Little Big Horn to Cody

Today we traveled out of South Dakota into Wyoming again and headed for the site of the Battle of the Little Big Horn. From there we drove through the Big Horn Mountains down through Shell Canyon to the plains and into Cody, Wyoming for the night. We drove through a snow storm in Granite Pass and the temperature dropped from 24 to 5 degrees in three minutes! The photos tell the story.

Phil also took a white water raft ride on the Shoshone River but could not take the camera due to the inevitably of his being soaked. He returned with a grin on his face and mostly dry thanks to the waterproof clothing he had to wear. Lots of rapids and much fun J

Photos 1 and 2: The Little Big Horn Memorial on Last Stand Hill. The Battle of the Little Big Horn was perhaps the most significant of the Plains Indians War. The war resulted from US Government efforts to force the tribes onto reservations. Lieutenant Colonel G M Custer led over 200 men into a very unequal battle with a huge force of warriors and his command was wiped out. The memorial site commemorates both the US army soldiers and native warriors who fell here.

Photo 3: A view of the battlefield from Last Stand Hill showing graves of fallen soldiers.

Photos 4 and 5: The plains viewed from the Big Horn Mountains.

Photo 6: Paragliders jump from this lookout in the Big Horn Mountains and land in a school oval near the white roofed building at the top, centre-left of the photo.

Photo 7: A rock face in Shell Canyon.

Photo 8: Tonight we are staying in Cody, which is in Greybull County, Wyoming. This is the County symbol in flowers.