Day 9--Little Bighorn Battlefield Monument

At the Battlefield

Marker of Fallen Warrior

Today has been a long day. We drove over 400 miles. We left Yellowstone, bright and early this morning. On our morning drive, we saw another herd of elk, complete with a baby. As we were only a few minutes from being out of the park, we saw a grizzly bear on the side of the road! Yes, I said grizzly bear. It was very exciting. We then had a "cowboy breakfast" in Cody, Wyoming. We made it to Little Bighorn Battlefield in the early afternoon. It was very interesting. Dan and I didn't know very much about this battle, except that it was "Custer's Last Stand". It was amazing to hear about all of the details about the battle. They have actually put markers all over the field as to where soldiers and indian warriors had fallen during the battle. Apparently, it is only one of three places in the world that has done that. The kids' highlight of the day was when we reached our hotel--there is an indoor mini water park, complete with a few slides and a lazy river! Tomorrow is off to South Dakota.