As of yesterday, we had been gone for 30 days. It’s starting to get hard to remember what we did, when. But I do know that the last 2 days we have been in Wyoming.
Yesterday, traveled through Yellowstone National Park. We had been there a number of years ago so didn’t spend time doing the whole park but did stop to visit sites along our route. Saw a lot of wildlife yesterday – buffalo, elk, and deer, and a grouse that stopped directly in front of us and held up traffic. Usually, its the larger animals that stop traffic but not for us.
Stayed in Cody, WY. Cody is named after Buffalo Bill Cody and they have a huge museum (27,000 sq ft) there about him, Native Americans of the area, guns of the era, and the area in general. We went to the museum this morning and it was interesting to see what an outdoorsman and skilled scout and hunter he was and then to have his notoriety be his legendary shows. He traveled all over the US and Europe and performed for leaders and royalty all over the world. At the turn of the century he had made $800,000-$1,000,000 from these shows. Not sure what that is in today’s money.
We left Cody mid morning and traveled across Wyoming to the Wyoming/South Dakota border. I have to say, today was my most restless day traveling. Even though the landscape was beautiful and varied, I was more than ready to get out of the vehicle at the end of the day.
Tomorrow we are on to Mount Rushmore area so it will be a shorter travel day and more opportunity to be out of the vehicle. See our new pictures below and drop us a note.
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