Home stretch

Blog is back! I have so much to tell you.
We covered a great deal of ground on Thursday, including Minnesota, South Dakota and stayed the night in Buffalo, WY. David called ahead and found us a suite at The Occidental Hotel.
Once hosts to Butch Cassidy, Teddy Roosevelt, Clamity Jane and many others....Check their web site., or better yet, visit Dawn, the owner, she is an amazing women. Www.Occidentalwyoming.com. We checked in and were escorted to the bar for the weekly Blue Grass entertainment. We met with Chuck, a local cattle farmer who drives 75 miles every Thursday to play with who are the true remaining ranchers in the county. Sense of community is extremely strong here, especially on a Thursday night, to say the least. michaela and I were obvious strangers to town, yet we were welcomed and given what we felt was special attention from everyone. I was envious of this community, their roots clearly run deep. A one point I said to Michaela I think we are in the movie with the time machine, Back To The Future.

I think Mic has more to tell you about that night, probably with a lot more humor.

On to landscape. love Minnesota, its beautiful. But, I have a question? Can any one tell me why in this state only, there are grave yards, with several hundred headstones, in the middle of farm land? It was a litle odd, I think.

South Dakota, wow, the wind came back. Our dear friend Jane did mention this, she wasn't fooling. I was a bit white knuckled. We got terrible gas mileage. Still beau till farmlands and lots of cows and babies.

Oh,we did, on occasion drive buy a draft horse breeding farm. These horses do make the cutest babies. michaela and I had to take turns talking each other out of stoping and putting one in the trailer. It was kind of like..."let's do it now while it still fits".

Thursday music picks....
Ricky Lee Jones
Tracy Chapman

I think Michaela calculated 860 miles covered on Thursday.