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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