Holiday Inn Sheridan-Convention Center, Wy

... It was great . We couldn't help notice how clean the town was, and we saw absolutely no graffitti, true most small towns  are grafitti free but our mind goes back to New Zealand and we like the clean safe feeling that we enjoy here in the west.

Back to Yellowstone NP to see Old Faithful. Stopped to look at an elk cow in the road that came within a few feet. Then saw group of Bison engaged in "rutting". They were just across the road from us and we could feel the power as they fought. Hiked up to see some "paint/mud ...

... with numerous wildflowers bursting from fields and rocks. We saw purple lupine, red Indian paintbrush and countless yellow and white flowers. We saw deer, wild mustangs, moose, beaver, red-tailed hawks and yellow headed blackbirds. We saw very few people.<br><br>Our road trip took us west from Sheridan through the Powder River Basin and the Tongue River Valley over the mountains to the Big Horn ...

Stop to check out a covered bridge, but it was recent construction, kind of lame.<br><br>Decided to look for food, in the mood for oriental. First we find gas for $2.39 a gallon! The find te buffent and end up receiving WIFI in the parking lot! Then the buffet has CRABLEGS.<br><br>Needless to say, we a both full for the evening (6:30pm local time). We're still around 110+ miles from Devils Tower, maybe tent, maybe not?

... in Alabama and he told us how to disassemble the shifting mechanism and release the pawl that was keeping it from going into gear.  It took us two hours but we got it fixed and have had no further problems, and the great good news was that it happened in the parking lot of last night's hotel so we weren't stranded somewhere out in the middle of nowhere.  What's a road trip without at least one mechanical puzzle to solve?<br><br>We're doing fine.  Stay with us!<br><br> <br>

We drove West on I90 through Wyoming, stopping at Devil's Tower, which is the plug for a volcano. Devil's Tower was originally under ground but through many thousands of years, surfaced. It was in the movie, Close Enounters back in the 80s. There were climbers on this mountain, which if you see the height and slope of this thing the only word that comes to mind is crazy. We bypassed a KOA in Sheridan, a fairly large town ...

... camp by the stream and apart from terrible mosquitoes and flies it was great! After dinner we biked up the road further in the fading light to do a bit of animal spotting. The first animal we spotted was a MOOSE! It was feeding on grass in an open meadow not very far from us. We then spotted a WOLF in the grass which trotted around a bit before disappearing into the trees. We also saw deer. So that was all very exciting. It was pretty much dark by the time we got back.

... to the right. I put down my paints and decided to sneak up on it and have a closer look. No camera and no time to get it. I started heading around the lake and tried to keep behind trees and get closer whenever it was looking the other way. A bonus, it was a big mama moose with a young one. I kept up the same pattern until I got within 35 feet of it, but ...

... The man had grown up on a farm and studied corn in college. Who would have thought that that would have led him to being paid by just about every country in the world that grows corn to come and share his knowledge with them.<br> My 38th state since the beginning of these trips, 3410.2 miles so far on number 4, $573.46 spent and $326.32 left. I have to start economizing or quit having vehicle problems. End Day 19.