Movin' West - Day 12

Day 12 - Greybull, Campbell's Green Oasis campground. As I mentioned in last night's blog, this campground, though small, is very nice, as you can see. We have lush green grass around us, and the weather here has been great - high 70's in the afternoon, and the evening was also quite comfortable. This morning, the weather was sunny, again, and the day looked promising, so I donned shorts and a short-sleeved polo to travel. However, by the time we got to Cody, Kathy was scrambling to find our cold-weather gear. I had to change into jeans and a sweatshirt because the temperature here was in the 40's.


Our drive to Cody was practically uneventful, except that the wind coming across the open plains was unbelievable!! At one point, I had to pull over onto the shoulder of the highway because the awning seemed to be coming loose from the top. There wasn't much I could do with it out on the open highway, so we continued our drive into Cody at a "much reduced speed", with no further problems with the awning. Our stop in Cody was at the Buffalo Bill Museum and Historical Center. Before we could go into the Center, I had to pull the awning down in the parking lot in order to secure it (see pictures in our web album). The Museum was a "good take", as we spent the entire afternoon here - our poor doggies had to spend the afternoon alone in the motorhome, but at least they had a warm place to relax. Phenomenal doesn't begin to describe this Center - if you get to travel out to Cody, make sure you stop here. It's a "MUST SEE".

I forgot to mention in yesterday's blog entry about our drive from Buffalo to Worland. This was what Kathy calls a "white-knuckle" drive. As you could probably tell from the photographs, we were quite high in the mountains (elevation 9,666 feet), and I had to take my time in the motorhome, as the engine temperature was climbing faster than we were. The rest of the trip, until now, has been "no problem", pretty much flat, level roads with nothing but open prairies. Our trip into Yellowstone NP tomorrow, though, promises to be a different story.

On another note, I don't believe that I have mentioned anything about the wildlife we have seen to this point. While we have seen lots of deer, buffalo, big horn sheep, etc., what amazed us the most was the fact that, on a couple of different occasions, while driving through towns, we have seen deer actually walking across the main roads in town and stopping to graze on someone's lawn. Not bothered by the traffic, other people, etc. This must be an everyday happening with them.

Yellowstone Inn and RV Park in Wapiti, WY. we are about 18 miles west of Cody and 32 miles from the eastern entry to Yellowstone NP. We arrived here at about 5:15PM, parked the motorhome on our assigned lot, then went into the Bar & Grill for a few drinks and some hors d'ouvres (Onion rings and Chicken wings). We had Teryaki wings - delicious! I sampled some of the local beer here. I had "Moose Drool" ale, which is brewed in Missoula, MT. I had to try it, simply because of the name. It was pretty good! In fact, I had three of 'em! See, I can still blog, even after 3 beers and a vodka tonic!!! (K says I'm a dip-shit!!!). Who cares? I'm lovin' it!

Tomorrow, we head to Yellowstone!! We can't wait! Kathy wants to get to bed now, so that morning comes faster and we can be on our way! But, I still have more work to do here, so she'll have to wait!

OK! That's it for tonight (shit, I keep making typos, so I guess I"d better close now, before I say something I may regret in the morning!). Stay tuned - tomorrow we hit Yellowstone! Yippee!

Here's the link to the web album - this time, I think I did it right - click on the link to get to the album.

http://picasaweb.google.com/cbenoitiii/TheTripGreybullToCodyWYDay12?authkey=aD-AzJG9L6k

Enjoy!! Talk to you tomorrow night!