Boom! It's like Disney's Animal Kingdom, but way bigger, and less Lion King. Bison, bald eagles, elk (but no bears), canyons, geysers, waterfalls, a massive lake... it has everything. Really really great.
Our last nite's camping would have been totally fine, was it not for the fact that it was the coldest night in the history of our planet. I gave up trying to get back to sleep around half 4, and made my way to the car, where with the help of 4 t shirts, blankets and a lot of socks, I warmed up enough that I managed to doze for another hour. Good times. The fudge at the campsite was pretty amazing though.
That morning we headed East again, across the width of Wyoming, our new favourite state. We had to drive through Yellowstone again, so that was neat. The rest of Wyoming was really impressive scenery wise, and its small towns were way cooler than the small towns in Montana/Idaho/Eastern Washington, which were all the worst and covered in billboards advising people not to use Meth. Good advice, I guess.
This is Cody, Wyoming, where I think I will live in the future.
It was a lonnnng days driving, 600 miles or so, and by the time we got to South Dakota it was dark. But not dark enough to prevent Neil from spotting a KFC All You Can Eat from the interstate. What followed was pretty absurd, but for $9.60 we had as much chicken as any man could ever want, and 4 different varieties at that. The chicken counts would offend those of you with sensitive dispositions, but trust that we got our value for money.
Rapid City, SD was only home for a short while, but it was really boring. We headed away early this morning and made our first stop at Mount Rushmore. Note Mike's George Washington... I think he's been practicing that.
Two thumbs up for Mt. Rushmore. It doesn't disappoint in person, and it had the best gift shop we've seen yet.
The rest of the day was spent in Wyoming again, this time driving from North to South, aiming for Denver, CO. Sadly East Wyoming has a little less going for it, there were 80 mile stretches with not a building in sight, we passed through a 'town' with a population of 1... it was pretty desolate. It was another long day, so we arrived late again in Denver. Instead of heading out in the rain and finding a bar, we spent our money in a novel fashion. A drive in movie.
Unfortuntely the movie showing was Harry Potter, which was freakin' awful, but it was a pretty hilarious experience. Cant see any of us getting a chance to do it again, so glad we bothered ourselves.
Tomorrow we're gonna get to know Denver, hopefully knock off the Coors brewery and the US Mint. Then on Friday, a long, long, long drive through Kansas. Wish us luck.
At Mount Rushmore Can we presume that Scottish Steve is doing his Abe Lincoln look but as usual the blog did not like what it saw and he got cut out?
ReplyDeleteMike you have been practicing as the stance is uncanny. You just need to get a wig and you will be GW
Think I prefer Neil's Roosevelt. Trip's looking pretty awesome guys.
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