Today's destination was Billings with a stop over to see Devil's Tower. The drive to Devil's Tower was 120 miles and we took 90 miles of backroads via 385 and 14. They were only two lane roads but the speed limit was 70. There was absolutely no traffic until we got to Deadwood. There was one stretch of 28 miles where we only saw two other vehicles and one was a side by side. Definitely a fun and pretty drive. Devil's Tower pops up in the middle of nowhere and it seems as though geologist's can't agree on how it developed, it was a very special place to the Native Americans, and is recognizable from the Close Encounters movie.
We didn't spend much time there, we still had 270 miles to go to get to Billings, and that was 220 miles of two lane road. The back roads out here are really easier to drive than anything back home, you're always going at least 70 with little traffic and you can see forever.
The drive into Billings wasn't very impressive, but we checked into a Home 2 Suites and it was pretty comfortable. At 5 o'clock we went to the downtown area which was really pretty cool and very active. We didn't walk around too much because we we hungry and hadn't had much to eat all day. After much deliberation we decided on Walkers (walkersgrill.com). It was the best decision we made all week. We split the Morel Mushrooms, Sylvia had the Wedge Steak Salad, and I had the Apple Brined Pork Shank. It was by far the best meal we've had in a long time. I wish I had taken better pictures, but I was really hungry and it looked great.
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| Morels |
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| Steak Salad |
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| Pork Shank |
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