Monday, Sept. 20th

The Glacier to Geysers caravan has officially ended. We departed Cody around 9:30 this morning. Little did we know what a beautiful trip we had ahead of us. We traveled back through Yellowstone and Tetons into Jackson Hole. Instead of wildlife sightings along the way, everyone was stopping for the wonderful fall foliage. We had just done this same route a week ago. What a difference! Mother Nature was busy this past week painting the countryside with reds and mostly yellows.

We are spending the night in Idaho Falls, Idaho and will continue south into Utah tomorrow.

Sunday, Sept. 19th

Yes, that is Jack is some snow. Unfortunately the wind was so strong that it carried it away from hitting me.

What a way to end our rally and time in Cody. We left at 8am when it was sunny, and 34. We traveled the Chief Joseph and Beartooth Highways. The road took us to the altitude of just under 11,000ft. We were above the tree line and along the way got to see the Aspens turning their brilliant yellow and even some red ones. Each turnoff was more spectacular than the one before. What an awesome God to have given us all of this and yet so few have seen it (a first time for us).. We stopped at the highest highway bridge in Wyoming. The Beartooth Highway is the one that Charles Kuralt refers to as the "number one scenic highway in the United States. Tonight is our farewell dinner at Cassie's founded in 1922 by Cassie Waters, one of Cody's first "madams". In the morning, after the farewell breakfast and good-byes to both old and new friends, we will head back through Yellowstone and down to Jackson, Wy on our way toward Phoenix.

Sunday, Sept. 19th

Our Cowboy show and dinner was most enjoyable on Friday night. Saturday morning, we took a bus tour to see the wild Mustangs. They were only visible from a great distance and with binoculars. Later in the afternoon, we went to the Indian museum and walked around the downtown.

Last night, we witnessed a cowboy shootout outside the Irma's hotel. Kinda corny!!! We then had a wonderful prime rib dinner in Bill Cody's hotel that he built and owned and named after his daughter Irma.

Friday, Sept. 17th

A beautiful morning started with a wonderful breakfast prepared by one of our food groups. We then had some free time before departing for a trolley tour of Cody, Wy. After this informative tour we were then free to tour the Buffalo Bill Cody Museum. A fantastic museum, but far too much to digest in one day. We will return tomorrow to see what we didn't get to today.

Our beautiful weather of this morning made a dramatic change. The winds on this side of the mountain decided to change direction and are whipping from the north at 15-20 mph. Tonight we are off to a steak dinner and then a COWBOY SHOW - sounds like a fun time.

Thursday, Sept. 16th

We moved to our final campsite today - from West Yellowstone where it was 27 to Cody, Wy where it is now 80 with a humidity of 13%. Our bodies are in a state of shock with the lack of humidity, but we love it. Today we traveled the road from West Yellowstone out the East entrance of the park. The terrain and scenery were beautiful and every changing. We had an extremely huge dropoff while I was driving. Thank God, but I made it and deserve a wonderful Happy Hour tonight. The pictures are of our final view of the hot beds, Yellowstone lake, and Great Fountain Geyser. It is so nice to have working wifi and some phone service although no 3G.

Wed., Sept. 15th

Our day started by leaving the campground at 6:45 this morning for a tour of Grand Tetons. The morning started being cold and crisp. As the sun came up also the temperatures. We started our day immediately seeing some coyote, deer, elk and bison. Our tour guide was very informative and loved stopping for us to have photo ops. The scenery was just gorgeous. As we exited the south end of the Tetons at Moose junction we got to see some moose - mama, baby, and papa. Wow, so very beautiful. On our return this evening, we saw more wildlife and a gorgeous sunset. We arrived back at our RV around 8:30 this evening.

Tomorrow we head to our next location in Cody, Wy. Hopefully wifi and phones will work better there. Will work on pictures after a good nights sleep.

Tuesday, Sept. 14th

Another gorgeous day at Yellowstone. Today, we traveled around the upper rim. First picture is of Old Faithful, the other a river gorge. We went to Mommouth Springs and viewed much wildlife along the way. The buffalo, bison, elk even a swan were some of our sightings. We also saw some mule deer, but are still waiting to see some bear!!!

Tomorrow, we leave at 6:45am for an all day tour of the Tetons. We won't be back until bedtime, so no posting tomorrow. Hopefully, when we get to Cody our phone and wifi service will improve.