Cody Wyoming & Yellowstone Park

For Kristin

We arrived in Cody Saturday afternoon to overcast skies and strong winds. Met our friends from Arizona, Ken and Paula, then proceded to get setup on our site. It began to snow as I was unhooking the car! Fortunately it was just a brief flurry.
Saturday evening we took a 30 mile drive to the east gate of Yellowstone. Along the way we saw many deer, mountain goats, a moose, and a grizzly bear, When we returned, we went to the lodge at the RV park and hung out in the lounge for an hour or so. Sunday morning was bright and sunny (and cold), with just a skiff of snow coating the trees. A herd of about 10 deer walked right thru our site on their way to the river. We took a drive with Ken and Paula into the park where we saw many deer, buffalo, mountain goats, and several grizzly bears. We had a picnic lunch by frozen Yellowstone Lake, then headed back to Cody in the afternoon.
In the evening, we went into town and met Joyce's cousin Margie for dinner at The Irma Restaurant (Buffalo Bill Cody's original hotel/restaurant dating from the early 1900's).  We returned to the motorhome in time for Joyce to catch the finale of The Amazing Race.
It's now Monday morning, and it looks chilly out (frost on the car), but it's blue skies and sunshine, and no wind. We will be heading in to town this morning to look around a little. Then Joyce and Margie will hookup this afternoon . Ken and Paula are working today, so we probably won't see much of them until later.
Tomorrow we will be heading west, and our projection is to be in Moses Lake on Thursday.


  

The Park entrance

Picnic at frozen Yellowstone Lake

                                                             Bighorn Sheep