn onto US Route 212

toward Billings.

I pull off the road to get lunch

at Outside The Shell Food Truck 

near the Tongue River.

Eric & I share Alaskan Cod Fish

& Chips.

Yum!

Eric & I drive past evidence

of the August 8, 2021 fire.

Most of Montana is in a drought.  Fires compound the effects of a region in need of increased rainfall.

Traffic comes to a halt.

One driver gets out to

stretch is legs.

We drive past a Miller in this

miles long Construction Zone.

The road follows the contour

of the Plains that stretch

before us.

Returning to 

Interstate 90 West

Billings is 55 miles

away.

I love this picture of the

curving highway.

This is our Exit.

Eric & I are spending the

night at a Walmart in

Billings.