Heading Home

Today LeRoy and I headed in the general direction of our individual homes. LeRoy to North Carolina and me to Tallahassee.

I followed him in the truck until we reached Sturgis, South Dakota and at that point, sadly parted ways. He is going to take a leisurely ride home and play tourist while I put the pedal to the metal and try to get home as quick as possible.

The ride from Billings was very scenic on Highway 212 but in a truck, it was ok. Here are a couple of views from along this highway.

This is Cheyenne Indian Reservation land and is really very scenic. A very nice ride/Drive.

After I got on I-90 at Rapid City, it was a eastward drive.

I did come upon a couple of interesting things while driving.

Did you every wonder how the dead animals on the road side? I found the "Lucky Guy" that has the job of picking them up. What he does with them I do not know but he gets them gone. In this area, there are a lot of deer on the roadside so maybe he gets to keep the hides.

He pulled over in front of me after picking up a new victim.

Also, the soil is so rich here and the roadside grass grows so well, they bale it instead of just cut it.

I crossed the Missouri River near Chamberlain, SD and stopped to take a picture.

They had an information display about the Lewis and Clark exploration team traveling in this area.

Ended up the evening at Mitchell, SD at a hotel that is not the best but I'm tired and done for today.

597 miles.....Done. 

I did restart my SPOT Locator so you can follow along with me.

Mike