Wyoming

From the Black Hills I drove to Wyoming. The last few days I have seen very different country side. Medora ND has rolling hills with few tress and it is green, very green. The Black Hills have trees, lots of them. Wyoming seems flat but is very rolling, but very brown. All the prairie grass is a golden brown, very little rain. Beautiful scenery, of course.

I drove to Devil’s Tower. What a sight. Sticking straight out of nowhere. There are a few other peaks but nothing like this. I waited in line to get into the national park. I used my senior pass for the first time! I had to drop my trailer because there is tight parking at the visitor’s center. The visitor’s center is small, not worth the wait. There is nothing there of interest unless you want to hike the trails.

The drive from Hill City to Sheridan was interesting. Road construction! There was eleven miles of mud! Bumpy mud! My camper was covered in mud. I was thinking I needed to find a self car wash. But then it started to rain and hail. I drove for a few miles in the rain. It washed off 99% of the mud, nice!

The road wound around through the tress going higher and higher, all the way to 8246  feet. Driving right next to a drop off straight down a mountain can be spooky at times. But what a view. I could see for many miles.

I stopped in Sheridan. The main interest there for me was King Rope and Saddle. World famous rope and saddle shop. They also have a museum full of cowboy and western items. They must have a few hundred saddles, many very old and many that belonged to famous people.

I have not had good luck with campsites so far. The first one had no cell or internet service, one bathroom with one stool and one shower. The one in Cody has a small bathroom with two showers but no privacy and no internet.

I went to Buffalo Bill Cody Center for the West. What an amazing museum. Actually five in one; American Indian, Art, Natural History, Guns, Bill Cody. I was there nearly nine hours. Some of that time I was online with my laptop writing these posts.

I went to the rodeo last night. Fun! There were some good riders. There was a five year old girl competing in barrel racing on a full sized horse. Boy could she ride! The top five women’s barrel racing had a time all within 0.6 seconds from first to fifth.

I have one more day here. I am at the Cody Museum now writing this. The ticket is good for two days.

From here I go to Yellowstone and Tetons. Wish me luck. The driving can be tough and I have a trailer.

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