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| Meadowlark Lake, Big Horn National Forest, WY |
As we kick back our heels in a hotel in LaCrosse, Wisconsin, we could not have started out the day in a more different place. We woke up this morning in the Black Hills of South Dakota in Summit Ridge cabin rented out by the Forest Service, and our 700 mile trip took us past Crazy Horse Mountain, the turn off to Mt. Rushmore, the Spam Museum, and miles and miles of corn fields and wind mills. I have never been so happy to see green trees, rolling hills, or actual open water. The dogs are simply ecstatic to be out of the car.
The fun part about this trip is that we've gotten to see corners of the country that neither of us have ever seen before, and between us we have eleven trips cross country. Big Horn National Forest is a surprising place of jutting rock formations, towering open ridges, and thick pine forests in north-central Wyoming. Our campsite backed up on the willows on a lake's edge, giving the pups plenty of access to sticks and swimming. On a nearby ridge we discovered an old CCC lookout that was built in 1942. The trail wound up through the pine trees, up a flight of crooked concrete steps, and past ancient rocks full of little sea shell fossils. Back at camp our neighbors presented us with a gift: a Norwegian fire log. It's a log round cut like a cake, but not all the way through. A little white gas and that sucker burned all night long.
We got to see Devil's Tower (plenty of bikers but no aliens), Mt. Rushmore (whole lot of granite), a tractor rally in Custer, SD, and a huge bull elk on our departure from the cabin this morning. Who knows what we'll see tomorrow?
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| The fire tower in Big Horn National Forest |
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| Devil's Tower |
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| Mt. Rushmore |
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| Summit Ridge Cabin |
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