Every day is Saturday!

Day 10 - Saturday, June 22

Wow, 10 days have passed quickly--100 more to go!  It helps to post on this blog each day because it's easy to lose track of time and days--every day is Saturday!

We made it to cowboy/indian country--Cody Wyoming at the entrance to Yellowstone National Park.  Although the drive to Cody across the Bighorn mountains is supposed to be one of the most scenic drives in America, we were advised not to do it in the Motorhome because of the number of switchbacks and curvy roads.  We've learned to heed the advice of experienced travelers--no need to recreate problems that others have had.  


Instead we went around the mountains, up to Billlings, Montana and then south to Cody, Wyoming.
The extra miles weren't bad because the scenery kept us occupied the entire route.  Montana is a new state for us, and showed us some new landscape--mountains with snow!


 



Photo collage- I learned this in my class!

On the way, we made a stop at the Little Bighorn Battlefield National Monument.  Quite interesting to see the battleground and understand how the battle was fought.  We walked the deep ravine trail, and saw how the soldiers were trying to get to the top of the hill.  They have placed grave markers at the place where each soldier fell, including one for Custer--his last stand.  Recently they have been adding markers for the Indian warriors.  Very interesting history lesson in this place. We almost hit the anniversary of the famous battle.  It was fought June 25, 1876.
 

A "small world" encounter occurred at the Little Bighorn visitor center where we ran into an old friend from Terre Haute.  He and some buddies who just graduated from Harvard are touring the west before they start their jobs in the real world!
They left from the east coast, and we left from Indiana--how unbelievable that our paths crossed over 1400 miles away, unplanned.  Then, when we stopped for fuel, the truck driver next to us was from Spencer, IN, delivering office furniture to Montana!   (I didn't ask him to pose for a pic)

My mother always says you have to behave because you never know who you might run into.  I should know she's always right!

As a side note for anyone that is old enough (I'm not, but Jim is), a national park seniors pass is a "must have" if you plan to visit a national park.  It is a lifetime pass, good for admission into the national parks for an individual and a companion.  It paid for itself the first time we used it.

Here's the view from the front window of the rv.  I hope I don't run out of room to store pictures.  Just when I think we can't see anything more beautiful, we turn the corner, and there's something else that is breathtaking. 

I'm worried about suffering from overstimulation by all of the wonderful striking things we are seeing.   We will be here for the next three days which we hope will give some time to enjoy the area, and recharge for the next stop.