Devils to Beartooth to Tower

Away we went, leaving South Dakota behind us, in all its resplendid glory.  We decided to forgo the interstates for a nice day of flying down two-laners in the expanse that is Wyoming and Montana.  It was a pretty ride through the black hills, then the custer forest, then the black hills......  We thought we would be remiss without a stop at Devil's Tower since we were so 'close'.  It truly was striking, even off in the distance.  Then it was on to Billings to replenish our supplies at the local Walmart.  From there it was a truly spectacular ride up the Beartooth Highway leading to the Northeast entrance of Yellowstone.  It was a series of switchbacks and snowcaps leading down into a high elevation meadow.  We arrived at the Northeast gate just a bit before sunset and only after we were inside the park did we realize that what I thought was offseason here truly wasnt.  Most campsites were full, so we had a longer ride inside the park to get to the first available site that had vacancy, the Tower Falls campsite.  Adjacent to, you guessed it, Tower Falls.  We arrived there shortly before dark, quickly set up the tent and grilled some pork chops and asparagus in the dark for a lovely, if not dark and late dinner.