Heading East
- cherylmccutcheon19
- Jun 12
- 2 min read
6/8/25 - After talking with somebody in Idaho, we decided to take a north-then-east route versus reversing our path through Wyoming. We loved this decision!! We drove north from Rexburg, Idaho, along the western boundary of Yellowstone NP in Montana, and then east in Montana. We saw beautiful mountains, rivers, and two moose, instead of boring plains (sorry WY!).


We spent the night in Billings, Montana.
6/9/25 - When we drove out of Billings, we saw two huge oil refineries and another one as we drove southeast through northeast Wyoming.

We finished another season of Deep Cover. We are very grateful for interesting podcasts like this to reduce driving boredom!!
Shortly after crossing into South Dakota, we returned to one of our favorite areas from last summer...the town of Custer and Big Pine Campground.

Pat made us steaks and then we went for a walk around the campground...periodically dodging falling pinecones!
6/10/25 - We repeated a favorite hike from last summer: an 8 mile, 1700 ft elevation hike in Custer State Park to visit the Black Elk Peak Lookout.




After our hike, we left Custer State Park via the Needles Highway.

6/11/25 - We drove about 30 minutes south to Wind Cave National Park.



In the afternoon, we mountain-biked in the National Forest next to our campground. It was very peaceful and we saw some white-tailed deer at the end.

After a bit of relaxing outside, we got online to play euchre with Jerry and Lori Harmann in Green Bay, WI.
6/12/25 - We repeated our bike...but it was tough because our legs were TIRED between the recent hike and bike! The rest of the day was chores and a bit of relaxing. We have a 10-hour drive on 6/13/25 to visit Arizona friends in Grand Forks, North Dakota.

Great pictures. Beautiful scenery. I didn't know you guys were stein holding athletes. Years of practice to develop that talent. 😀
I just got caught up on all of your posts to date. What a great adventure - beautiful scenery, half marathons and fun activities. Looking forward to some more posts. Bob D
What KIND of skeleton did Pat find?! Haha! That cave was so cool! I’ve never seen that before! Hope you’re in Grand Forks by now! Thanks for sharing your adventures!