Inyan-oka-la-ka (Montana) and camping at Devil's Tower (Wyoming)

Left Theodore Roosevelt National Park this morning and started the trip home.  We missed a couple of small campgrounds in Montana so we stopped at Medicine Rock State Park (Montana) then headed towards Devils Tower, Wyoming.  The State Park was actually pretty neat since these rocks rose up out of nowhere.  

 This was one of the campsites in the park.  Would have been neat to stay here had it been closer to home and a bit cooler.

The graffiti was neat but also sad.  Some of it was so old that I thought it'd be cool to come back now and see your family's name (when people didn't know better than to do this) but also sad since there were some more current names (when people should know better.)

This outing turned into a typical husband event.  He kept thinking we could have lunch around the next corner where there would be shade (it was 90 degrees).   Well you can tell what the terrain looked like; mile after mile of this and the sweet clover:

There were no trees, no hills, no shade, no corners (straight as an arrow)!  Matter of fact there were no cars until we had to pull over to go the bathroom!  Go figure... We finally had to settle on an improvised lunch in the car.

We pulled into the Devils Tower Campground in mid afternoon with the temperatures still soaring. We decided to put the tent up and hang out in the shade.  We saved the hiking/exploring for after dinner when it was cooler.

Surprisingly or maybe not so surprisingly (the heat) the campground wasn't full on the 4th of July.  

Our site (B22-had shade and decent views of the Tower):

Let me tell you nothing beats a campfire when it's ninety degrees out!  It was necessary in order to cook our dinner.

The kids were finally up late enough to catch some fireworks.  The KOA down the road put on a pretty good show that we could see right from our campsite!

The next morning the kids weren't in the mood for photographs.  

 I thought these nifty breakfast treats would put them in better spirits but the hubby and I ended up eating all but one of these!

Firecracker 50

Over the 4th my husband and his friend participated in the Firecracker 50 held in Breckenridge, Colorado. Here they are warming up before the start.

 The race starts downtown Breckenridge before the big 4th of July parade.  It's pretty cool for the riders since most people wouldn't have been there otherwise.  The kids had fun trying to pick out Daddy.

After the start we headed over to stake out our place for the parade.  Luckily a friend let us borrow these cool hats so we were officially in the spirit of the day!

After the parade we headed towards 'The Dredge' down French Gulch Road to see if we could spot them crossing the road.  We got lucky and saw both of them!

We headed back to the house for awhile and I ran up behind to what we call the 'snowmobile road'.  I made it with 8 minutes to spare.

After another hour or so we headed down to the finish at Carter Park.  I have video of the finish but no photos.  This is a shot of the support staff with the very dirty rider.

 The drink of champions:  1554....I kid, I kid!

 Still smiling.

 I guess a ghost beat these two!