Today
we checked out and toured Yellowstone as we left for Cody, WY via the
Beartooth Scenic Highway. We traveled back up the Grand Loop Road to
Tower Falls. Tower Falls was nice but not as nice as the Upper/Lower
Falls we saw yesterday and, unbeknownst to us yet, not even the
second best waterfall we would see today. From the falls, we headed
East at the Tower-Roosevelt junction through the Lamar Valley and out
the Northeast Entrance.
We
took the Beartooth Scenic Highway from Yellowstone to Red Lodge, MT
and then down to Cody, WY. The highway zigzags across the
Wyoming-Montana border. It was said to be the most scenic drive in
all of the United States by Charles Kuralt. He might be right; it
was beautiful. Minus the wildlife we enjoyed in Yellowstone, this
drive might have been nicer than either Yellowstone or the Grand
Teton parks. As much as we enjoyed both, I am glad we made this
drive afterward so we were not disappointed with the parks. We found
two waterfalls and several lakes along the way that we really
enjoyed. In the mountains that divide Wyoming and Montana, we picked
up a radio station that played nothing but Christmas music. We drove
through the mountains listening to Christmas music, the kids played
in the snow and it was a sunny 70F in July. One of our best days
yet.
When
we came down from the mountains, we got ice cream at the Red Box Car
in Red Lodge, MT. The drive through farm country to Cody was nice.
In Cody, we quickly checked-in, got dinner and desert at Bubba's BBQ
and went to the Rodeo. We all enjoyed the rodeo although it did run
late.
Today
turned out even better than we had planned. Hopefully we have a few
more of these days ahead of us.
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