Bear Lodge Resort Dayton

... 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.

... there is a lesson to be learned...don't irritate the other officers. Seems there were two other officers and their regiments on the other side of the hill that may have been able to save Custer and his troops but they were not big fans of his.

We were ocassionally having problems with the motorhome starting so Terry decided to change the starter in the motorhome before we journeyed on to Yellowstone.

... and minor geysers. Waited over an hour for Old Faithful to erupt. It was faithful.
Headed out of the park and climbed the bighorn mountains. Steep curvy road up and down. Hit some construction but made it into Sheridan, Wy by late afternoon. Ready for the home stretch.

Wyoming, like Montana, could be called Big Sky Country. One can see for miles and miles, and the sky has varied today from brilliant blue to dark, fast moving clouds. Tonight, after a long day of touring (www.southmountainexpeditions.com) , Ron and I were running back to the hotel through a windy rain shower and were stunned to look up and see a full semi-circle of a rainbow, with all its colors ...

Stop to check out a covered bridge, but it was recent construction, kind of lame.

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.

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?

We're doing fine.  Stay with us!

 

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 ...

We left the site around 9.30 am and headed east towards Cody, named after "Buffalo Bill" Cody. On the way we passed "Buffalo Bill State Park", "Buffalo Bill Reservoir" and "Buffalo Bill Dam". They're obviously very proud of him in these parts. Once in Cody we stopped at Wal-Mart for our groceries and in the process discovered that you can only buy alcohol from liquor stores in the State of Wyoming ...

When I went to move the van in the morning to another spot in the campground it stalled and flooded. After waiting awhile I did get it started but there was a lot of smoke and a sooty type of powder coming out the exhaust-more vehicle problems. Another say was dedicated to fixing the van. Checked dwell and timeing, found the vacuum was low and started ...

... 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.
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.