Legacy Inn & Suites Cody

Leaving Gillette, WY we crossed the Big Horn Mountain on our way to Yellowstone National Park. Up on the mountain, some 10,000 feet up, we encountered low clouds, snow, hail and lots of road construction. I was able to see the scenery but Sammy had to keep his eye on the road. The mountain was made of rock over 500 millon years old...limestone... dolamite..even ...

After spending the night in Rapid City and enjoying all of its strip mall glory, we woke up and took a hike up to Little Devil's Tower in Black Hills National Forest. This was a short but steep and rewarding hike. After scrambling up some rocks, we reached the top and could see the beautiful Cathedral Spires and straight out beyond the hills to the prairie a couple thousand feet below. After our hike we took our a tour at Jewel Caves, which is a ...

<br><br><br>We were advised by our lovely RV hosts that a town south of Cody were having a Labour Day festival and Rodeo. We have been trying to find a rodeo to watch so we decided to pay Meeteetse a visit.  <br><br>When we turned up we didn't know whether to stay.  Meeteetse is a very tired looking place (albeit a spanking new school) and consisted of the main street (with mainly cafes, bars and interestingly, a really lovely chocolate shop) and ...

... think was one of my favourite places of interest to date. A lovely old man called Bob Edgar had the forethought to gather western historic buildings and artififacts. Buildings moved from about 150 miles from the town of Cody and set up to form a western town giving you the sense of actually being there back in 1890s. Bob Edgar also researched historic data on the buildings and there were cabins there that was used by Kid Curry and the Sundance Kid plus a saloon where Butch ...

... we decided to try out another state park, this one was called Buffalo Bill. When we drove into the park we couldn't believe our eyes. This place was the most beautiful location we have seen yet. Bryce said it was the most beautiful place he may have every seen or at least way up there on the list. The tent site was right on a lake and snow top mountains surrounded us. The only negative thing was the wind. We had to anchor the tent down with rocks so it ...

... of the Third Kind movie. There was an entry fee to go into the monument park area so I decided to give it a miss, especially after paying to see the Crazy Horse monument!<br><br>I stopped in Buffalo for lunch at a Cowboy Saloon and had a good old cheeseburger and root beer!! The drive from Buffalow to Thermopolis was quite nice as it went through the Bighorn mountains area. <br><br>Thermoplis claims to be the home of the worlds largest mineral ...

... Bill, Histoire des Armes à feu) ; on trouve enfin une paire de bottes pour Héléna et on autorise les enfants à un dernier déjeuner chez Wendy's où des bikers très sympa nous expliquent leurs engins à trois roues : des « Trikes » (au lieu de bikes). Finalement de Cody on retiendra le musée des Indiens et les diverses expériences de repas américains, on aura pas vu le Rodéo réputé.

Idag stod vi virkelig tidligt op (kl 9.30) for vi skulle jo nå en masse. Fra Sheridan til Cody skiftede landskabet drastisk flere gange. Først fladt, så bjerge, så fladt igen. I Cody tjekkede vi ind på et hotel og tod ...

... lots of tools. Once we got going it got hot quickly, 100, but it was dry and the elevation was usually around 3000-4000 feet. We went thru Guernsey, Casper, WY, Shoshone, Thermopolis, then into Cody. Even with all the Sturgis folks around, we scored a nice room at a ...

... a beautiful drive. Yellowstone park and the Shoshone National Park were just amazing. You could never get sick of seeing this beauty. When we got into Cody we caught up with our good friends, the Lytle's, who drove out from Florida. They're on their way to Park City, but we had planned to meet here for the 4th. We went to dinner together at 'Bubba's Bar-b-que.' We're looking forward to spending the next few days with them!