Thursday, July 5, 2012

Day 5: The Great American Road Trip


I have to tell you I really had no idea that South Dakota was such a beautiful state with so much to do.  We could have easily stayed in the Black Hills area for a week and not run out of things to do.  As we headed towards Wyoming J. decided we should swing by Sturgis.  There was really not a lot to see there except for gigantic biker bars.  I mean we are talking block long bars with inside and outside seating and show stages.  This place must be ridiculous during biker week.  After we drove through Sturgis we decided to visit Deadwood.  I would not go back.  Basically it is a gambling town with casinos everywhere.  They have repaired buildings and made it look nice but it’s not for me. 

Finally we made it to Wyoming!  There were three highlights for me prior to reaching Yellowstone.

1.     The welcome center.  It was adorable and offered cute picture ops.


2.     A restaurant called the Village Inn in Gillette.  I had the BEST PIE ever!!!  It was a chocolate silk pecan or something like that.  DELICIOUS people and I am not a pie person at all.
3.     Cody, Wyoming- well actually right outside of town on the other side of a mountain is the Buffalo Bill Reservoir.  I would move their tomorrow.

We made it to Yellowstone at dusk which proved to be a great time because the animals were out in full force.




We saw a huge Bison at the mud geyser- holey stink batman it smells like rotten eggs!

We saw an elk in the water.

We passed a moose on the side of the road.

I came into this trip hoping we would see wildlife but not really expecting to, so this was a welcomed surprise. 

Our “Cabin” is small but clean and meets our needs.  I really like the location as well.  As you can tell by the delay in this post there is obviously no wi-fi for us in Yellowstone.

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