Yes, thanks again. We'll be stopping at the Little Big Horn battlefield
and taking route 212. What I don't know is whether to get on 212 from
I-90 as early as Sturgis, SD or only once I get to Little Big Horn.
Still looking for recommendations on what to see and where to stay for 2
days at Yellowstone and Grand Teton.
Chuck Norcutt
Dean Hansen wrote:
> If Chuck and family haven't already gone past it, I'd recommend
> stopping at the Custer Battlefield. It's very interesting. If nothing
> else, it's a good reminder of what can result from letting a head-strong
> fool lead too few troops into someone elses homeland.
> US 212 goes over the Beartooth Pass, which is a bit over 10,000 feet
> elevation. Hope Chuck takes this route. In 1969, while doing research
> for my thesis, my wife and I stayed at a campgound by Island Lake,
> several miles to the west of the pass. I collected insects near Frozen
> Lake, which is just to the west of the pass. When I tried to identify
> one particular species back at the campground, I was at first sure I was
> somehow misinterpreting the identification key--the genus of small fly I
> was looking at had not been reported in North America south of tree line
> in the Canadian Arctic. Well, I wasn't misinterpreting anything--the
> country around the Beartooth Pass is, plant and animal-wise, much like
> the Canadian Arctic north of tree line. And here was this little fly,
> happy as a clam, 2,5000 miles south of its relatives. Get out and hike
> around a bit--it's a bit like being on Ellesmere, Baffin, or Devon
> Island. Wonderful place!
> Enjoy the sights!
> OM content: none. I was borrowing my father's Exacta VX IIa those
> 39 years ago.
> Dean
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