Today was another moving day…a long drive from Great Falls, MT to Casper, WY. But before I get to that, I want to comment on last night's stay. I posted a few photos today that I could not load yesterday because of an challenged WIFI at the hotel, so I added them to this batch. Our hotel was located on the Missouri river which was right in our back yard, with lush green lawns and mature trees for shade. This was by far the best location of our hotel...

Today was a very long day. We spent most of 10 hours in the car. We left our hotel at 7:45 and 62 degrees and headed back into Yellowstone National Park. There was no specific plan for the day except to see Old Faithful blow her top, so that is where we headed first. We arrived at the site around 10:15 AM (this park is huge). When we drove into the parking lot, there were no available spaces anywhere near the geyser, so Steve dropped me off by the lodge and we...

Great day at Yellowstone National Park. We left the hotel this morning at 9 AM and 62 degrees and headed west. Cody, WY is about 50 miles outside the east gate to the park. There is literally next to nothing for accommodations between Cody and the park, save a couple of small lodges. So we are making this trek in and out each day. The drive to the park is probably the most visually interesting thing we saw today. OMG. The road weaves through Buffalo Bill Sta...

Steve was up and raring to go early this morning, so we left at 8 and 61 degrees and headed for Cody, WY, which is where we will stay for the next three nights while we visit Yellowstone NP. I didn't know what to expect from Wyoming. I had not been here since 1966 and have little memory of driving through it. I will admit, I didn’t expect much.We headed north and into prairie country, a landscape of rolling hills of yellow grass, shaded by blotchy pat...

It was a long day of driving through more farmland today. We left Lincoln at 8:00 and 64 degrees. As soon as we got on the road, it was easy to see that we would be back in the corn fields for another day. It appears that this part of the state has been suffering from drought. The medians and the areas by the roadside were yellow from a lack of water, and some fields were straining for life, where the corn stalks were small and yellowish and some plants had ...