Our morning started with a short drive to SpearFish Canyon and a great walk to a waterfall. The sky was blue and the sun shinning - but it was blowing a gale - so it was a bracing, but fun.
We continued our drive West towards Yellowstone, gaining height all day. Passing through Buffalo and heading up into the Mountains to once again be in the snow - this time toppping out at 9,966 feet. The snow here was not that fresh but still substantial. We had a quick stop at a frozen lake and threw some rocks on the lake to try and break the surface. The lake was clearly melting fast around the edges and the rocks sunk in a good 6 inches or so....so we decided not to try and walk on it.
Onwards for a total of 380 miles today - a long drive.
We are in Cody, home of the famous Buffalo Bill Wild West Show. We arrived just in time for another 'gun fight' - it was raining and the cast of this gun fight had concocted an incredibly complex script for their gun fight. At the end of it we had no idea what had been going on - but half the gunmen were lying dead.
It's cold and wet here tonight. Tomorrow we explore Cody then it's into Yellowstone. The roads in just opened properly this week - so we are hoping for no more snow.
Ken
ALL STILL SOUNDING GREAT, THE KIDS ARE BEING AMAZING AND HAVING AN AMAZING JOURNEY, MUM WILL HAVE PLENTY VEG!!! AND JACK I THINK IS SAYING SLOW DOWN DA!!!!GLAD HE'S GETTING OVER HIS FALL!!
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