Today is our 7 year wedding anniversary. I know couples that go on fancy trips alone on their anniversaries, but I don't think that will ever be us. Last year we were in Branson, and this year we spent it on the road and at a KOA sitting side by side on the couch with our laptops booted up!
On Saturday we went to the Buffalo Bill Historical Center in Cody. It is a fabulous museum. We spent several hours in there. There are 5 different museums- guns, western Art, Native American, Buffalo Bill/Western, and Natural History. We decided it was one of the better ones we have seen. We made it back to the campground in time to actually cook supper.
Yesterday we went for Day 2 at Yellowstone- we are marathon tourists. We left the trailer at 7 a.m., and pulled back in around 10 p.m. We managed to see a grizzly bear, a black bear, 2 bald eagles, numerous elk and buffalo, a coyote, a wolf ( ran in front of the truck), a mama moose and baby, and various other animals. The kids were very good, and they had a great time. Serena was worn out and took 2 long naps. We did walk 600 feet down a mountain on a winding trail to see the waterfalls at the Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone. Keegan walked the entire way, Serena did not. It was a magnificient sight to see, but the walk back up about did me in! We saw just about every thing in the park that one could want to see. We even drove into Montana from the northwestern most part of the park and got Subway for a picnic! I was not sure what I thought of the Yellowstone area when we first drove in the other day. The park covers such a large area that the landscape changes depending on where you are. It is a very interesting place with all of the geothermal changes going on, and the wildlife watching is great. I think this is someplace that we would like to come back to and stay in the park at the one campgroung that has full hookups. It is funny that after so many years of being a Girl Scout, I have no desire to do tent camping on any level! Keegan said his favorite part of Yellowstone was the geysers and seeing the animals. He took it all in.
Today we slept in until 7:30, and left Wapiti about 9 to travel to Devil's Tower. We had a nice drive, and got here about 5. We had to travel over the Big Horn Mountains, and it was beautiful. In Wyoming if you don't like the scenery, drive about 20 miles, and it will change. We went from landscape that looked like Pecos today to rolling plains, to high mountains, to the Black Hills. Devil's Tower is pretty cool looking. Our campground is nice. The kids played on the playground and went swimming. I did loads of laundry-I do miss my washer. At the last campground we were parked between 2 large bus motorhomes-Keegan told us again this morning that he sure did like those. We were feeling a bit inferior in the Puma. Tonight there is a suburban across from us that pulled into a full hookup spot. They rolled down the back window and put a window unit in it. Then they pulled their microwave out and plugged it in to the electricity with an extension cord. I told Coley he has to take a picture of it before we left. It is the wildest thing I have ever seen. Tomorrow we are going to run up to Devil's Tower before we pull out of here. Then we are headed to South Dakota to the Black Hills. I just checked the weather, and it is supposed to be in the low 70's all week. That will be nice. We are hoping to find the Sonic in Rapid City because we are having withdrawals-we have not had a Sonic coke since Cheyenne. We are having a great time. I think it does us good to be forced in to close contact with each other. The wind is gusting here, so it is just like home. I don't know if we will have any wifi in South Dakota but another update will follow asap.
Not sure what Keeg is doing to the Moose.
Herd of bison along the Yellowstone River
This looks like something off of a postcard. This is the Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone looking back to the lower falls - the ones we walked down to.
The waterfall-beautiful view, but a little freaky leaning against a rusting chain link fence and looking down at this.
Mud volcanoes- very cool. Serena did not like the sulfur smell
Black bear
End of the day family shot - notice Coley's new "Park Hat" that he bought. He has promised to wear it during two a days.
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Great pictures. I love that part of the world and Sean and Sam love seeing the pictures and Sean wants to know if there any fish there? We may have to venture up that way next summer (in a tent of course)
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