Day 2

     Hit up a morning run in Spearfish to check out the town again. Still love this place. I can see why Dan wants to live out here. We got on the road around 9:30(?), bound for Devil's tower. Still glad I did the National Parks pass, we're up to around 50 some dollars on it, getting close to paying it off. Saw some kind of swifts or swallows when we hiked around the tower, limited down to a couple, but I couldn't definitively say, and we didn't have a ton of time.

     Lunch stop was some lonely roadside rest-stop along 90 in Wyoming. I'm sure we've stopped at this place before, there's nothing around this part of the country for miles. We didn't make great time today, not really sure why, but there was no way we were making Missoula, so we pit-stopped in Bozeman for a growler at 406 Brewing, which looked like an awesome place.

     After waffling on camping vs. no camping (rainstorm approaching), we missed the exit for the campground we were going to stay at and took another one with a gray-colored road in the atlas that looked like it cut over to the road the state park was on- maybe only 8 miles to get there. 30 minutes later after a wrong turn, and a right turn, albeit extremely winding, narrow gravel road through a canyon, we popped onto our desired route and found the state park soon- only to find that it was full. We scoured the campground to see if they missed a spot (they didn't) and even went up to ask the host if we could just pop our tent in the group site which no one was using. The sign said off-duty, but it was only 9:15, so I figured I'd chance it. He was not a pleasant guy. Some 70-something that asked us if we'd read the sign (I said yes) and then walked back 15 feet (out of original site) to another camper with an "on duty" sign and asked us if we'd read that one (nope, didn't see that damn thing). Makes you wonder if he'd have done the same thing to somebody 20 years older than us. The other guy was apologetic, but a rule follower. Low morale in hand, we trudged back to the car.

     Out of options (there weren't any campgrounds remotely nearby), we went the hotel route again, and found a cheap one downtown Butte for a reasonable price. Not much open for food at 10:30 in Bozeman, but we did stumble upon an old "cigar"store from Butte's rougher days. A couple of baked potatoes loaded with toppings later, everything was somehow right for the day.

Day High: M and M's for sure. 406 was a close 2nd.
Day Low: A-Hole hosts in their massive RVs

Vitals:
Miles Driven: 609
New Bird Species: WB Nuthatch, BC Chickadee, Belted Kingfisher, Starling, House Sparrow, Mallard Duck, Am. Crow.
New License Plates: SC, OH, AR, WA, OR, WY, GA, ND, MA, OK, NY, ID, PA, NM, AL, IN, AZ, MS, WV, AK, ME, FL, MT