Thursday 29th September 2005
We've
driven through Minnesota, and are now going through South
Dakota. What I've seen so far of both, it's nothing but
plains and small towns. We stopped in Mundo to see if there
was a library. There was, but it was in the process of
moving to another building.
We passed
through the Badlands National Park with the hope of staying
in the campground there for a few days. Neither of us
fancied staying there after we discovered there wasn't any
shade. Anyhow, we made a detour through a town called Wall.
We'd seen signs for the towns attractions for around 350
miles. so we decided to take a look. We didn't stop,
although there was free parking. It didn't allow motor homes
or campers, so we just rode around a little before we got
back on the highway.
We should
be in Wyoming by tonight or tomorrow. We'll see what that
brings.
Saturday 1st October 2005
We made
it ti Wyoming yesterday. Finally found a town with a
library, nice one too. Anyhow, we decided to go to
Yellowstone and camp for a few days. We'd gone over the
mountains into Ten Sleep Creek. hard work for the camper,
but it's holding up real well. Today, on the way to Cody,
then Yellowstone, we passed a town called Emblem with a
population of 10. With only a few houses it's a blink and
you miss it town.
Going
towards Cody, the area's mainly flat with a few hills and
mountains in the distance. A few of those with snow on the
peaks already.
We got to
Yellowstone and discovered that it cost $33 a night to stay,
so we decided that we'd go and see the mud flats and old
faithful. That fell through as well. To get there, we'd have
to wait for a pilot car to lead us up there. That plus the
fact we had to pay for that, and had to be out by 8pm, so we
turned back, went through Cody, Thermopolis, and spent the
night in a Wal-Mart parking lot in Riverton. We've not seen
much of the town, but I'd like to see if there's a library.
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