Blogs from Cody, Wyoming, United States, North America - page 4

I'm beginning to feel like this trip is 70% riding on the motorcoach and 30% actual seeing stuff. Okay, maybe that's an exageration, but it does feel like A LOT of time on the bus. Left Sheridan this morning at 8 am, drove from there to the Little Bighorn Battlefield. On the way, we watched the videos that are shown in the visitor's center so we wouldn't have to spend time there getting oriented. The battlefield itself looks like a big field of grass. With scattered white gravestones (and a few red ones). The National Monument is two separate sites, about 4 miles apart. One part is the Reno-Benteen battlefield and the other is "Last Stand Hill." I never knew that the battle was actually two different fights that far apart. Custer split up his forces ... read more

So today has been a long day on the bus.....8.5 hours in total so as you can imagine there isn't much to report & hard to bring in any humour! Everyone on the coach is finding the early rises a bit of a nightmare & not much of a holiday. Today bags had to be ready for 6.30am with the bus leaving for 7.30am - now does that sound like a holiday to you?? Being Day 6, it's now starting to become a bit of routine & have at last got over the tiredness of travelling. Although, I'm tired either through the heat or not actually doing very much. A typical day on a coach trip usually involves leaving very early, loo stop after 2 hours, then lunch 2 hours later, loo stop after another 2 ... read more

We stopped in Cody on the way to Yellowstone. Very cool cowboy town in the middle of Wyoming. We checked out the Cody Nite Rodeo - They put on a rodeo 7 nights a week here!! Calf roping, barrel circling (or something), bucking bronco - w/ and w/o saddle, and then the bull riding. Didn't know if we would like it but it was really cool - except for the calves getting a rope slung around their neck as they ran for their life. They called all kids 12 and under down to the ring for a contest - who could pull a bandana off a calf's tail. Jack won! YEs - 12 and under. Yeah, Jack is 13. We aren't that good with mathe here. We are signing Danny Almonte up next year. Still having ... read more

I have sooo much to say, and I've been thinking of very funny things to say... but I'm exhausted and I've got another big day ahead of me, so I think I will just update to say that I'm in Wyoming and I'll be heading to Yellowstone tomorrow. I might have internet again on the way to Glacier, but all my posts might have to be done after the fact! haha! Happy travels, K... read more

Our original plan was to go into Canada. After second and third thoughts we decided to help the economy in the U.S. We headed SW into Cody, Wyoming. There are no membership parks here. Close to Yellowstone National Park, we try to blend in with tourists. Many of them are speaking another language, which tells you how much this country has to offer. The Buffalo Bill Cody Museum sells 2-day tickets as it takes that long to go through it. Tom kept wishing our friends Sandy and Bruce could have been with us as I had no appreciation of the mega gun collection on display....one whole wing of the museum Bruce! We also spent one afternoon at Old Trail Town. This town had a saloon used by the "Hole in the Wall Gang." It also had ... read more