Day 6 Leaving Custer

June 18th. It was a beautiful morning especially after the afternoon before. Left around 9 am and headed out. As we were passing repeated ground I had a few flashbacks from the day before, but it stayed relatively calm. We headed to Newcastle and had breakfast and got gas, and while there made plans to go as far as Dayton and camp. Wyoming is absolutely beautiful. The landscape is surreal, different on all sides. Saw antelope, deer, and huge cattle farms with equally big bulls.We had lunch at Dirty Annie's in Shell Wyoming, which served as gas station, casino, restaurant, bar, and gift shop. I had an amazing burger with jalapeno peppers and spicy sauce. We heard the waitress answer the phone and say to one of the guys behind the counter, "I am supposed to tell you the cows are coming". We wondered about it for a while, and later found out that a free range herd had wandered onto the owner's land and was harassing his horses. Only in Wyoming people.

We made it to Dayton and the campsite that was promised on our AAA map was a piece of crap, and was full to boot. They were willing to squeeze us in for a $20 fee, which is more than I would have liked to have paid for here on a day when we were the only ones. We decided to eat and move on even though it was getting late and we were heading into the Big Horn forest (thanks to Peter's recommendation). We had a conversation with a woman at dinner when she saw us with the map, scouting out campsites and she told us that there was tons of camping in the forest and we would probably be able to find a spot.

We headed into Big Horn, and had to pull over a few times because of a long line of cars following a construction vehicle who was slow going. It was steep and twisty and he just couldn't go any faster. On one pullover Micah had exclaimed how great my little bike was doing and when I went to pull out I stalled. Did this a few times, was starting to worry and then my foot bumped something while checked the gear. Freakin' kickstand was down. Ugh! We found a great campsite up by a lake. It was beautiful and clean and crisp (ie cold) and all of $15 and we were in the middle of this beautiful National park.