Little Bighorn & Devil's Tower

From Yellowstone, we headed to Billings Montana, where we camped at the first KOA. Today, we drove from Billings to Rapid City South Dakota. It was a long day, but the kids earned Junior Ranger badges at both Little Bighorn National Battlefield and Devil's Tower.

I really enjoyed the Ranger talk at Little Bighorn. It lasted for a full hour and mentioned many aspects of the battle known as Custer’s Last Stand, or Greasy Grass. Located in hilly grasslands, this is a remarkably haunting yet peaceful site.

The area around Devil's Tower is very pretty, with lots of pines, and there's a prairie dog town near the road that's kind of fun to watch. The tower itself was made famous in the movie “Close Encounters of the Third Kind”. We spotted dozens of white tailed deer as we drove east from it, including a couple of bucks. The kids earned Junior Ranger badges at both sites.