ROAMIN' WYOMIN'

I forgot to mention that the beautiful Walker Ranch log home was built entirely from reclaimed fire damaged pine. It was interesting to see many of the logging trucks carrying burnt logs for this purpose. It's nice to know that some good things come out of the fires...of course they always say that forests need fires to thin them out so that new growth can occur. We saw evidence of much new growth in Yellowstone. Some areas looked like Christmas tree farms with all the new noble firs growing underneath the burned trees.

After we left the Walker ranch in Cody, we went to the Devil's Tower where they filmed the movie "Close Encounters of the Third Kind." Vern and I had been there before, but it was Don and Sue's first time and we enjoyed it again. We took a hike around the base of it and watched the climbers try to get to the top and back down before sunset. Quite a sight to see, and the hike was just what we needed to get some blood moving...sometimes the rv life is sedentary. Wyoming is such a beautiful state, and we took it all in. Along the route we saw more buffalo...believe me, there is no shortage of them. We loved watching the funny little prarie dogs scurrying around the prarie near the tower...and we were surprised and pleased to see quite a few pronghorn antelope.

The next day we arrived in a beautiful campground in South Dakota...we managed to get our laundry done that afternoon, and I tried out a new recipe given to me by Lethea (rally friend). It was wonderful..Hulls shared it with us, and then I was pooped and went to bed before Vern for a change.. Maybe it was the gin and tonic.

Mary