More adventures: – Andrew the balerman, Fordhenge and return to Broken Arrow.

Another bonus of being home was the opportunity to witness the master of the baler at work ….Andrew…our neighbour. It’s a fascinating process ….and even somewhat balletic watching someone who really knows what he is doing operating that big equipment.

Scott went out at first light to catch this event happening…..

Now that Scott has his Canadian passport (new Canadian…woohoo..!!) we could plan a trip that he had wanted to do down to Hot Springs, South Dakota for their annual Hot Air Balloon Festival ( upcoming post.. 😁)

Its 12 hours of regular driving to Hot Springs from home (plus 15 minutes per hour of ‘trailer time’) so we did a couple of hops on the way….an overnight just outside Helena, which is the capital city of Montana.

Next stop was a Harvest Host, Canyon Creek brewing in Billings MT. I had found an article the night before on Montana’s Fordhenge….an homage to the Cadillac Ranch on Route 66….it was 30 minutes out of our way….so of course we had to go….

Big bonus…it is in the tiny town of Edgar, Montana……so we had to take extra pictures for our friends who share the name…LOL…

It’s quite the thing……we pulled the airstream into this tiny, tiny town with one paved road running through it….

…and there it is…..

…and I have to say….I have never seen the Cadillac version…..but it is actually pretty cool……!!!!

…we were tempted to test out the local bar……..but we had somewhere to be…..so we had a wander around the town of Edgar……..

…and then back on the road through the Bighorn Mountains with the next stop being Buffalo Wyoming. For anyone who knows us, you will remember how much we have loved our travels to Buffalo NY over the years….so this just seemed like a must see stopover on the trip.

Buffalo Wyoming…what a great little town where the presence of ‘Longmire’ was a surprise to us. Buffalo WY was apparently the town that inspired the author, Craig Johnson, to create the fictional town of Durant that is featured in the series.

There is lots of art in the town itself, much like Buffalo NY. The downtown has a collection of great little independent stores.

Big bonus for the yarn addict ….there is a wool mill…..Mountain Meadow Wool Mill….and it has a shop…!!!

If you do the self-guided tour through the mill, they give you a 10percent discount on purchases…… 😁. Scott fell in love with this bison wool hat, fortunately Bison shed their winter coat so no shearing required…..

I’m not going to pretend that I did not buy a couple of skeins of wool……well I had to…!!!

Buffalo also presented us with an opportunity to get a hike in…..but that’s another story…… 😁

This one ends with us arriving at one of our favourite campgrounds, Broken Arrow Horsecamp in Custer, South Dakota.

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