Beautiful Country.

We left Custer SD bright and early this morning.  Skip and Cheryl are leading the way today.  It's a little more relaxing when you follow.   The first stop was for Coffee at a cute little shop by the road. 

We continued on north passing by The Crazy Horse Monument and Mt Rushmore.  All of us has visited these places before so we didn't stop.  We decided to stop for breakfast in Deadwood at The Silverado Casino and wow, what a breakfast!!! Any and everything you could think of was on the buffet.  

Oh did I say that we passed through Deadwood and had to have a quick picture of the welcome sign.  From Spearfish, SD we went through Belle Fourche and on into Wyoming where we eventually ended up in Buffalo at the Big Horn Motel where we stayed the night.  The Motel was OK but had lots of room for improvement..... We went to eat at a very good restaurant called, Winchesters Steakhouse.  I had scallop scampi and Jan ordered the top sirloin cut and we shared.  As did Skip and Cheryl.   We had dessert that come with the meal, maple nut ice cream, (Cheryl's favorite) delicious.   We were all stuffed.  The food and the price were very satisfying.  👍

We left Buffalo under overcast, threatening rain skies headed for Red Lodge, Montana taking a long way around for a scenic route.  Had to suite up going over the mountain pass.

We went through Ten Sleep where I had hopes to revisit a restaurant that we had been to on another one of our trips

But ended up being closed so we ate here instead.  Served a delicious breakfast with great service.

We left and headed for Thermopolis which was south of us, just to pass the time and sitesee some. We were dodging rainstorms the entire day.  We saw the worlds largest mineral spring in Thermopolis which was very interesting. 

After Thermopolis we headed in toward Cody but had to wait for a storm to pass through.😁. The temperature wasn't to cold now it was just the threat of rain.  I don't like riding in rain for several reasons so we try to avoid it if we can.

 On to Red Lodge where we stayed here at The Pollard with all the history of the little town packed into it. 

We had a great cup of coffee and Frapp at The best coffee shop in town.  We also at supper at the Hotel Pub where Jed treated us to coffee and dessert.  He made the Pub experience unforgettable.