My dad & I visited Little Bighorn battlefield - the site of General Custer’s Last Stand - on the 2nd day of the trip, after spending the night in Billings, not the nicest big city according to my dad (the most desirable & expensive cities & areas in Montana appear to be Bozeman/Paradise Valley, Kalispell/Flathead Lake & Missoula. I like Great Falls, obviously, since I’ve been there at least 25 times in my life - they say familiarity breeds contempt but I like returning to a city to see much of my Mom’s side of the family - probably wouldn’t have the appreciation for the town if not for the familial familiarity.)
This was ⬆️ the Crazy Horse 🐴 part of the memorial - to honor the great Native American chief who was fearless because he believed he could not be killed - like the Jordan Flu Game. This was a very cool exhibit in a circular rock area - lots of big open spaces around there - desolate, rolling hills of gold and green - speaking of gold and green, bring back the Sonics!
This was the inside part of the monument - they had some exhibits and artifacts but a big open room with space for a giant exhibit that my dad was saying used to be there - that or they are preparing to bring the exhibit back - the exhibit is on vacation in Cabo.
The enormous, sprawling Custer National Cemetery - with soldiers who died from lots of wars along with some Native Americans and other gravesites - lots of anonymous grave markings. Who visits the anonymous graves? I could see some 80 year old women doing that - visiting all the anonymous graves and putting flowers on them - that would be a noice old lady move, get some steps in, spread peace and joy, get some sunshine.🌸 💐
🏍Right before rolling into Rapid City, we stopped at Sturgis Brewing, located in Sturgis, home of the world-famous Sturgis motorcycle rally - it reached peak attendance in 2015 with 739,000 motorcyclists roaring into town - that would be like if all the people in Seattle just picked up and all vacationed at the same random Midwest town at the same time - that is absolutely bonkers if you think about it. The brewery had tons of merch, the most merch I have ever seen at a brewery - they had a whole separate wing just for merch. The rally had just ended August 14 and we passed thru on the 21st so we narrowly missed the proceedings - but trying to wade thru that traffic would be akin to sticking your finger all the way through a square of Jell-O to the other side without mushing it all up - impossible, I say!
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