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July 6th 2012

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Buffalo Bill Dam, Cody, WY

Up not so early to see where we ended up last night. Big Bear Motel in Cody, WY – hey! There are mountains all around! Ate breakfast and started for Yellowstone an hour and half away. We missed the mustangs (bummer!) but ran across Buffalo Bill Dam so stopped to take a look. Pretty impressive – in 1910 when it was built, it was the largest dam in the land. Off to Yellowstone. We stop at the visitor’s center to get the stamps for the kid’s National Park Passport and realize that Freddy has left his at the dam – an hour away! ACH! Well, after much discussion about what to do, a very nice park lady was able to call and verify that the visitor’s center at the dam did, indeed, have it. Lucky he put his name in it! They are sending it to Audra for us to pick up when we see her.Better than backtracking to get it.

Yellowstone has so much to see! Again, we saw so much of it burned – 1989 had a fire that burned a third of the park! And a couple other big ones in 2003 and 2006. Very

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Buffalo Bill Dam, Cody, WY

sad to see all that land devastated. Other parts were so very beautiful. Something to see everywhere. We did the eastern side of the lower loop. Bison everywhere – on the hills, on the side of the road, ON the road!!! Lots of great pictures. We also saw American White Pelicans, a beautiful buck elk, trumpeter swan and deer. We heard about a grizzly in the field but did not see it. We did see some amazing waterfalls and canyons! Stopped to see the Mud Volcanoes and Sulfur Caldron – Whew! The SMELL!! Kids loved that! We were lucky to find the last lodging available in the park so where able to take our time and see what we wanted without a drive at the end. The cabin we stayed in was VERY small – kids head to toe, but we were thankful for the experience of staying there. Again, the weather has been just unbelievable!

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