Sunday, May 25, 2025
Sunday, May 18 was an important and somewhat sad day. Sunday morning Max and Anne buttoned up BB to move on from Custer. Sadly, Randy and Debra would not be traveling with us. They would begin their trek back across the country with various fun stops along the way to return to SC. We have had such a fun trip and feel so very, very blessed to have had this time with them. Thank you, God!!! We pray traveling mercies on them and for the two of us as we travel further west alone. Thank you to all of you who have continued to pray for Randy. We cherish your prayers.
As we left Custer and Randy and Debra behind, we had very few fixed plans. We knew generally the direction and some of the places we wanted to visit. We did not have reservations or fixed stops. We drove from South Dakota into Wyoming and noticed a “brown sign” (park service sign) mentioning Devils Tower. A few miles further was the turn and since we had not had time to stop at Devils Tower when we were returning from Alaska, we decided this should be the day. We remembered hearing some news about some storms in the area but no details. Wow! There was a lot of damage. The ranger said they had an EF-3 tornado and straight-line winds up to 150mph last year. There were over 300 mature trees damaged. But Devils Tower still stands! And we enjoyed our quick hike around the bottom.
We are glad we made the detour, but it added about an hour driving time and two hours at the Tower and fifty miles to our travel day. We traveled on from Devils Tower determined to make our intended destination in Big Timber, Montana. Unfortunately, it rained – hard! But we made it to the Exxon Station in Big Timber just before dark and the sweet lady there told us to “just park out front and spend the night here.” So we did.
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