This post is bit delayed (see the next post for the reason...).
We departed Big Timber Saturday morning headed for our next stop, Buffalo, Wyoming. The heat was still quite oppressive. We didn't check the actual reading, but it had to be in the high 90's.
Early afternoon found us in Billings, and we decided to stop at Perkins for breakfast. Not a great idea. Lynne ordered a ham and cheese omelette with mushrooms and a side of bacon. What she got was a ham omelette (no cheese), green peppers, which she hates, and semi-cooked bacon. Thankfully, the manager comped the meal. From what we could see, there is not much to Billings. It was a railway center at the turn of the century, and appears now to be the site of a petroleum refinery, among other things. We blasted out of town, glad to be gone.
Next stop was in Hardin, MT, on the Crow Indian
Reservation, to gas up. The heat was really bearing down now. Shortly after Hardin is the buffalo . We briefly discussed stopping, but took a pass due to the heat and the desire to move on to our next stop in Buffalo, WY. The main calling card for Buffalo is that it is mid-point between the Black Hills and Yellowstone, so a lot of people stop off there. We stayed at the Indian Campground, which had great hosts and a wonderful pool. The campground was shaded by about 400 mature cottonwood trees which, luckily, were done shedding their cotton. All in all, it was a good place to stop and rest up.
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