We visited Mount Rushmore and the Crazy Horse Memorial today, both remarkable. Just shows what humans are capable of doing given enough granite, talent, dedication and dynamite. But the most remarkable sight was one we had not planned to visit but added in. We visited Devil’s Tower fashioned in mashed potatoes by Richard Dreyfuss in the movie “Close Encounters of the Third Kind”. Devils Tower was where everybody congregated at the climax of the movie. This is one of the most incredible sights I have ever seen. It’s considered a sacred site to some American Indians and it’s easy to see why. It’s literally “awe inspiring”.
To get to the road that would take us to Cody, WY, and Yellowstone, we left Crazy Horse and took a southerly route around the Big Horn Mountain Range. The highest mountain in the range, Cloud Peak, is 13,167 feet, and I could not stop taking windshield pictures of the passing scenery. We made it to Cody after travelling 464 miles today and found the KOA park where we had planned to spend the night but the paid staff was already gone for the evening. Not to worry, we parked anyway and plugged into the power. We’ll pay them in the morning.
Footnote: We were told that last Wednesday there was a six-inch snow fall in the area where we were today. Have pictures to prove it. Saw a big lake that was still frozen and lots of roads that had been plowed or not plowed and big fields where the snowmobilers have obviously had great fun.
Another beautiful place we saw late this afternoon was the Ten Sleep Canyon. I wish I could shrink it down to my size because it was too big to put into words and to describe. Hope my pictures will do it justice. I’ll be uploading pictures tonight if I have Internet.
We plan to have breakfast here at the KOA park in the morning and head to Yellowstone, spend the night in a campsite nearby and spent a second day there. Two days in Yellowstone is like spending about an hour in the French Quarter. Can’t do either justice.
We have been having fun encounters with others from this organized transport of RVs to Alaska. The total number of RVs leaving Iowa and headed to Anchorage was 151 units. We’re everywhere. Literally. We get questions from toll takers and people at attractions that happen to notice all these Winnebagos with Alaska tags.
The RV is great. We’re enjoying the whole concept of having your home-away-from-home with us all of the time.
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This sounds exciting. I like the idea of the motor home. What's it really like, compared to a hotel room with tile bathroom and kingsize bed? Cost comparison? Comfort? Someone else cleaning it? It would be nice to not have to pack and unpack, but how do you drive to town?
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Terrific. Wish we were there. Where are you headed next?
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