Today we prepared to leave Aunt Linda’s ranch:

B with Coyote:

Trish and the kids took short rides on Coyote:

Dillon in his stall:

Bitsy:

After saying goodbye at around 3pm, we drove South, then East to climb out of the Bitterroot Valley.  We stopped to visit Big Hole National Battlefield, where the army ambushed the Nez Pierce attempting to reach refuge in Canada after refusing to settle on their government-mandated reservation:

This Howitzer was fired three times from a hill overlooking the Nez Pierce encampment before the Nez Pierce overran the emplacement and captured the gun:

The Nez Pierce were camped where the trees meet the plains.  80 Nez Pierce and 28 US soldiers lost their lives here:

The kids received their Junior Ranger badge.  For this park, they are smaller and made of metal:

We drove on to overnight at the Walmart of Bozeman, Montana.  See the trip map for driving details.