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Three Feet and Two Chairs
It was a calm morning in Bozeman – the pool became a mirror.
(Fun story: it was soon to be less calm, as my other camera took a bit of a lens-first dive onto a concrete floor. The floor won. But Bozeman Camera and Repair saved the day – and the vacation – and we were soon on the road with a brand new lens.)
RSVP Hotel
Bozeman, Montana
photographed 8.29.2020
Visitor center without visitors
Travel in the summer of the pandemic meant a road trip instead of flying to our destination, a lot of picnics, learning new rules every time we got to a new state, and visitor centers that weren’t accepting visitors.
Little Bighorn National Battleground, Montana
photographed 8.28.2020
Row on Row
This site has been a national cemetery since 1879; the original designation, three years after the battle of Little Bighorn, was intended to protect graves of the 7th Cavalry troopers buried there. In 1886, The site was proclaimed National Cemetery of Custer’s Battlefield Reservation to include burials of other campaigns and wars. The name has been since been shortened to “Custer National Cemetery.” (from Wikipedia.)
Custer National Cemetery
Little Bighorn National Battleground, Montana
photographed 8.28.2020
Custer died a runnin’
Back in the olden days, the Patient Spouse visited this location, which back then was known as the Custer Battlefield. Since then, the name’s been changed to something less Euro-centric, the Little Bighorn National Battleground. But, either way, it’s where in 1876 General George Custer and his troops battled Lakota and Cheyenne warriors, and came out on the losing end. Over 263 U.S. troops were killed, including Custer. The Lakota and Cheyenne were camped along the river – the trees at the bottom of this hill. The markers in this photo show where U.S. troops fell; the marker in the center, the one with the dark area, shows where Custer’s body was found.
The band Cowboy Celtic has a song called “Custer Died A Runnin'” and of course the song was on my mind. It was on my mind to the point that we played it several times while we drove through the park.
Little Bighorn National Battleground, Montana
photographed 8.28.2020
House of Wonder
In answer to your questions:
- No, I did not visit Tinnelli’s House of Wonder.
- And, yes, there IS an apostrophe missing from the sign.
But I think we all can agree that the sign added a bit of visual interest to this abandoned building.
Bosler, Wyoming
photographed 8.27.2020
One Day | One Image 