It was cold and we stacked the covers on during the night. 37 degrees by morning, I checked our thermometer when the camp ‘host’ fired up their generator at 5AM. Not nice. A long drive ahead I reached through the cab windows and fired up the truck and heat while we dressed. Breakfast on the road, too cold to linger.
Into the Shoshone N.F. and towards Cody, WY for some breakfast and grocery shopping. We stopped at Shell Creek overlook and took some pictures of the falls and pools below, I could see fish swimming in the pool.
Up near Ranchester we hopped on Rt90 and kept pace with the 75mph speed limit. The truck is actually climbing better at 75 than when the limit is 55 or 65 on the climbs. I was playing roulette with gas mileage again. At about 480miles on the tank I skipped the exit reading “Last services for 66 miles” Let’s see how we do. The Jeep hiccuped a little as we crossed Crazy Woman Creek (44.249902,-106.429895) but kept rolling to within about 12 miles of Gillette. Almost made it. We transferred our reserve tank and continued on. Signs for Devils Tower are starting to appear.
The tower is impressive, as are the people climbing it.
There are lots of folks on motorcycles here. Too many, but they are all friendly and courteous. I figured out a short while later when I looked at the map; we are very close to Sturgis, SD, a motorcycle mecca. We would get closer still as we headed into the Black Hills N.F and on to South Dakota. Let’s hope we have a better night this time.
We headed South down 385, passing hundreds of motorcycles rolling in the opposite direction, to camping at Robaix Lake ($9.50). Rushmore tomorrow and early if we are lucky.
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