Truth be told, today was a hard day. We left Deadwood and South Dakota this morning and decided to head about 250 miles west to the Little Bighorn Battlefield around Hardin, Montana. That was a pretty long ride for us as we've been averaging closer to 200. Add 95 degree heat, wind, and tired butts to that, and we were both ready to find a rest spot at the end of day. I used two sprayer bottles full of water to cool us down as Rick drove. It helped for a few minutes at least. Now, I'm thinking nice cool air conditioning. Rick's thinking nice cool pool and cool night under the stars. I really don't believe him but since he compromised the night at the Badlands for me, I figured I owed him one and agreed to give it a try. We chose the KOA in Hardin and were in the pool 10 minutes after setting up. It felt so wonderful!
We cooled down so much, we even went in the hot tub! Aaahhh...... Maybe it isn't such a hard day after all.
We're really looking at the route we had loosely planned and after we go to the battlefield today, we're going to head west and a little south to the Beartooth Highway & Red Lodge. It's runnung about 20 degrees cooler there than Whitefish, up by Glacier right now, and we just think 75 sounds a lot better than 95. Now I'm happy! Rick was right, though. It did cool down nicely and we slept great. He brought along a little fan that I used and I was fine. It ended up being a good day. Well, we're off to Little Bighorn. Happy trails.
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