The kid just had to get his picture taken with Buffalo Bill

The kid and I getting ready to leave Sheridan, Wy

Our first moose, she was in Big Horn mountains Andy a little camera shy

Well it's Sunday evening, the 18th day of August here in Billings, Montana.  The last up date to this was after we left Hastings, Neb.  From there we went North to Valentine, Neb.  The next day we drove to Pierre, SD to visit Shirley's aunt.  We stayed for two nights at the city park by the river that runs through town.  A beautiful river with people fishing, boating, water skiing and swimming.
From Pierre we went to Rapid City SD where we camped about 28 miles south of Sturgis SD.  Luckily it was Motorcycle Rally week in Sturgis and boy was it great fun to see thousands of bikers and their babes and all those motorcycles.  Shirley even got on a Harley and rode it, kind of, on afternoon and enjoy it a lot but not quite enough to buy her own.
 We spent as much time with Shirley's cousin as we could but she is a nurse and works midnights at a local hospital so she slept a lot during the day.  We had dinner with her three nights.
From there we drove to Sheridan, Wy and visited with our friends from Olathe, the Halvosons and their son and his wife.  We stayed in Sheridan three nights than moved on to Cody, Wy. While in Sheridan we met a couple from Spearfish SD  who used to ride motorcycles but after a near serious accident they sold them and bought an ATV.  They spent their days in the Bid Horn Mountains looking for wild life.  They really were enjoying themselves.  They gave us their address and phone numbers and told us to contact them when we were in their area, that they had a place on their ranch we could park the RV and stay a while.After a couple of nights in Cody we moved to Billings.  On Tuesday morning we will leave here and head for the Blackfeet Indian Reservation to, hopefully meet some of Shirley long lost relatives.
 I haven't put any pictures in this message as I can't figure out how to do that on my lab top.  I'll have to go to the I-pad and insert pics we've taken along the way. You will see the KID at several locations long the way.  Yes he does get around for being such a little guy.

Shirley's sister Joyce and, her husband Mory

Some how I deleted the last post on here about our weekend spent with Joyce and Moeeie.  We went to Menden and spent a good part of the day at the Pioneer Museum.  What a great collection of everything from farm machines to fine china.  Had a great day with Joyce and Morrie.  We went to church with them on Sunday morning, then lunch and than we hit the road headed to Valentine Neb.

Shirley had Michelle make a small Kidstlc logo for me for my retirement. It will get a special place in our new home. You will see it in many location in the coming months. This picture was taken just minutes before pulling out of town on our first leg of our great adventure.

Getting closer to our dream

Well I retired for the last time on Friday 7/26.  We will attend a BarBQue at Kidstlc on Tuesday and try to leave town on Friday.  We purchased a dolly for the V/W today.  Wanted a trailer but the car was too low to the ground and couldn't get it on the trailer so we went with the dolly.
We still don't have the title work on the motorhome but we have a temp tag good until Sept. 23rd so we're leaving town.  Going to Hastings, Neb for the week end.
Hope you enjoy the pics of the new motorhome
We'll tell ya more later.
Thanks for checking on us.