Day 5 Wed 15 June 2011
We drove less km today but it took almost as long since we did a lot of ups and downs and winding roads thru the mountains, so we went a lot slower.
We had sunshine all day.
Today's scenery was spectacular; Wyoming has a lot of variety from lush farm lands to desert areas to mountians. We also saw more wildlife today than any other day - including a Moose - Sharon says we almost hit a Moose but I say he saw us coming and decided we were bigger than he was so he ran away.
We crossed the Big Horn Mountain range at the Powder Pass at a height of 9,666 feet. I wanted to add a picture of the snow that was still on the ground at that altitude but decided a better choice was a new beer that I heard of - I'll bet none of you have ever had this beer.
Cody is the home of Buffalo Bill Cody. We are going on a history tour tomorrow morning before leaving for Yellowstone, so I'll say more tomorrow; but, today we went to the Irma Hotel (built by Buffalo Bill himself) and still in business today, in order to watch a re-enactment of a gunfight. Wyatt Earp was there, as was Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid - the rest I can't remember their names. We ended up having dinner at the Hotel - then rushed back to watch the 7th hockey game - enough said about that...
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