In Wyoming now

This morning Murtle wanted to go to the pool. It has been hot and dry here for quite some time. We didn't take her to the hot tub last night and this morning she wanted to take a dip. She knew that we had a long hot ride, so we came to the pool. (Our camper and truck is just the to the left of the hot tub!) Nice campground! NO Trees! But that is typical for this part of the country.

I just noticed, the date is off on the pictures! This was taken on the 12th. This morning! Oh, well, just don't look at the picture dates. I'll fix that later. (Oh, Brad wants you to know that if you double click on the pictures, they get larger!) He is getting so good at the computer. Sometimes this wireless thing frustrates me, but he just works through it and makes it work.

The colors on this drive were just spectacular! We took Route 79 North to Route 90 in Rapid City, South Dakota, then Route 90 all the way to the Indian Campground in Buffalo, Wyoming. I thought that Virginia had a lot of red in the soil, but the red is in the soil out in Wyoming also. It appears different, this is more like small stones instead of clay like in Virginia. I guess you can't really see the color in this picture, but it is definitely RED!

Along the way, we saw some very interesting things. This Tee Pee was just along the side of the road. No place to stop on the highway, so I chanced it and took a shot out the window. Lo and behold, I got a good shot. We were getting close to the Indian Reservation. There were houses next to the Tee Pee, so I am not sure just what this was, but it looked like an authentic Tee Pee.

The further West we went, we started seeing Mountains. Now, that is something that we hadn't seen since we left West Virginia. These mountains cropped up out of nowhere! The terrain had been relatively flat (or, should I say rolling) for the past 600 miles. But all of a sudden, POW, Mountains! If you look really close, there is SNOW on the tops of the Mountains. I would say, that if these are not the Rockies, we are pretty darn close. Yellowstone National Park is only about 300 miles away.

We decided that our Route will take us right past Billings Montana, so we will make a stop to see Penny and Rod Korte (Brad's cousin). When we spoke with Penny this afternoon, she said that her girls will be in a Rodeo on Saturday and we were welcome to come. I think that would be terrific to see a Real Live Rodeo! Not one of those staged ones.

Murtle really wants to see a Rodeo, too! Maybe she will even take a ride. Make sure you look for her in a saddle!