Going back to Knoxville

On the way from Casper, Wyoming to Denver, Colorado, we passed the town of Chugwater. Hmmm...interesting name, makes you wonder how the town got its name.

Driving past Chugwater.

After three days and over 1000 miles, here is the journey that we took on our latest adventure.

Today...we shall see Yellowstone

We spent the night in Cody, Wyoming. This is the preserved original site of the town of Cody. There's a saloon where "Buffalo" Bill Cody once frequented.
This was a free museum in Cody that used miniature models to re-create the different times of the Wild West culture in Wyoming.

Certainly, worth the trip over to the museum.

General Custer's last stand.
A U.S. Calvary fort.

Very detailed model.

Some local Wyoming wildlife.

On the way to Yellowstone from Cody. Never figured out what this house was supposed to be.

On the way to Yellowstone....Buffalo Bill State Park.

More of Buffalo Bill State Park.

This was Buffalo Bill's hunting lodge.Another picture of Buffalo Bill's hunting lodge.

We made it to Yellowstone.
The lady with the toddler didn't see the coyote until we told her. She about had a heart attack.

Waiting for the Old Faithful to erupt.

There she goes!!!

See our video of Old Faithful being.....well.....faithful.

Stephen standing at the continental divide.

Entering the Grand Teton National Park.

Finally....a MOOSE!!

A picture doesn't really capture the beauty of actually being there.

The boys with an amazing view of the Tetons.

....the hills are alive with the sound of music....

Stopping to rest after a busy day....from Cody....through Yellowstone....through the Grand Tetons....and ending the day in Casper, Wyoming at the Holiday Inn Express.

A Change of Plans

Well this day is titled, "A Change of Plans". We were determined to do something fun, so we decided to stay the course and find a different adventure for the weekend.

Since we couldn't make it to Yosemite, we decided to do a road-trip to Yellowstone in Wyoming. So, we stopped by the local AAA office (membership has its privileges) to get some maps and trip-tiks for our trip.It seems that every Henley road-trip starts out with a trip to Walmart.

Loading up with some inexpensive road-trip snacks (trail mix, potato bread, beef jerky, beanie-weanies, peanut butter, etc.,).
We didn't see a "Welcome to Wyoming" sign when we entered the state, but we did see this large iron bison when we crossed the wyoming state line.
That's right....population...1.

And...this is him...the entire population of Buford, Wyoming lives in this house.

This is the store in Buford. They even had wireless available in the nations's smallest town. We sat in the car on our laptop, grabbed the wireless internet connection, then used Google maps to plan the rest of our journey.

Welcome to Buford! It's the Buford Trading Post.

It's realy rural in Wyoming. People had to come to town to get there mail.