The Little Big Horn

After seeing all the sights in and around Rapid City and the Black Hills we set our sights on Montana. We drove back through Wyoming into Montana and arrived at Hardin, MT. We stayed at a KOA there and toured the site of the "Battle of the Little Big Horn".

That was an awesome sight and the country side around the Little Big Horn is beautiful. No wonder the Sioux Indians wanted to keep it. We learned a lot about the battle and learned that all we've been told and saw in the movies was NOT TRUE. First of all Custer and his men were on top of the hill overlooking the river and the Indians were coming up the hill after them. I've seen movies of the battle and it showed the Indians wearing almost nothing. That is NOT TRUE. The Indians knew some of them would not survive so in order to be ready to enter the "Happy Hunting Ground" they wore their very best clothes, beads etc into battle. General Custer was originally buried there but since he was a graduate of the Army Academy his body was removed and relocated to the Academy in West Point. We also toured a replica of the old town of Hardin, MT.

Our travel companions parted company with us and left en route to the Bitter Root Mountains to Washington, Oregon and California. We wish them well and began to make our way back through Wyoming, Colorado to Albuquerque, NM to visit some of Jerry's family. We stayed at All American RV Park, a real nice place. Jerry's family was nice enough to pick us up and show us all the sights of the town and surrounding area. After spending a couple of days in NM we began to make our way across Texas to Oklahoma.