After leaving Yellowstone we stopped at the battlefield site of "Custer's Last Stand" in South Dakota. It's not a place I would have thought to stop on my own, but Ian being a Lt Colonel in the Army is fascinated by such historical sites and his insight always brings them alive. It's kind of amazing to stand in such a place and try to picture what people on both sides saw in that landscape as things unfolded.
The area is beautiful but looks like an unforgiving place to live. The
memorial and graveyard are in an official park service space, but the
larger drive you can do to follow the historical markers are on someone's private
land. It was a hot day and this was a relatively small stop so I was
glad to do most of it in the car, but we did get out and look around periodically as Ian
told us the story of the battle from various vantage points. 
