We made it to Buffalo, Wyoming about 11 this am. We drove in cloudy and very light rain but only saw snow on the mountains in the short distance. Bill's aunt and uncle told us that it was down to 32 last night! It is to be down to about 38 here tonite!
We can tell spring is just not quite here yet....the trees are just beginning to bud out and the grass is so green and pretty.
We drove over 500 miles yesterday and we were all exhausted. We got up and ate breakfast at Perkins before leaving Casper. Diesel was cheaper in Casper ($4.38) compared to any other place we have seen so far. We will be able to make it into Canada before needing to refuel again.
On the way here we saw lot of antelope.... some of them were females with tiny tiny babies with them..one of them we thought was a newborn because Mom was just cleaning it up..... also in a valley we saw a pack of coyotes chasing a critter..... it was amazing ... 2 spread out in front and 2 spread out in back....nature at its best!
Another first for us!
After we got here today, we visited for awhile and then Don/Connie and us went downtown and walked around the town..... it is an old historic cowboy town. There is an old old hotel which is still in use today called The Occidental Hotel.Some of the famous hotel guests were Butch Cassidy and the Sundance kids, Calamity Jane, Herbert Hoover, Buffalo Bill to name a few. It is so neat to walk through and the huge bar is still like a saloon and still in use! We walked through the whole building by ourselves and never did see anyone to help us if we needed someone! Talk about trusting! haha!!
We then drove through their city park and had to compare it to Stockton's...the swimming pool is one of the largest we have ever seen and its free! They have a large playground and other areas for the city activities.
When we got back we got together for happy hour somewhere.... we visited about what way we are going and what we can see and do....we think now it may be too early to go to Jasper and Banff area because of the weather..... aka.....snow still may be up there...... stay tuned!
We are leaving here in the am and going to Great Falls before stopping for the night and then Wednesday we will cross the border! We are all looking forward to it!
So if the weather will cooperate we will be moving each day for a week or more....we decided to try to dry camp in Walmart parking lots or comparable every other night. Our generator worked after Bill did something to it last night and we were fine.... Don/Connie "braved" it last night with no heat! I think they were so tired it didn't matter what they had.... their weeks of "activities " have caught up with them......
So until next time....hopefully the battery in this is charged up now that I can use it tomorrow evening....
Until next time!
BJ
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