We started the day by finishing the cemetery mowing job and cleaning up our belongings inside the fellowship hall at the church. The team enjoyed breakfast together and as we were finishing Byron and Toni showed up to see us off. We had a GREAT conversation with them about their vision for Bridger, the progress they have seen, the next steps they would like to see made in the community. I was thinking as we were getting our stuff packed up that I had not had the opportunity to talk to Byron about his vision. I had talked to Toni earlier in the week but had not been able to talk to Byron yet. My main goal for the week was to have meaningful conversations with both of them. It took the whole week, but I was finally able sit down with them and chat. Below are some of the pictures from the completed cemetery and a complete team picture with Byron and Toni. The Blackhawk marker is a memorial to him that has been placed in the cemetery.
After we said our good-byes we loaded up and hit the road. We went back to Wall to visit the Wounded Knee Museum since we were not able to spend time there on the way out to Bridger. After our trip to Wall we drove through the badlands and the Buffalo Gap National Grassland. We took a different route through the grassland this year and saw a herd of buffalo a little bit closer to the road than last year (see picture). After dinner in Rapid City we went to our hotel and settled in for the night. We have an early flight out in the morning and hopefully, we will get back to Augusta as scheduled. Again, pictures do not do justice to the beauty of the landscape that we have encountered this week. But, until you make the trip with us these pictures will have to do.
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