Tuesday - We dropped
down out of the Canadian Rockies and into the prairie very abruptly. Suddenly the land was flat and sky was “big”. We saw fields and fields of hay and what we
later learned was canola plants in wide yellow swathes. They were in full bloom and beautiful. We also saw the largest dandelions I’ve ever
seen!
It was a long day of driving, yet after settling in at a “stop
and drop” we drove into town for a little grocery shopping. At almost 4 pm it was too late to go to the
area’s sites. I had already put in “Head
Smashed In Buffalo Drop” in my funny sign list and found out that it is
actually a World Heritage Site! It
celebrates the thousands’ year practice of the prairie Indians herding buffalo
off cliffs as a way of hunting without weapons.
There was also Fort Whoop Up, one of the first fur trading posts. We have to leave something for the next trip!! LOL
Back at the campsite we grilled our supper (the end of the
Copper River Salmon we bought) and later joined the owners playing a rather
mindless game of card bingo for a quarter a game. It was fun in that the conversation was nice
and we learned a little about owning a camp ground.
Wednesday, we took off for the border! Maybe a little too quickly!!! Dave got a tongue lashing about driving too
fast from the border agent (but no ticket – just threats to send us back to
Canada!!)… and while he probably was speeding (the border point came on us very
quickly!), after we thought about it,
the “speech” sounded a little canned and we thought he “played this card” when
he was a little bored! As we drove
toward Helena the canola disappeared replaced by waving grasses, and strong
cross winds. We crossed the Missouri
River several times as it and we meandered through a small canyon. The campground brought welcome showers and
laundry.
We’ve heard from Rob and Karen Montaperto and hope to meet
up with them in Custer, SD. Next weekend!
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