June 28th - On toward eastern Wyoming - Heat and Cold

After a good night sleep for some of us (Brad heard a LARGE animal outside the tents during the night some time) we woke to another clear day.  The skies were blue and clear.  A quick breakfast and packing - today will be a high mileage day. 



Glory in the morning.  Small beauties at the base of grandiose mountain peaks.   



Wyoming is a beautiful place - heading to Cody
Wyoming our first fuel stop today.

Speed touring again - today will be a long day so we try to keep moving.

 Cody is our first stop -  re-creation of the original town on the right. 



Is that the end of the earth I see?



Large Farms/Ranches in Wyoming...



Large vehicles on the road as well...... something to be on the look out for.





Waiting for the paving crew to let us through. The temp is 97.8 degrees and Rebecca has some difficulty with heat exhaustion and Brad and I are feeling it too.  After a break to get our core temps down we start out again.

HWY 14A up over the mountain and the temp is dropping.

Hwy 14 A was an alternate route for us instead of Hwy 14 since the road caved in.  Hwy 14A was not much better as it had portions that had been repaired but seem to be caving in again. 
This view is beautiful but we are not at the top yet. 



Looks like the top is up there.



Nice day for a snowmobile ride!  June 28th?

 I spoke with the guy on the snowmobile and he worked at the lodge in the Big Horn park.  They have been cancelling reservations at the lodge because they cannot get the guests to the lodge.  He does however, have lots of places to ride the snowmobile or other fun vehicles. 


Moose!! with a rack



Two moose - meese?



Descending the mountain was fun except for some road construction.  Notice the roadway below.




More LARGE trucks



And back to the interstate to cover some miles fast.

The sun is sinking and we need to start trying to find a campsite.



 

Sage covered hills - a great place for antelope to play



This gentleman on the late model BMW we met back when we stopped to deal with overheating.  He was a great help and his medal of honor 200,000mile on a BMW (actually 273,000 now) wow.  He said he doesn't take many pictures he just goes back if he likes a particular place.  Apparently he goes back multiple times....


Sun setting over our shoulder.



Heading back west after a navigation error - the end of the day is when we want to get to camp not add extra miles - the dead GPS is missed at times like this.  

A very buggy campsite but beautiful anyway.  The stars were particularly astounding.