The original plan was to stop and visit Glacier National Park, but unfortunately the Going-to-the-Sun Road was still closed when we were anticipating to arrive. Yes, we could have still gone to Glacier National Park since there are other things to see there, but it would have been an extra day, more driving, and I wanted it to be worth it if we were going to go there. So instead, Josh and I decided to book it through Montana and try and get to Seattle as quickly as possible while still stopping off at notable sites along the way. I looked up the nearest decent-sized city between Rapid City, SD and Seattle to see where we could stop off for a night. Helena, MT was the winner.
Is there even anything between South Dakota and Helena? Josh and I had already been to Yellowstone, so we weren't too excited about revisiting it for just a day. Let's see..
Ah yes, Devils Tower National Monument. America's first national monument, established as one in 1906 as part of Theodore Roosevelt's effort to promote conservation in America.
It was a neat land formation. The Native American story behind why it was formed goes something like this. A girl one day got turned into a bear and tried to kill her family. But her family escaped to a rock and started praying to a spirit to save them. The spirit then caused the rock to rise out from the ground, and the bear kept trying to get to the family by clawing its way up the rock formation. Thus, forming the lines on the sides of the rock.
We stopped at Sarah's in Billings, MT after reading about it in Road Food. We hadn't had Mexican food the whole trip, so this was a welcomed change. Was it good? It didn't disappoint. Except the tostada, but I guess my standard is based on the ones I had in Honduras. I don't think anything can really live up to that.
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