CODY WYOMING
JULY 13, 2014
I thought we might sleep in late this morning, but both of
us were up and wide awake at 7 a.m.
Nancy kindly fixed my breakfast of French Toast and fresh peaches with
blueberries.
I had received permission from the park manager to wash the
South Dakota mud off of the camper and truck.
My electric pressure washer was packed away in the big aluminum box on
the back of the truck. After hooking up the pressure washer I began to try and
blast the mud off. But, it didn't want
to come off! Apparently it was mixed
with some old pavement and maybe even some cement. It had hardened like a rock and actually had to be scraped and
chipped off. This took all morning and
left me soaking wet and covered with mud.
Nancy had gone to Wal-Mart with Lea and returned about the
time I was cleaning up.
A quick shower, sandwich and change of clothes put us back
on the road heading to the Buffalo Bill State Park. The landscape was amazing - as you can see from the photos. More mountains, gorges with roaring rapids,
a beautiful mountain lake, unique land forms and pastoral farmland. We had to drive through three tunnels on
route 16. Each tunnel had been carved
out of the solid rock with minimal structural support. They looked like something one would build
as a part of a model train railroad. We
crossed a bridge at the back of the lake and drove maybe 15 miles on a back
road. There were some beautiful homes
on the hillsides but they were far and few between. I think it is important to keep in mind that Wyoming has a
population of only 563,626 people yet it covers 98,000 square miles. The majority of population live in or around
the cities and towns like Cody, Jasper, Buffalo and Gillette. Compare this to the six million plus people
in Virginia.
We all got together for another community picnic dinner
under our RV awning on beautiful green grass.
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